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This digital document is an article from Food & Fitness Advisor, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 655 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Recipe for fitness: just add water: water workouts provide all the benefits of aerobic exercise, including weight control and a stronger heart, even for those with physical limitations.(BODY WORKS)Author: Gale Reference TeamPublication: Food & Fitness Advisor (Magazine/Journal)Date: June 1, 2007Publisher: Thomson GaleVolume: 10 Issue: 6 Pag
Durable, double-sided neoprene webbed construction creates additional resistance in water. Exposed finger and thumb tips allow for better water feel and more comfortable fit. Velcro wrist closure. Available in thee sizes, S, M. and L.
WATER AEROBICS FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS, Third Edition offers the latest information for obtaining and maintaining wellness through water aerobics. Full of illustrations and over 100 photos, the text is appropriate for water aerobic classes or activity programs in colleges and universities, health/fitness clubs, and health promotion programs in general. It provides students with guidelines, exercises, and examples to develop a water aerobic program. The text also includes unique chapters on fitness assessment, nutrition, and weight management to encourage a lifetime of fitness and wellness program. Since most theoretical information is often overlooked, the use of this text will provide an excellent resource guide to all parti
This is the perfect workout for beginner to advanced levels. This “user friendly” workout will make your body stronger, leaner, and visibly slimmer. Workout includes: Anchored Down Aqua inspired by Pilates (walking variations, lunges, kicks, and circular movements), Rebound Aerobics with jogging, jumping jacks, kicks and leaps, a Ballet Workout, Strengthening & Toning with the Aqua Flex Paddles. Running time: 1 hour, 10 minutes. Aqua Splash Combo Audio 2-CD Set 1:Music CD 2: Music with vocal instructions and instructional DVD.
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HydroRobics will help anyone improve flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and cardiovascular conditioning while minimising muscle soreness and stress injuries. The book also includes: 50 different exercises for all parts of the body; sample HydroRobics workouts; tips on weight Reduction. HydroRobics is also the perfect exercise programme for elderly, overweight, pregnant, or physically impaired individuals because it takes advantage of the natural buoyancy of the water.
From Library Journal
Katz, an accomplished swimmer and educator, offers this update of her 1981 book of the same title ( LJ 3/15/81). She presents a graduated program to learning the basics of swimming, beginning with lessons for novice, intermediate, and advanced swimmers and progressing to demanding super workouts for the competitive swimmer. Within each level are ten detailed sublevels, plus variations, warm-ups and cool-downs, advice on physical problems, equipment, racing, and fitness. The treatment is comprehensive, clear, and detailed, though it could have benefited from more illustrations or photographs. Katz’s book offers better coverage than Marianne Brems’s Swim for Fitness (Chronicle, 1979), or Katherine Vaz and Chi
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There’s a lot of mythology surrounding swimming and water exercises: that water work is only for senior citizens, arthritis sufferers and rehabbing professional athletes; that it’s not an efficient way to build cardiovascular endurance or burn fat; that it’s inferior to land-based exercise programs like running and weight training. Water Workouts not only attacks those myths, it shows how to use a swimming pool and a few pieces of equipment to improve everything: strength, endurance, flexibility, muscularity. If you don’t mind getting wet, this is one of the best workout manuals you’ll find.
This pathbreaking look at aqua aerobics, deep-water running, and swimming for all fitness enthusiasts inc
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“”"”Martha White is a wonderful therapist whose water exercise program has helped me tremendously. Her book is innovative, informative, and very helpful.”"”Jack W. Pennington, MDHouston, TX, Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery “”"This book provides an excellent alternative in rehabilitating patients with sensitivities to load and compression.”"”Beverly A. Biondi, PTSpine Specialist ”
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” “”Martha White is a wonderful therapist whose water exercise program has helped me tremendously. Her book is innovative, informative, and very helpful.”"Jack W. Pennington, MDHouston, TX, Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery”"This book provides an excellent alternative in rehabilitating pat