Water exercise can burn fat faster without placing stress on the body and joints. It can ease arthritis and fibromyalgia symptoms. Movement in water can help you keep fit; it provides natural resistance with exercises, and the cardio intensity increases and strengthens the muscles. The risk to injury in reduced as water exercise makes the workout easier on joints and muscles.
Tip to remember for Water Exercise:
8 Water Aerobix Exercises to try in your pool or swim spa:
Spiderman:
While standing in water at the side of the pool, stabilize your upper body by sweeping your hands back and forth as you run your legs up the side of the pool and then back down to the floor.
Do four Spiderman exercises; alternating the leading leg each time you reach the end of one jogging circuit.
Pool plank:
Stand on the pool floor. Hold a noodle vertically in both hands. Press it straight down into the water and lean forward until your body is on an even incline, with your head out of the water. Keep yourself stable for 1-2 minutes.
Chaos Cardio:
This exercise takes jogging to a new level. Create several currents in the pool and then run through them, to strengthen your core stabilizing muscles. Be sure to run with proper alignment.
Run in a zigzag pattern from one end of the pool to the other, and then run straight through all the currents you’ve just created.
One-Legged Balance:
Standing in waist-high water, lift your left knee up and place the middle of a noodle under your left foot. Keep your hands by your side and balance with your left foot on the noodle for one minute. Then move your left knee out to the side and balance for another minute. Switch legs and repeat with the right knee lifted and the right foot resting on the noodle.
Core Ball Static Challenge:
Stand in a lunge with your right leg bent and your left extended behind you. Hold an inflated ball about 6 inches in with both hands directly in front of your navel. Keep your shoulders down and back. Hold this position for 30 seconds, engaging your core to keep you upright. Switch legs and hold for another 30 seconds.
Cardio Core Ball Running:
The ball will add extra resistance and pull you off-centre, so your core muscles will have to engage to keep you moving forward.
Hold the ball with both hands directly in front of your navel. Run across the pool as fast as you can for one minute. Rest for 30 seconds, then repeat three more times, increasing speed through each rep.
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(Article Source: PositiveMed.com)
