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Are you teaching aqua aerobics without equipment?
By Christina | November 12, 2007
If you have been teaching water aerobics, cardio aquasize, cardio aqua fit, aqua dance… whatever you might call it… if you have been teaching for a while without using equipment, you may be ready for some fun toys to make your workout more fun for both you and your members. There is no shortage of what you can add to your class. Equipment ranges from
aqua fitness dumbbells, webbed gloves, fitness jog belt, water ankle weights, Aquaflex paddles, aqua wrist weights, Hydro Tone Hydrobelt, wetsuit vest, and aquatic training shoes. In addition there are fitness steps and cycling bikes which are made to be used in the water. There is a whole new world waiting to be discovered for use in your pool classes. I use the dumbbells and aqua noodles in my classes as regular tools which really helps me to break up the monotony of an hour of jumping in the water. The noodles and weights also act as floats so this helps people who are not comfortable in deep water to swim into the deeper water and get a different, swimming workout. The hydro belts also help people to float in the deep water where they can do leg work like bicycles and kicks which are not possible in the shallow water when participants are standing. Webbed gloves assist in creating resistance in the water. Imagine if you are doing arm circles and allow your hands and fingers to spread, you are not creating the same drag in the water as you are if you wear gloves and displace more water.
Not all facilties have budgets to spend money on every idea their instructors have but how often does the aqua program get top billing? Go to bat for your members and get them some new toys. Even better, get the members to write comment cards to the decision makers stating they would like their favorite programs to be better equipped. This tends to go a long way!
Topics: Aqua Fitness, General |