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Water Fun Terri Lees * 2007 * 192p RRP $25.95 * ARV Members $23.35 Swimming participation in the United States rose to 58 million in 2005, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun. Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level. |
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To help beginners gain confidence in the water, basic water exercises that may be performed in a vertical position are provided, along with workout options that do not require participants to be fully submerged in the water. Water Fun also includes activities for exercisers who want to transition from water exercise to swimming. Athletes, along with instructors, coaches, and athletic trainers, will also find sport-specific and cross-training activities to enhance their conditioning regimens.
With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if any, equipment, Water Fun has everything water exercisers need to become more comfortable and skilled in the water. |
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Fantastic Water Workouts 2nd Edition Have fun, get fit, and stay healthy with Fantastic Water Workouts. With more than 130 exercises that use the natural resistance of water, you will improve your body’s composition and tone, strengthen muscles, increase aerobic and muscular endurance, and improve flexibility, coordination, and agility—all with minimal stress on your body. |
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In addition to the unique and creative individual exercises, Fantastic Water Workouts includes 14 step-by-step programs that can be tailored to your personal needs, interests, and fitness goals. Whether you’re seeking general programs for overall fitness, cross-training, and improved performance or more specific routines for pregnancy, physical rehabilitation, cardiac recovery, or older adults, it’s all here.
You can even add variety to your program by trying the tai chi, Pilates, yoga, kickboxing, country line dancing, street dancing, and noodle workouts. Jump into Fantastic Water Workouts and discover the complete water workout guide.
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This extremely popular water proof book provides teachers with a collection of games and activities that bring to students of all ages and levels a chance to acquire and perfect swimming skills, develop rescue and survival techniques.
The range is from simple games, ankle-deep in water, to advanced procedures that stimulate difficulties any swimmer may face from time to time, and the importance of the safety factor is emphasised through-out.
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Requirements, levels, organisation and descriptions of each procedure are clearly set out and illustrated and the text is practical and easy to follow.
Wet Games not only adds to the enjoyment of playing in the water, in doing so it teaches a range of invaluable water-safety skills.
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Jane Katz * 1995 * 233p
RRP $19.95 ** Limited Copies Remain ** In Water Fitness During Your Pregnancy, internationally recognised fitness and aquatics expert Jane Katz offers a safe and effective program for staying fit during and after pregnancy. Katz’s proven program will help pregnant women enjoy the benefits of water activity while avoiding the fatigue, discomfort, and stress associated with other forms of exercise.
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This guide features 44 easy-to-follow workouts that show women at all fitness levels how to use water exercises and swimming to stretch, tone, and strengthen their bodies through each stage of pregnancy.
Part I discusses the hows and whys of exercising in the water during pregnancy. Part II describes 43 water exercises for the upper, middle, lower, and total body, as well as breathing, warm-up, and cool-down exercises. In Part III Katz reviews the mechanics of swim strokes, including the crawl stroke, breaststroke, backstroke, and sidestroke, and how to modify each stroke during pregnancy. Part IV combines workouts into ready-to-use water fitness programs for each trimester of pregnancy. Water Fitness During Your Pregnancy is a comprehensive water workout manual that will help mothers-to-be feel better about themselves, their bodies, and their babies. |
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