Category: Aquatic Exercise

New Aquatics Fitness Schedule

Monday 8:00am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness 9:15am-Basic Aquatic Fitness 4:30pm- Aqua Power Gym Tuesday 8:00am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness 9:15am-Basic Aquatic Fitness Wednesday 8:00am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness 9:15am-Basic Aquatic Fitness 4:00pm-Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness-Please note new time Thursday 8:00am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness 9:15am-Basic Aquatic Fitness Friday 8:00am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness 9:15am-Basic Aquatic Fitness Saturday 8:30am- Intermediate/Advanced Aquatic Fitness                                    Forward to a […] 

New Water Class

  New Water Class to be offered at the Recreation Center:           Foundations of Aquatic Exercise   Instructor: Dr. Lucia Getsi , Ph.D.           Master Trainer and Aquatic Rehabilitation           Exercise Specialist with WaterART Fitness International   When: 10:00a.m. Thursdays August 1, 8, 15, 21(filled)           and 2 sections––at 10 and 11a.m. Thursdays           October 3, 10, 17, 24 (waiting list)           and again in mid-January to mid-February.           The frequency is 3 to 4 […] 

FOUNDATIONS OF AQUATIC EXERCISE

FOUNDATIONS OF AQUATIC EXERCISE Wanna get (back) on your feet again? Doc says get into water but wonder what to do there? Can’t quite yet manage a class of 20 to 30 students? Want to really LEARN how to work the water and your posture and muscles, safely, correctly, to a healing and workout benefit? Want some written exercises in case you forget? FOUNDATIONS OF AQUATIC EXERCISE is designed especially for you! You must be […] 

My Top 10 Healthy Eating Tips Lucia Getsi

My Top 10 Healthy Eating Tips Lucia Getsi   1. No woman over the age of 65 needs to be consuming more than 1800 calories per day on a day to day basis unless she is very tall or getting a huge amount of cardiovascular and strength training exercise.  At 5’2’’ with a healthy amount of exercise (one hour with hr at above 120 bpm) 6 days a week), 1500 calories, heavy on the protein […] 

Calories Burned in Water Work

Calories per Hour burned in Swimming: 300 (Picasso at 91) to 500 (average) to 2000 (Michael Phelps in 76 degree water) An hour swim can provide an excellent workout, especially if you vary your strokes to use your muscles in all the different ways you can use them while streamlining in the water. If you weigh 150 lbs, you burn about 500 calories during that time, swimming at a moderate rate of speed with good […] 

What Determines the “Level” of an Aquatic Fitness Class?

  What Determines the “Level” of an Aquatic Fitness Class? Aquatic Fitness Topic 3   There is no one standard that is universally applied to the level of difficulty or intensity of aquatic exercise classes. There is no one designation either, though you can generally be sure that a program called “Aquacise” or ‘Water Aerobics” will be aimed at very general populations and to beginners and therefore will not be an advanced aquatic fitness class.  […] 

Exercise Tips

SLV Talks Aquatic Exercise Tips: 1 Water gives you 12 times more resistance than air and will work your entire body during vertical exercise (unlike streamlining as in swimming) up to 44 times a similar workout on land, depending upon the muscle balance, strength and flexibility you bring to the water. In order to keep your balance and maintain good posture, water recruits the muscles of your whole body, especially your core muscles. To get […]