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Classes of Aqua Fitness and Boxercise.

In addition to Personal Training I'm also a fully licensed Boxercise and Aqua Fitness instructor. These are two completely opposite approaches to exercise, but in a way also very similar and effective. Both forms of exercises can be thought either in a class environment or privately one to one.

Boxercise

Aqua Fitness:

Effects and Benefits of Aqua Fitness:

Effects and Benefits of Aqua Fitness
Exercising in water has benefited many regular athletes from baseball players to sprinters. Even entertainers like dancer Paula Abdul recovered from a knee arthroscopy while practising Aqua Fitness before getting back on tour.

There are plenty of resistance and isometric exercises that can be used in water to build strength and muscles. In 1982 the famous Herschel Walker, won the Heisman Trophy after praticing aqua fitness techniques to build the endurance and strength in his legs.

Legendary Florence Griffith Joyner's - "Flo-Jo" won her three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, after spending a month in the pool working out and rehabilitating her strained hamstring.

	So who Benefits from Aqua Fitness?
	Everyone Who Tries It!
	All Ages - youth through older adults
	Males and females
	Athletes such as: runners and marathon-runners, footballers, basketball players, soccer players, rugby players, swimmers, weight lifters, walkers, gymnasts and skiers.
	Dancers such as ballerinas
	Baby boomers, youth through older adults
	Health / wellness conscious persons
	Rehabilitation patients eg: breast cancer, accident recovery, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, cardiac, sport injuries and joint rehabilitation to mention a few.
	Weight, strength, stature and mobility challenged people of all ages.
	Pre and post natal
	Fitness enthusiasts looking for cross training or who are unable to exercise due to weather conditions.

	What Are The Benefits Of Exercising In Water?
	Multiple muscles can be worked at the same time or you can isolate specific muscles.
	Each participant is able to work at their own intensity unlike land sessions where you feel it is necessary to keep up with the instructor.
	Participants feel safe in the water - they are not going to fall and hurt themselves. They work in water that is at a level comfortable to them whether deep and/or chest deep.
	Positive Effects of Resistance
	Accommodation: by changing foot configuration, lever lengths or speed of motion, exercise intensity is easily altered to adapt to a variety of participants needs. Changing range of motion will affect total work done.
	Multidirectional resistance: resistance to movement in all directions fosters balanced core stability.
	Benefits of Aqua Fitness
	Intensity: The force and energy required to move through water develops muscle and bone strength as well as cardiovascular and muscular endurance
	Dampening effect: Movements are slower and less likely to be jerky or ballistic in water
	Positive effects of buoyancy
	Buoyancy - water decreases the amount of shock which is transmitted through the bones, joint and ligaments on landing.
	Buoyancy decreases the effect of gravity: body weight is reduced by 75% to 90% (chest to neck level immersion). An individual who weighs 70 kg on land will weigh about 7 kg in neck deep water. Special populations including the obese, the elderly who may have fragile bones, the arthritic, the disabled, the injured athlete, as well as pre- or post natal women will exercise in relative comfort and ease in the water.
	Decreased gravity results in decreased joint loading. This allows increased range of joint mobility and resistance to joint injury can result.
	The force of buoyancy assists venous return. On land the downward forces of gravity pushes the blood toward the feet. The cardiovascular system works against gravity to return blood to the heart. In the water, the upthrust of buoyancy counteracts the downward pull of gravity, thus assisting venous return.
	This will contribute to lower exercise heart rates during Aqua Fitness.
	Positive effects of hydrostatic pressure
	Venous return and cardiac functions are greatly enhanced by Hydrostatic pressure.
	Hydrostatic pressure assists participants to exercise more vigorously with less strain on the cardiovascular system and a reduced training hart rate for a given workload.
	Hydrostatic pressure reduces swelling in inured or edematous (swollen) joints or limbs below the water.
	The pressure of water on the chest wall creates a training effect for the respiratory muscles.
	Positive effects of turbulence
	Currents and eddies in the water massage the skin, promoting circulation and relaxation.
	Turbulence contributes to the resistance felt in aquatic exercise.
	The core muscles become stronger as participants learn to stabilize their bodies against turbulence.
	Exercises can be designed to work with or against turbulence, thereby increasing or decreasing intensity.
	Positive effects of thermal conductivity
	The water 'wicks' way excess body heat during exercise creating a cool comfortable workout.
	Blood that would be shunted to the skin for cooling is available to the working muscles.
	The heart does not have to work as hard if the body stays cool.
	Pool temperatures can be altered to meet special needs groups such as arthritis or rehabilitation (30 to 38 degrees Celsius) or intense athletic training around 27 degrees Celsius.