dancing in the pool

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This is regarding exercise: I have been back in the pool these last 7

weeks at our local PT center, strengthening my legs, back, arms, etc. It

has been just great and 3X a week for an hour each time. I have managed

to regain muscle I lost after surgery earlier this year.

The exercises are quite varied - no time for boredom - and done with a

3-5 mile current, plus sometimes I use 2 lb. weights. The therapists at

this center KNOW CMT plus everything else so I have been doubley

blessed.

Yesterday, we tried dancing in the pool. Now, I haven't danced much

lately even on land just because the opportunity hasn't been there.

Anyway, back to the pool - on came the music, and the therapist showed

me Salsa dance steps to do. Now, remember, there is a current, which I

was facing, and the whole idea is NOT to hang on to anything, but have

good posture/stance first, and do the steps. I didn't use weights for

this, but just trying to do this alone, I could feel my legs, back and

rear getting a workout, plus it is pretty jazzy music so I had good

aerobic work. It is a hard movement for the 'balance deficient', but I

could see if I keep doing this, perhaps balance will improve like the

other improvements.

Besides a good conditioning workout, this dancing in the pool was really

FUN!

~ Gretchen