Aquatic Fitness The Move To Water Exercise

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At the Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Ariz., guests find

healing in the water. The resort's 11,000- square-foot Aquatic

Center features three Watsu pools, a cross-training pool with

conditioning equipment, two aquatic therapy pools and a

whirlpool. There is also a complete Water Workout Station and

it is making a big splash with guests.

" Water is the wave of the future, " said Karma Kientzler, an

aquatic therapy expert and outside consultant for Canyon Ranch

in Tucson. " People are using their bones and joints to such

excess that water will become the means for most people to stay

healthy. It is a means to life enhancement and enrichment,

especially in a spa and health care environment. "

The Aquatrend, a scientifically designed piece of stainless

steel equipment, was installed at Canyon Ranch about 10 years

ago to help take the " work " out of workouts, Kientzler said. It

makes working out a pleasurable experience, especially for those

suffering from arthritis, knee and hip replacement or sports

injury recovery. The power of water has become an integral part

of spa relaxation and rejuvenation -- it's a healer, a stress

reducer, and an amenity that everyone can enjoy regardless of

age or physical condition, " she said.

For the physically challenged or non-swimmer, water exercise is

safe because there is always something nearby to hold onto.

On the flip side, those who are more fit or who are interested

in the resistance benefits from 'Aquacise' or aqua therapy can

use a water workout station to work isolated body areas to lose

weight and inches, and to facilitate aerobic and anaerobic

training. It provides the basic exercise everyone needs to

strengthen cardiovascular and respiratory systems while

building strength and endurance.

'The Value of Aquatic Exercise'

According to the Aquatic Exercise Association, Aquatic fitness

is defined as activities performed in the water that promote

and enhance physical and mental fitness. Aquatic fitness is

typically performed in a vertical position in shallow or deep

water. There are numerous applications to appeal to a wide

variety of participants.

Here's how it works... and why it works. Water buffers the body

from gravity and makes a person virtually weightless when they

are totally submerged. When a person's head is out of the

water, he or she weighs approximately 10 percent of normal body

weight. Therefore, exercising in the water offers protective

cushioning that land-based exercise cannot.

Researchers tell us that exercise injuries are usually related

to impact. Every time a person's foot comes in contact with the

floor, impact occurs. Because a person weighs so much less in

the water, the impact on the body is reduced. Water has the

same advantages to toning as it does in cushioning. In order to

get muscles in shape or " toned, " a person has to work against

something. On land, a person fights gravity, but water limits

the effect of gravity on the body.

Aquatics: 'Hard to Resist'

Mike Jandzen, Aquatics Director at the Sea Colony Resort in

Bethany Beach, Delaware, who is responsible for managing water

fitness programs at the property's 12 pools and fitness center,

said hardcore athletes are drawn to exercising in a gym because

they prefer a more gravitational type of resistance for muscle

toning and strength training. However, Jandzen said he is

seeing more and more interest in the property's aquatics

programs, such as water aerobics and water exercise, because

they can be enjoyed by young and old alike and offer

cardiovascular conditioning, strength training and muscle

toning while greatly reducing the impact on muscles and joints.

" Over the past several years we've seen aquatics becoming the

exercise vehicle of choice, " he said. " We've had a water

exercise unit in our aqua therapy pool for many years, and it's

constantly in use. Our senior guests enjoy it for therapy as

well as for strength training and muscle toning. The water

aspect makes it low impact. It's easy to use, easy on joints

and easy on muscles because buoyancy relieves the demands

placed on all body parts. "

Every time a person gets into the pool, he or she is losing

weight from the resistance that water provides, noting that the

resistance of water is 12 times that of air. When exercising in

water, the body still creates extra heat because muscles are

being used. However, the body has a much easier time

transferring your exercise heat to the water than it does to

the air. The result is a workout that immediately feels

refreshing and cool, and not hot and soggy from sweat.

A quality Water Workout Station provides Body Sculpting

exercises, including standing squats, lateral pull ups, hanging

leg pulleys, closed-grip pull ups, forward dips, single knee

extensions/curls, leg diamonds, abdominal press, reverse

abdominal and straight abdominal curl. Cardio Circuits provide

13 exercises, including: squat and lift, reverse lunge, chin

ups, cardio-sprint, single bicep curls, body swings, cardio

bobbing jumping jacks, single knee tucks, seat push ups,

cardio-seated bicycle, oblique reach, reverse leg pull-downs

and cardio-seated bicycle. There is also a Power Circuit, which

incorporates aerobic and muscular conditioning, including: lat

pull up/body swing combo, closed grip pull-up/reverse curl

combo, cardio hurdles, reverse dip abductor/adductor cross

combo, hanging curl-skate kick combo, cardio-cross country ski,

body pike push-up combo, cardio seat down sprinting, straight

curl-alternating elbow and cardio - seat down leg flurries.

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