Water exercise is a low impact way to work your muscles and can be done in any pool or spa. Water exercise is good for any person, regardless of age, gender or fitness level. By finding a spa or pool to do your exercise you are already on the path to be a water exercising fool. While doing these water exercises you will be helping relieve your joint pain and back pain. Also, water exercise is good for women who are pregnant and people who may be overweight.
Doing water exercises in a spa with warm water helps to relax your muscles allowing you to perform better while allowing you to feel comfortable. Pools allow more space to do more exercises but many pools are not heated so your muscles are not able to relax as mush as with a spa (the choice of where you go is yours, and only you can make it).
There are many light weight pieces of equipment you can use while exercising. One is a buoyancy belt that will help suspend you in deeper water. Kick boards help build leg muscles, while using light weight dumb bells or wrist weights add to the resistance and help tone and strengthen the upper body. Be sure to wear the proper type of water shoes and clothing while doing these exercises. Thick clothing will weigh you down more, while improper water shoes cause more strain on your feet and cause less buoyancy.
Water exercises can be done alone or with a friend, the more the merrier. Also, by putting on your favorite type of music, you can put your exercises to a beat, making it a little more fun for you and your friends. If possible you and your friends should try to do these water exercises 3-4 times weekly.
Water exercise will give you many benefits, one of which is muscle tone and body strength. Another is weight loss. While exercising alone will help you lose weight, water exercise allows your muscles to relax and not have as much strain put on them. Lastly, water exercise will help lower you blood pressure and help lower blood sugar levels, and lowering stress, in turn helping your heart more than you could imagine.
If you have any health problems, such as any stated above, find a pool or spa, jump in, and get to work. Do the water exercise that is right for you, and start feeling great about your exercise routine.
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