Fantastic Water Workouts
Fantastic Water Workouts
Gaines, Marybeth Pappas
Human Kinetics Publishers
09/1993
184
Mole
Inglês
9780873224581
0873224582
295
Contains 90 water exercises designed to be fun, effective and easy on the body. All the exercises in this aquatic workout guide make creative use of water's natural buoyancy and resistance to give readers maximum results with minimum risk of injury.
Part 1 Getting fit in the water: water exercise benefits - why are water workouts so effective?, building a better body, building your heart, lungs and circulatory system, your body in water; water exercise basics - preparing the best environment, protecting yourself from injury, maximizing results and safety, cooling down and increasing flexibility, progressing into transitions, the importance of drinking water, equipping yourself, selecting appropriate music. Part 2 Performing water exercises: warm up - thermal warm-up, warm-up stretches; water aerobics - warm-up aerobics, flotation aerobics, peak intensity aerobics, aerobic cool-down; water exercises to strengthen and tone - abdominal techniques for firm results, abdominal exercise precautions, lower and upper body strengthening and toning; final cool-down - cool-down stretch sequence and supplement. Part 3 Designing your special water workout: creating your fitness plan - fitness principles, tailored sequences, water workouts for special concerns; intensifying your water workout - reaching higher levels of fitness, accomplishing more in less time, powering your way to fitness, leaping into fitness. Appendix: a personal fitness journal.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Contains 90 water exercises designed to be fun, effective and easy on the body. All the exercises in this aquatic workout guide make creative use of water's natural buoyancy and resistance to give readers maximum results with minimum risk of injury.
Part 1 Getting fit in the water: water exercise benefits - why are water workouts so effective?, building a better body, building your heart, lungs and circulatory system, your body in water; water exercise basics - preparing the best environment, protecting yourself from injury, maximizing results and safety, cooling down and increasing flexibility, progressing into transitions, the importance of drinking water, equipping yourself, selecting appropriate music. Part 2 Performing water exercises: warm up - thermal warm-up, warm-up stretches; water aerobics - warm-up aerobics, flotation aerobics, peak intensity aerobics, aerobic cool-down; water exercises to strengthen and tone - abdominal techniques for firm results, abdominal exercise precautions, lower and upper body strengthening and toning; final cool-down - cool-down stretch sequence and supplement. Part 3 Designing your special water workout: creating your fitness plan - fitness principles, tailored sequences, water workouts for special concerns; intensifying your water workout - reaching higher levels of fitness, accomplishing more in less time, powering your way to fitness, leaping into fitness. Appendix: a personal fitness journal.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
