Fitmotivation Aqua Fitness Blog

Ready to try something different in your classes, small-group sessions or personal training? Try using a towel for drag resistance. Join Mushi Harush for Towel Power, a 25-minute aquatic fitness instructor video that demonstrates a variety of exercises that can be done with a simple exercise towel, including movements for muscle conditioning, cardio, stretching and more.

Get ready to roll out the No-Bounce Challenge in your classes. Joint Friendly High Low with Jackie Lebeau is a 50-minute aquatic fitness class designed entirely with grounded moves that are high on intensity and low on impact.

H2O Neurobics with Dr. Lori Sherlock is a 25-minute aquatic fitness instructor video that features movement patterns designed to improve brain health. Combining both brains and brawn, these shallow water movement patterns stimulate neural activity and improve cognitive function.

Instructed deep or shallow, Depth Charge with Melissa Plumeau is an explosive 50-minute water exercise circuit that fuses cardio and strength. Targeting upper body, lower body, core and more, this format will help your class members improve cardio and muscular endurance. This circuit uses noodles, hand buoys and the water’s resistance.

It's November and soon you will be hearing about Thanksgiving marathons, Gobble Runs and Turkey Burner workouts. Celebrate the season with Holiday Splash & Run, a 50-minute aquatic fitness class format that features a holiday theme in which Thanksgiving dishes (water exercises) are added one at a time, followed by a run. Each time a dish is added, the run gets longer. Easy to teach and follow, this class format requires no additional equipment and can be instructed in both deep and shallow water.

Get ready to challenge your class members with creative and challenging exercises using a small ball. Aqua TabaBall with Israeli aquatic fitness training specialist, Mushi Harush, is a full Tabata class format that uses a small ball.

Silver Wave Warriors with Jenni Lynn Patterson-LaCour is a senior aquatic fitness class format utilizing a pair of hand buoys and designed to help participants build better balance, boost strength and move with confidence. Whether you teach this class deep or shallow, this joint-friendly format meets your members needs where ever they are on the fitness spectrum.

Wicked Waves features 9 Halloween-themed aquatic fitness class segments. Designed to spark your creativity with themed programming, this video will help you create some spooky splashing for your aqua classes. This class can be taught in both deep and shallow water and there is no equipment required.

What do you get when you fuse cardio and core together? CorDio! Melissa Plumeau’s latest video, Cordio, is a shallow water class format that is designed to burn calories and strengthen muscles simultaneously.

Do you teach High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in your aquatic fitness classes but find that a full class of HIIT leaves your students knackered? REHIIT with Lori Sherlock showcases 20-minutes (deep or shallow) of Reduced-Exertion High Intensity Interval Training (REHIIT) and the science-backed evidence that these short workouts deliver similar results to longer duration exercise.

Looking for some creative foam dumbbell exercises? Single Buoy Burn with Jenni Lynn Patterson-LaCour is a 15-minute aquatic fitness instructor video that features 30 exercises using a single foam dumbbell.

Elbows up! Kick, Punch and Crunch with Melissa Plumeau is an effective way to target legs, arms and abs with three class segments. This express 20-minute water fitness instructor video can include optional drag equipment for the upper and lower body segments, and a small ball for the abs segment, but equipment is not necessary.