Fitmotivation Aqua Fitness Blog

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.

Dispense a water exercise prescription to your class members that will help them get stronger and healthier. Strength & Power Rx with Dr. Lori Sherlock is a full hour aquatic fitness class format that focuses on strength and power and can be taught in both deep and shallow water.

Turn the power button on in your classes and let the challenge begin with the latest Fitmotivation video, 20 Water Exercises. Taught deep or shallow, this 50-minute class template features 20 aquatic fitness base exercises for total body results, including 5 cardio, 5 lower body, 5 upper body and 5 core. Once all 20 are introduced in the beginning of class, its Game On. The 20 moves get recycled several times in both aerobic choreography and HIIT segments.

As instructors, we all know what the perception of aquatic fitness is. Think seniors waving around pool noodles in the air. S’WET creator, Jenni Lynn Patterson-LaCour is fully invested in changing that perception and her latest video proves it. Challenge Accepted is a high intensity cardio and strength dual depth pool workout.

Treat your class members to some Pilates-inspired strengthening and lengthening. Aqua Pilates Flow with Melissa Plumeau is an aqua fitness instructor video that adapts studio Pilates studio exercises to the water. A series of Pilates flow segments are designed to target core strength, build overall muscular endurance and improve posture. A pool noodle and a pair of hand buoys are used in this class format.