Fitmotivation Aqua Fitness Blog

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Happy New Year! Fitmotivation Video Subscribers now have exclusive access to the video presentation – Why Water? 10 Reasons to Exercise In The Water – as well as the seminar handout, the power point presentation, media sample forms and access to the private video link to share with friends, family and colleagues. Get more people in the water in 2016 by hosting your own “Why Water?” presentation.

Rediscover continuous training and get the oxygen flowing, the heart pumping and the calories burning with some aerobic choreography. Aerobic Splash is designed to counter-balance programming that is heavy on high intensity interval training (HIIT) by reintroducing longer duration cardio segments.

Get ready for the Circuit Wave Workout. This linear, easy-to-follow video and audio download includes 6 WAVES of exercises targeting essential components of fitness, including strength, cardio and balance. AEA Training Specialist, Lori Templeman, designed a specific WAVE formula and workout template that can be recreated with a variety of exercises and fitness goals.

Noodle Core Mix is now streaming on the Fitmotivation website. Looking to unleash some serious core action in your classes? This noodle workout goes from neutral, to reclined, suspended, side-lying, prone and kneeling. I am super excited about this video. Why am I so excited about this video you ask? (And if you are a subscriber who has been exercising to the audio workouts - check out the end of this blog.)

If you are interested in adding some Pilates and dance-based exercises into your aqua classes, check out the latest “Fitness Friends” video, Peyow Aqua Pilates FunKtional Barre 1, featuring Anne Pringle Burnell. The noodle becomes a ballet barre in this classic aqua adaptation of Pilates and dance exercises performed with a mind & body connection. Find out what Anne has to say about her new video, Peyow FunKtional Barre 1 and Peyow Aqua Pilates. And wait until the end because there is a singing farewell. And no...it's not ME singing...

Get them warmed up, get them moving and pumped with cardio and then what? For aquatic fitness instructors, this is usually when we roll out the dumbbell cart or the noodle barrel and cringe at the thought of doing the same exercises we have been doing since the first George Bush was president. Good news! Help has arrived to resuscitate the end of your classes.

I did it again. I can never leave well enough alone. I fussed and mussed and changed the Aqua Choreography HIITS notes for the master class I am teaching Wednesday, May 17. You can print out revised notes here.

Jacks, skis, jogs, kicks, leg curls, ankle reaches, twists, rocking horses, leaps, hops and moguls. Sound familiar? Does this pretty much sum up your aqua class? Don’t worry. This pretty much sums up ALL of our aqua classes. The reality is we all teach the same base moves, but the more skilled we are at creating base move variations, the more exciting our classes are to teach and to participate in. Welcome to Aqua Free...

Looking to reinvent your aquatic fitness schedule with classes that are more reflective of popular trends? May I suggest one class that will be a giant leap forward? USA Aqua Expert, Stephanie Thielen, just shared her signature workout, Ready S.E.T. Go!, with Fitmotivation video subscribers. Get ready to pack the pool with Aqua S.E.T., a pre-formatted strength & endurance class that delivers invaluable results.

Fitness Friend, Miff Hendriken, shares her favorite ‘go-to’ aqua workout. Aside from being a fun, high intensity cardio workout, this routine provides a template of 6 blocks of movement that any instructor can recreate with some of their own ideas and variations.

Sharing her newly produced DVD, Aquatic Frisbee Challenge, with Fitmotivation video subscribers (Premium plan), Mushi Harush, an aquatic fitness expert from Israel, has proven that you don’t need fancy, expensive equipment for a pool workout. Dig out your Frisbee, hop in and discover aqua athleticism at its best.