Water Aerobics Presentation

1. Water Aerobics Evan Bennett Shauna Brown Rashawn Beatty Darius Bogertey Garret Braun

2. What is Water Aerobics? As the name implies, this is aerobics that are conducted in water. These movements require the delivery of oxygen to various muscles of the body, especially the primary muscles used during the exercises.

3. History It was originated in 1968 by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, also known as the “Father of Aerobics.” Dr. Cooper came up with the term by pluralizing the word "aerobic'' (meaning to exist in air or oxygen). Once aerobics caught on, he researched aerobics further and developed water aerobics.

4. Benefits of Water Aerobics Low Impact on Joints Great for those with balance issues Decreased muscle soreness Improves muscular endurance Improves core strength and endurance Keeps body cool during exercise Burns enormous amount of calories Improves flexibility Fun and enjoyable

5. Modifications

6. Improvements Water aerobics help strengthen: Upper body Lower body Cardiovascular system Respiratory system As well as: Reduce body fat Tone and build lean muscle

7. Cost The cost may vary for a pool or lake, it depends. An above ground swimming pool can come up to the cost of $1500 to $5000. In ground can come up to a total of $10,000 to $22,000. Swimming in a lake is normally free of charge.

8. Equipment Essential equipment Pool Lake Optional Equipment Pull Floats Fins Paddles Kickboards Flotation belts Water Dumbbells Water noodles

9. Equipment con’t Description of the Optional equipment Flotation belts- Helps with balance during exercise Water dumbbells- Can be used for resistance training in the water with a lower chance of injury.

10. Equipment cont Water noodles- allows one to float while using arms and legs during exercise **Really helpful for those who can not swim Ankle/ Wrist weights- Used for resistance.

11. Lesson Plan 30 to 4o min. exercise Warm Up- 10 mins - Knee lifts -30 secs. - Walk/ Run back & forth in pool - 5 mins - Alternate arm lifts - 30 secs - Modified jumping jacks - 1 min.

12. Lesson plan cont Actual Workout 1) Water dumbbells, push down to hip - 3 sets of 10 2) Water dumbbells, by the side of body, then bring up parallel to shoulders - 2 sets of 10 3) Underwater, rotate arms making small circles - 30 secs. 4) With noodle, high knees/jogging in place while pushing out noodle - 3 sets of30 secs 5) Front kicks - 3 sets of 10

13. Lesson Plan cont Actual workout cont 6) Up against rail for support, kick back- 3 sets of 10 7) With noodle, place under leg & curl (hamstring curls) - 2 sets of 10 both legs. 8) Modified jumping jack - 3 sets of 20 secs 9) With or without water dumbbells, punch out in water - 30 secs each arm 10) Jog in place - 1 min.

14. Lesson Plan cont Cool down Walk around pool 1 time

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