Aquafit Full Lesson
Aquafit Full Lesson
Aquafit Full Lesson
Walking warm up
1 minute
Lean into walk
1 minute
Lunges
1 minute
Angled Lunches
1 minute
Hip issues continue doing forward lunges
Sidewalk with forward arm presses
1 minute
Palms perpendicular to the ground for more resistance,
parallel for less resistance
Grapevine with arm twirl
1 minute
Dont cross over if you have hip problems, continue side
steps
Long Soldier March
1 minute
Touch Hand to opposite foot
Control your foot dropping
Walking/Jogging
15 second intervals x 4 alternating
Repeat but going backwards
Leg workout 5 minutes
Squats
30 seconds
Hold for 10 seconds at end
Knee up
20 seconds
Foot to butt
20 seconds
Leg pivot in and out
20 seconds
Calf circles
20 seconds
Leg circles
20 seconds
Start small and get big
REPEAT with other leg (last 5)
10-minute walk
Lean forward for resistance
Shallow water is harder
Explain the whys Aquatic Exercise Association and
America Association of Rheumatology Research
1 minute walking
1 minute punching out
1 minute arm pushing back
1 minute arm pushing forward
1 minute big symbols
1 minute arms lifting high
1 minute grabbing the sparrows tail
1 minute arms wide for resistance
1 minute sculling arms
1 minute walking backwards
Arm Workout 5 minutes
Cymbal crash and elbow lever arm presses
15 seconds x 4 alternating
Figure eights
20 seconds
Thumb up and thumb down
Small to big arm circles
20 seconds
Press in to middle
20 seconds
REPEAT with other arm (last 3)
Big Xs
20 seconds
Arm pulsing down and punch out
15 seconds x 4 alternating
Sway back and forth
20 seconds
Sculling
20 seconds
Ski across and back pool
1 minute
Angled ski across and back pool
1 minute
Jogging forward pushing out
30 seconds
Jogging backwards pulling in
30 seconds
Pendulum across the pool
1 minute, leading with one leg one way and the other on
the way back
Stationary Cardio
Jills
30 seconds
Jogging/march with a jump every 15 seconds
Knees up high arms out
Modification only one knee up at a time
Finish with 10 seconds of jumping
One minute total
Angled, bent knee lifts
15 seconds each leg, as fast as possible
Jump from one leg to other
15 seconds x 4 alternating between medium and fast
pace
Modification is fast side stepping
30 seconds
Stretch
8 minutes
Looking at the shoulders sternocleidomastoid
Down at armpit and rest hands on head trapezius
back neck rolls
Shoulders up and down
Shoulders roll forward and backwards
Linked hands
Arm over chest
Wave up and wave down
Wrists roll in and out
Over to wall
Hands on wall and step back lower back thoracolumbar
fascia
One arm up and twist to the side oblique
One hand on wall, sun over mountain stretch
Lean butt back, weight off arms, keep legs straight
posterior leg muscles
Lift foot and pull quads
Foot up on wall & lean forward
Ankle roles