More Water Aerobics Training Equipment That You Can Use
Water aerobics is getting more exciting, and has spawned the manufacturing and sales of a wide variety of water aerobics equipment. Aquatics equipment for water aerobics add resistance and intensity to your water aerobics workouts, and provide aerobic conditioning, balance and flexibility.
This post provides information on additional water aerobics training equipment which you can use in your water exercise routines.
Water Aerobics Equipment To Enhance Your Water Aerobics Workouts
1) Resistance Fins And Flow Bells
Resistance fins and flow bells greatly magnifies the resistance of movement through water. They enhance exercise for all major muscles of the body, including the heart. The degree of resistance automatically changes with the amount of force you apply.
2) Webbed Gloves
Water gloves create a webbed hand to increase the water’s resistance to your upper body movements. Webbed gloves build upper-body muscle endurance and strength.
3) Aquatic Step
Aquatic bench stepping equipment from popular brands such as Speedo AquaStep combines the intensity and versatility of stair climbing or step aerobics with the protection of an aquatic environment. These waterproof, sinkable platforms come in several heights and provide an alternative to stair-climbing machines or land-based step aerobics.
4) Boards
Sprint, Zura and Burdenko make buoyant underwater boards on which you sit, kneel, or stand for dynamic movements. The boards are uniquely shaped to challange and strengthen stability and balance in the water.
Some board have straps suitable for use in both shallow and deep water to develop upper and lower body fitness. Some kickboards provide an inexpensive and versatile option tfor resistance, balance and cardiorespiratory training in the water.
5) Fitness Vest
The weighted X Vest helps you strengthen core muscles, improve spinal bone density, lose extra pounds safely and effectively while helping you to maintain healthy weight.
You can wear the vest during water aerobics workouts to strengthen your core. Adding weight to your body makes your muscles work harder, increasing your metabolic rate so that you burn more calories in the same amount of time, making your water aerobics routine more effective.
6) Exercise Belt
Exercise belts such as the Burdenko Belt is an all-in-one resistance invention designed for use on land or in water. This belt gives your body a complete body workout, providing aerobic conditioning, balance, flexibility and strength. The belt is adjust and serves as a back support.
7) Water Walkers
Wearing flexible foot paddles called winged water walkers increase resistance, helping you to burn two to three times as many calories per minute (22 calories per minute) as you do in standard water jogging (11 calories per minute) or jogging on land (8 calories per minute).
Wear water walkers with a flotation belt or vest and use them to strengthen core muscle groups, the abdominals, gluteals (buttocks) and hip flexors.
Winged water walker benefit athletes, older or overweight people, people recovering from injury or surgery, as well as those suffering from arthritis, asthma and fibromyalgia.
Water Weights
Waterproof weights come in varying degrees of heaviness or can be adjustable. They can be attached to wrists or ankles, or handheld, to enhance body toning.
You can wear a flotation vest or belt and attach the weights to your ankles to provide lower-body resistance or to hang suspended without motion to release pressure on your lower back, open up your spinal joints, and lengthen your spine. Water weights are not recommended for use when making quick movements.
9) Cast Guards And Limb Splints
Cast guards keep casts and bandages dry while submsersed in water. They are available in shapes to fit arms, legs, hands, and feet and in sizes for men, women and children. Latex construction provides a strong, durable, and tear-resistant fit over wounds, sores, and all types of casts.
Limb splints keep joints still so that the resistance of the water does not bend dore or injured joints that need to remain immobile while the muscles of a nearby joint move the limb through the water.
10) AquaTunes
This water sport belt holds your personal CD or MP3 player so that you can keep moving to the music or exercise instructions when in the water. To use it, insert the mini-electronics in the waterproof pouch, close the watertight seal, and perform your water aerobics workout.
AquaTunes comes with the earplug speaker system that secures the speaker in your ear and keeps water out of your ear. The clear PVC enables better visibility and operation of controls.
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