WV YMCA Water Blog!
Find it all here: Water Fitness instructors' newsletter, calendar, a water workshop page with pictures/video/ideas from around the world and more - enjoy!
This tip is from Lindsay Swenson-Mondick, YMCA Aquatics Director and AEA Trainer from Minnesota...don't cha know! I met her at the IAFC conference and she is a great instructor with an awesome sense of humor.
Aqua Fitness Teaching Tip: To all my aquatic instructors...it's called "Drill-a-Skill" and it's one of the easiest ways to keep your people moving during a cardio sequence. One exercise, 5 variations, each for 30 seconds x 4. What's that equal...10 minutes! 1/4 of the class complete. Try it in the following sequence: Level I Cross Country Ski; Level I 1/2 WT Double w/ Bow and Arrow Arms; Level II 1/2 WT Ski and Tuck; Level I Ski Travel Forward and Backward; Level III Ski! Whew! Repeat another 3 times. *You may not be able to use this EXACT tip - maybe you can modify it to fit your class format!
ViPR is a training system that uses a hollow rubber tube with handles built into it, see -http://www.viprfit.com/Learn/WhatisViPR.aspx. The tube is about 3 feet long (a metre) and ranges from 4 to 20 kilos. You can do any number of movements with it and it is great for twisting and thrusting movements that build functional core strength. Very popular new fitness system on land that could be used in water as well. What do you think about this?
