How to create an effective water aerobics routine
Are you bored of your old water aerobics routine? Are you looking for a change? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions the good news is that creating your own water aerobics routine is actually rather easy to do, no matter how hard of a routine you are trying to work on. In fact changing your water aerobics routine is a good idea because it will allow you to make faster progress and will help to keep you from getting bored. And the best thing of all is you can combine your favorite moves from other aerobics into your water routine.
Difficulty rating: Easy to moderate
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Step one:
The first thing that you are going to need to do is to become familiar with land aerobics. Most of the time the water aerobic routines can be created from land aerobic routines. So the more you know about land aerobics the better you are going to be able to create your own water aerobics routine.
Step two:
The next thing that you are going to need to do is to get out some paper and pencils so that you can create a draft of what you are going to want to do. This will also help you to keep track of what is working and what isn't, not to mention any other kinds of notes that you want to jot down.
Step three:
The next thing that you are going to need to do is to figure out how long of a routine you are going to want to create. When thinking about how long of a water aerobics routine you are going to have you also want to keep in mind you are going to need time for warm up exercises and cool down exercises.
Step four:
The first part of your water aerobics routine should be your warm up and you should plan to spend at least 8 minutes warming up, but most water aerobics routines have a bout a 10 minute warm up period. Some exercises that you can use for your warm up routine would be walking in place and slowly going into a jog or some light kicks. The key here is to use slow moving exercises that are designed to stretch out the muscles before entering your routine.
Step five:
Next you are going to want to move into the first part of your water aerobics routine. You are going to want to start off with small exercises and then gradually increase the speed of the movements, as well as the level of movement. You can also add some exercises that require the use of kickboards, water balls, water dumbbells and other items. Your routine should last no longer than 45 minutes and should work out both your upper and lower body.
Step six:
Now you are going to want to plan your cool down exercises. You should dedicate at least 15 minutes if not 20 minutes to your cool down period. The exercises that you put in this category should once again be slow flowing movements that focus on stretching out the muscles that you have just worked out.
Step seven:
Now that you have everything planned out you are going to want to pick out some music to go along with your routine this will also help to keep your water aerobics routine interesting and you can always change the music without changing the routine.
Other tips:
- Look at other water aerobic classes, DVDs or videos to get some ideas about what kinds of exercises to put in your water aerobics routine.
- You can also use specialized exercises that target certain muscle groups as a part of your routine.
- Always make sure to change your workout to your appropriate skill level or if you have noticed that you are no longer seeing any results from your previous routine.
