Showing posts with label pool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pool. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sunday, August 26, 2012
DRAGONFLIES AND OUR ECOSYSTEM
Love these beautiful dragonflies that circle our heads when we are doing aqua fitness in the pool! Read about how they help our ecosystem (Washington University Magazine)--plus they eat mosquitoes--a real bonus!
http://magazine.wustl.edu/2012/august/Pages/TysonDragonfliesExperiment.aspx
http://magazine.wustl.edu/2012/august/Pages/TysonDragonfliesExperiment.aspx
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Restorative Aqua, Tai Chi and more at Encino Therapy Pool!
Restorative Aqua, Aqua Tai Chi, and more at Encino Therapy Pool!
Warm Water Pool at Providence Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Encino, CA
Aqua Flex'n Stretch now offers Restorative Aqua, Aqua Tai Chi, and Aqua Toning Classe at this wonderful warm water pool (90+ degrees, lift also). All instructors are certified by the Arthritis Foundation. Perfect for post-surgery (with medical release), Arthritis, Fibromyalgia , Parkinson's, as well as exercise enthusiasts and anyone who wants to live longer by following an exercise program. Call 818-383-4400 to learn more!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
article and video on Aqua Flex'n!
Check out this great article and video done on me and Melanie!!! Look forward to your comments.
encino.patch.com
Instructors at Braemar Country Club share water exercise techniques that not only help tone the body, but also heal.
Monday, January 11, 2010
POOLING YOUR RESOURCES!
Pooling Your Resources
Aqualillies Synchronized Swimming Classes
Eleven minutes of morning traffic delays, two hours behind at work, and approximately 131,002 seconds late on synchronizing your Swatch. You can barely keep your head above water.
So your timing is just right for Aqualillies. Already a splash on the Hollywood pool party circuit, the dazzling Esther Williams-era water ballet troupe is holding its first two-day workshops this weekend and next.
Suit up and, over the course of two 75-minute sessions, you’ll pick up sculling techniques, back layouts, ballet legs, torpedos, tuck turns, and marching. Then you’ll set your new skills to music by putting together a simple (yet graceful) routine.
If the 1920s luxury cruise liner-esque trappings of the Millenium Biltmore’s heated pool don’t inspire you to dive right in, the vintage Busby Berkeley flicks certainly will.
It’s a stroke of genius.
Workshops, January 16, 17, 23, and 24, Saturday and Sunday, at TheMillennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, at West Fifth Street, Downtown (213-624-1011). Space available in sessions one (10:30-11:45 a.m.), two (noon-1:15 p.m.), and three (2-3:15 p.m.). To sign up, go to aqualillies.com.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Step out of June Gloom
Step out of June Gloom and join us at the pool! It's a sure way to boost your endorphins and stay fit.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
9 Good Reasons Why You Should Get in the Pool
Many believe that swimming and pools are strictly child's play or summer fun and that swimming is not an effective form of weight loss. This is not true! Even the US Masters Swimming says that swimming is a 'rigorous, effective fitness workout--and fun in the process."
Everyone can benefit from the water. Here are 9 good reasons to start splashing:
1. Heart Helper--Get cardiovascular conditioning
2. Balance Your Build--Swimming builds longer, leaner muscles and boosts metabolism
3. Cross-training--Avoid injury with a balanced workout routine
4. Increased Flexibility--Heated pools relax muscles, increase flexibility, and enable important stretching in addition to flushing out toxins preventing muscle tightness and soreness the following day
5. Strengthen Your Core--Develop core body strength
6. Endurance--Train for longer periods of time and burn more calories
7. Adventure--Explore the relaxing joys of clean, indoor and outdoor pools
8. Social Outlet-- Meet people with mutual interests, find peer motivation and professional coaching to increase your performance results
Finally....
9. Weight Loss--It's easy to push yourself and get in the water. Putting on your swimsuit may actually motivate you to shed a few pounds too.
Swimming and water exercise can add to your quality of life. Start splashing!!
(Adapted from Active.com article)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Stress Awareness Day, April 16
We throw around the word "stress" so often in just everyday speak (you're stressing me out!), that we often trivialize the real impact it has on our lives. In fact, 66% of Americans say they are likely to seek help for stress as it is so problematic, with over a third of us claiming that we are living with "extreme" stress. Why such stress? 75% of Americans claim that work and money are causing it. Stress can lead to heart attacks / heart disease, cancer, immune system problems, accidents, depression, suicide, lung issues and more. Stress levels have been increasing steadily, with now more than 3 of 5 doctor visits – globally – being directly related to stress problems.
So what can you do?? First, recognize that you're under stress. Second, identify the stressors in your life. Third, make a plan to deal with the stressors (notice I didn't say eliminate since that can be almost impossible). Fourth, incorporate exercise and good nutrition into your daily lifestyle. You all know how great the water feels once you get to the pool. Make a commitment to come regularly. Supplement your water exercise with walking (your dogs will thank you!), elliptical machine workouts, or whatever sport you love (tennis is mine!). Have fun and make social connections. The more you give of yourself, the more you get back. Your body will thank you and you'll feel great as your endorphins are released.
You are in control of your life and body. Take control now and reduce your stress.
So what can you do?? First, recognize that you're under stress. Second, identify the stressors in your life. Third, make a plan to deal with the stressors (notice I didn't say eliminate since that can be almost impossible). Fourth, incorporate exercise and good nutrition into your daily lifestyle. You all know how great the water feels once you get to the pool. Make a commitment to come regularly. Supplement your water exercise with walking (your dogs will thank you!), elliptical machine workouts, or whatever sport you love (tennis is mine!). Have fun and make social connections. The more you give of yourself, the more you get back. Your body will thank you and you'll feel great as your endorphins are released.
You are in control of your life and body. Take control now and reduce your stress.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Aquatic Exercises May Ease Fibromyalgia
Study found that exercise in heated pool brought relief from chronic pain
FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise in a heated swimming pool can benefit people with the common, painful condition fibromyalgia, a new study suggests. Symptoms of fibromyalgia include chronic and severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons; neck and shoulder pain; sleep problems; anxiety and depression. Women account for more than 90 percent of people with fibromyalgia, which has no known cause or cure. Current treatments include painkillers, exercise, relaxation therapy, and low-dose antidepressants, according to background information in a news release about the study, which was published Feb. 21 in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.
The study from the University of Extremadura in Spain and the University of Evora, Portugal, included 33 women with fibromyalgia -- 17 did supervised one-hour exercise sessions in a heated pool three times a week for eight months, while the other 16 did no aquatic training.
The researchers found that the long-term aquatic exercise helped reduce fibromyalgia symptoms and improved the women's health-related quality of life. In an earlier study, the same researchers found that a short-term exercise program helped ease symptoms, but pain returned when patients completed the exercise regimen.
"The addition of an aquatic exercise program to the usual care for fibromyalgia in women is cost-effective in terms of both health care costs and societal costs," and "appropriate aquatic exercise is a good health investment," the researchers wrote.
FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise in a heated swimming pool can benefit people with the common, painful condition fibromyalgia, a new study suggests. Symptoms of fibromyalgia include chronic and severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons; neck and shoulder pain; sleep problems; anxiety and depression. Women account for more than 90 percent of people with fibromyalgia, which has no known cause or cure. Current treatments include painkillers, exercise, relaxation therapy, and low-dose antidepressants, according to background information in a news release about the study, which was published Feb. 21 in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.
The study from the University of Extremadura in Spain and the University of Evora, Portugal, included 33 women with fibromyalgia -- 17 did supervised one-hour exercise sessions in a heated pool three times a week for eight months, while the other 16 did no aquatic training.
The researchers found that the long-term aquatic exercise helped reduce fibromyalgia symptoms and improved the women's health-related quality of life. In an earlier study, the same researchers found that a short-term exercise program helped ease symptoms, but pain returned when patients completed the exercise regimen.
"The addition of an aquatic exercise program to the usual care for fibromyalgia in women is cost-effective in terms of both health care costs and societal costs," and "appropriate aquatic exercise is a good health investment," the researchers wrote.
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