Greetings! December Topics
All Exercises CD-ROM Sale
AEA Article
Expert Answer
Family Traditions
Carla's Morning Routine
Exercise Routine
Speedo HYDRO XP Sale
Free Exercise
CD-ROM Sale
For a limited time, the New All Exercises CD-ROM is on sale at 30% off! This CD-ROM has over 500 exercises in 15 categories: Cardio; Active Head to Toe; Wall Supported; Deep Water; Noodles; Just Arms; Just Legs; Stretching; Strength; Stomach; Arms; Legs; Flexibility and Range of Motion. Each exercise is complete with color photographs, detailed explanations, and variations. The newest categories include the exercises for Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, etc. called "Soft Joints; and Knee Replacement exercises. Add the variations as the bottom of all the exercises and you have thousands of water exercises! All the exercises are supplied in Adobe® Portable document (PDF) format for quick viewing or printing. A great resource for instructors or personal trainers needing variety and body specific exercises for their clients.
Hurry and order your copy of New All Exercises CD-ROM here
AEA Article
Debby Gifford and I teamed up to write the Holiday Splash article for the AEA website. We invite you to browse through it and find several great activities to use in your classes. You can find it here
Expert Answer
Q: I understand that persons with osteoporosis of the spine should not perform spinal flexion. Is this true in water exercise? Lynda Fox
A: Yes, it is true in water exercise also. The problem with osteoporosis, is a lack of calcium in the bones, causing fragility and easy breakage. The breakage is not necessarily due to body weight but to direct pressure on the bones themselves -sometimes caused by something as simple as bending or turning the wrong way at the wrong time. The major concern with spinal osteoporosis is the possibility of severing the spinal column with a bone fracture causing paralysis or worse. Please use extreme care, whether this condition describes you or your clients. Thanks for asking, Carla.
If you have questions about Water Exercise - ask away! Your questions will be answered by Barb Batson or myself. All questions will be answered with a personal email and will also be placed in the website archive. All questions will be answered as quickly as possible. Please send your questions here.
Family Traditions
Most family traditions are filled with happy and warm feelings. Traditions are begun and are repeated for their various values or meanings. My father started a tradition years ago - one that we all shared as a family and now continue to perform in his memory. Daddy doubled his tip giving between Thanksgiving and Christmas - regardless of the service rendered.. His desire was to help struggling families to have a happier holiday season. I invite you to join my family this year with our tradition, or to start a similar one of your own. We should awaken to our numerous blessings and bestow a portion of it on others. Merry Christmas!
Carla's Morning Routine
First thing in the morning, I sit at my computer with a cup of coffee. I shift through various emails, spam, news, ads, and web sites. One website that I visit every day, is the Breast Cancer Site. I click on the "Fund Free Mammograms" link, which takes me to a page with more organizational links at the bottom. I scroll down and click on the Animal Rescue link, which takes me to the "Fund Food for Animals" link. After clicking on this link, I scroll down to the bottom and repeat the process with the Rain Forest Site, the Literacy Site, the Child Health Site, and the Hunger Site. Then I go back and click on the Animal Rescue link one more time for good measure. It takes very little time and I like to believe that it makes a difference somewhere - to someone or something. Can you spare the time?
Exercise Routine
This month's Exercise Routine is from Debby Gifford, of Cocoa Florida.
Debby's Version of the Twelve Days of Christmas:
Give each day of Christmas a move, and sing: On the first day of Christmas my aerobics instructor gave to me... and so on. Perform each movement the number of times listed by it. This routine will take 20-25 minutes to complete.
1. Elbow to the knee (each side)
2. Frogs Jumping
3. Bunnies Hopping
4. Skiers Jacking (ski arms, jack legs)
5. Hula Hoops
6. Skaters skating(opposite arm, opposite leg, hamstring curl right leg / half breast stroke left arm. We keep our thumbs up to emphasize posture and rhomboids)
7. Soldiers Marching
8. Swimmers Backstroking
9. Jacks Skiing (jack arms, ski legs)
10. Cheerleaders Splitting (split jumps)
11. Joggers Floating (suspended jog)
12. Horses Rocking (6 each side).
Thanks Debby!
Remember to enter for your chance to win! Send in your exercise routines or ideas - when we use your submission in a newsletter, you will receive $50.00! Email your ideas here and please include your name and address with your text.
Speedo HYDRO XP Sale
Men and Women water exercise shoes on sale for $37.00. Available to Instructors and Students! Enter Promotional Code SP6 during the checkout procedure. See the shoes here
Free Exercise
Suspended Front Back Body Abs
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