Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More [Paperback]

Jane Katz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2003

Take your workout to the water!

Possibly the world’s perfect exercise, water workouts provide a highly-effective, low-impact way to burn calories, build muscle, improve flexibility, and have some fun.

International Swimming Hall of Fame board member and world masters champion Jane Katz uses a holistic approach to lead you to total body fitness, offering soothing and strengthening programs of exercises drawn from yoga, Pilates, tai chi, and popular land sports like skiing and golf. There are also high-intensity challenges and instructions for deep-water running and cross-training for athletes. Each exercise is accompanied by a simple drawing and step-by-step instructions for doing the move correctly. Programs for twenty-, thirty- and forty-five-minute workouts, including breathing exercises, warm ups and cool downs, are laid out to make it easy to dive right in. Individual exercises can also be combined to make a complete workout that is right for you.

Dr. Katz uses toys and accessories, from old-fashioned kickboards to flashy fins, to make every workout seem like play. Full of suggestions to keep your program exciting and fresh, Your Water Workout is a complete guide to working out in the water for lifelong fitness.

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Take your workout to the water!

Possibly the world's perfect exercise, water workouts provide a highly-effective, low-impact way to burn calories, build muscle, improve flexibility, and have some fun.

International Swimming Hall of Fame board member and world masters champion Jane Katz uses a holistic approach to lead you to total body fitness, offering soothing and strengthening programs of exercises drawn from yoga, Pilates, tai chi, and popular land sports like skiing and golf. There are also high-intensity challenges and instructions for deep-water running and cross-training for athletes. Each exercise is accompanied by a simple drawing and step-by-step instructions for doing the move correctly. Programs for twenty-, thirty- and forty-five-minute workouts, including breathing exercises, warm ups and cool downs, are laid out to make it easy to dive right in. Individual exercises can also be combined to make a complete workout that is right for you.

Dr. Katz uses toys and accessories, from old-fashioned kickboards to flashy fins, to make every workout seem like play. Full of suggestions to keep your program exciting and fresh, Aqua Fit is a complete guide to working out in the water for lifelong fitness.

AQUAFIT is a registered trademark of Luye Lui and used under License.

About the Author

A swimming instructor at the City University of New York for nearly forty years, Dr. JANE KATZ is a world master synchronized and competitive swimming champion. She is also on the board of directors for the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the author of Swimming for Total Fitness (Main Street, 1993). She lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (June 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767914821
• ISBN-13: 978-0767914826
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, June 7, 2007

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This review is from: Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More (Paperback)

I recently started doing a lot of swimming and water exercises. There are several great books but this is not one of them. The book was done on the cheap with no photos to help you understand the exercise, just some line drawings.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Helpful and a lot of fun, May 26, 2008

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This review is from: Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More (Paperback)

As a total non-swimmer and out of shape middle-aged woman, I found this book extremely helpful and the exercises a lot of fun. I don't really know any swimming strokes, but love the water and found these exercises have helped me to put on some muscle and take off some weight. I have osteoarthritis in my knees, shoulder problems, neck problems, and had hurt my feet on the treadmill. With this book I was able to keep exercising. I have loved it. The only reason I didn't give it a five is because it's not water proof and needs something you can take with you to the water area, if not into the water. I found the directions easy to follow.

22 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!, July 6, 2003

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Alicia Miller (Irvine, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More (Paperback)

As a (almost) 16 year old swimmer who has been swimming before I could walk, I am always looking for ways to improve my swimmimg (which is the core of my fitness program). This is an excellent book and I recommend it to anyone who LOVES the water!