Fantastic Water Workouts [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Marybeth Pappas Gaines (Author) "Exercise for fitness becomes more interesting, motivating, and healing when you add the comfort and invigorating dynamics of water..." (more)
Key Phrases: Safety Tip, Thermal Warm-Up, Alternate Leg Press Backs (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Gaines presents a water aerobics program based on a series of 90 pool exercises, which offer a new fitness alternative combining excellent conditioning with relatively stress-free impact on muscles and joints. The author, an applied exercise physiologist and teacher, covers all aspects of the water workout, from warmups and cool downs, muscle toning and conditioning, to peak intensity aerobics using flotation devices. The exercises can be mixed and matched to design custom programs based on body type, fitness goals, or special needs (such as pregnancy and rehabilitation). Clear, detailed illustrations (not seen) are necessary for readers successfully to implement the written instructions, but this manual should prove useful for public library sports collections and popular with patrons.
- Sandra Math, St. John's Univ. Lib., New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
""By far the best resource in the field! It's guaranteed to get you in the pool to enjoy all the benefits of water exercise." Fantastic Water Workouts "is a comprehensive guide to water equipment, movements, music, and more.""
Meg Jordan, PhD, RN
Editor of "American Fitness"

"Fantastic Water Workouts "is a hands-on, A-to-Z guide to getting the most from exercising in the water. MaryBeth Pappas Baun shows you how to get a better workout and burn more calories in the water than on land. You'll learn how to get started with the right exercises and advance your workouts, including how to use resistance tools, monitor heart rate, and even select music. You'll get measurable results while having fun!""
Barbara Harris
Former Editor in Chief, Current Editorial Adviser, "Shape" magazine --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; illustrated edition edition (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873224582
• ISBN-13: 978-0873224581
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #235,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Water Workouts, December 16, 2007

By	Debbie Blankenship (Pasadena, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fantastic Water Workouts (Paperback)

I think this is one of the best books out there on water exercises. I was not disappointed in it as I have been with other water workout books. Fantastic Water Workouts has clear instructions and easy to follow and do exercises plus all the great illustrations makes it fun to get a good wokout. If you want motivation, this book offers it. In addition to these great exercises, Fantastic Water Workouts has a section on Persoanl Fitness Profile, Your Fitness Personality, Setting your Fitness Goals and a Fitness Action Plan to see what level of fitness you are currently at and what kind of fitness level you would like to be at. It offers tips and challenges for all levels of fitness including Managing Diabetes, Arthritis, Older Adults, Pregnancy, types of injuries and warmups and lots more! If you are looking for a water workout book that is going to sit on your shelf, then this is not the book for you. But, if you are looking for a book that not only helps you identify your fitness goals but helps you reach them, then this is the book for you. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Fitness Professionals, January 6, 2008

By	William B. Baun "EPD, FAWHP" (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fantastic Water Workouts (Paperback)

The first addition of the book was translated into 4-5 different languages and was used by professionals and lay individuals to better their water fitness efforts. The new edition moves the world of water workouts to a new level.

What is exciting about this book are not only the new routines that MaryBeth has added, but also the pictures that will help readers understand how correctly do the moves and routines. Much of the experimentation for this book was worked out at our lake house 60 minutes outside of Houston, Texas on a spring fed lake called Lake Mount Pleasant. I have great memories of walking out and finding MaryBeth in the water working on new routines. I have never been a true water person, but as she developed new moves and routines, I became the student and after a summer of water fun - I'm a believer!

At 60, running is out of the question and I still inline skate, but I'm just not as daring on wet days as I was years ago. MaryBeth and I walk almost everyday, but my weekend water workouts have become a time of pure fun and have strengthened muscles I'd forgotten about.

If you are a fitness trainer / coach - this is a must for your professional collection. If you are looking for a way to get and stay in shape - this book will walk you through the necessary steps to be successful. I broke my back when I was 27 and now after working with MaryBeth in the water I wished someone had introduced me to water workouts earlier in life. Those of us that are physically challenged this book also provides information and ideas to make our workouts really work and take away much of our pain.

Thanks MaryBeth for taking the time from your consulting practice to "re-energize" the world of water workouts!

William B. Baun, EPD, FAWHP

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, August 31, 2008

By	Nancy Key - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fantastic Water Workouts (Paperback)

As a new water aerobics instructor, this book provided me with a great variety of exercises. It is well written with comprehensive photos.