To best understand water aerobics, Schenone likes to break it down word by word. "The term 'aerobic' in a fitness setting means the exercise promotes any type of cardiovascular, or heart, conditioning ...

Active Aging is weekly series that provides wellness tips and creative living ideas for the active aging lifestyle. Water aerobics is a fun way for aging adults to stay active and fit. It’s also ...

Twice a week — after school drop off — I got to water aerobics class. I have pelvic organ prolapse, which limits the types of exercises I can do. I enjoy spending those 45 minutes with my workout ...

Water/aqua aerobics for 10 or more weeks at a time can trim waist size and aid weight loss, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open This ...

Tom O’Connell has given up walking on his treadmill in favor of another exercise that is much better for his joints and muscles, he said. “It gets the heart rate up, and it’s easier on the joints,” he ...

Aqua aerobics is ideal for those looking for a low-impact workout. The buoyancy of water reduces stress on joints, making it ...

When most people think of working out in the pool, they might imagine a brawny swimmer practicing the breaststroke while gliding effortlessly through the water. Although a workout, swimming is not the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Water aerobics is a low-impact exercise that offers cardio, toning, and strengthening with less stress on the body. “You really have to come to the pool to understand water ...

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, when many of today’s older adults were in their 40s, aerobics classes were all the rage. Nowadays this demographic is still taking aerobics — the only difference is that ...