Water Fitness Progressions Paperback – February 19, 2018

Great resource. I just started teaching water aerobics and this is a great source of more information. Great workouts and helpful advice.

Christine Alexander's newest book, "Water Fitness Progressions" is a wealth of knowledge for every aquatic fitness instructor who wants to provide students with variety & challenge in their water workouts. The exercises are easy to follow with options to increase intensity using progressions that include buoyant & drag equipment. There are so many detailed lesson plans for both shallow & deep water workouts that will make planning your classes easy & fun. Christine has "progressed" all the workouts to keep your aqua-cizers working at 60-90% of their maximum to achieve optimal fitness results. Timed intervals are used frequently so I suggest you buy music that is either tabata format or pre-set for 40 or 30 second work cycles.

The book came up when I searched for Aquatic Exercise books by Pauline Ivens ..unfortunately this is by Christine Alexander...I was specifically looking for Aquatic Exercise books by Pauline Ivens...thank you anyway!

Most of the exercises do not have a photo. I wanted the class plans so that was fine. But without photos and descriptions of many of the exercises I did not find this book at all interesting to use.

Teaching water aerobics .

This book is a must have for anyone teaching water fitness! Chris has laid out an easy to use book filled with safe and fun exercise plans..It would be very difficult to run out of ideas as this book covers both shallow and deep progressions Also with or without aquatic equipment. Unlike many books of this type, Chris uses illustrations of people in and out of the pool, not stick figures. As a water fitness instructor for the past 10 years, I appreciate all that Chris and this book has to offer.

“Water Fitness Progressions” provides a detailed, step-by-step guide for implementing the periodization athletic training concept in your water aerobics classes. This book includes complete instructions, lesson plans and individual exercise progressions to help you build a periodization program tailored to your participants and class environment. Packed with shallow and deep water exercises incorporating low intensity movements, high intensity intervals, strength training with and without equipment, core training and even games to add fun, this book is also an invaluable resource that you can constantly revisit for exercise ideas to add variety and new growth opportunities to all your class workouts.

This book describes a variety of things, including how to do strength training in the pool. It explains the properties of the water that can be used for overload & it explains how to use buoyant, drag & rubberized equipment to increase intensity. There are sample lesson plans with exercises you can use in the pool with clients. By using periodization as described in the book you can safely progress your clients to the next level of fitness. Water Fitness Progressions is an excellent resource for aquatic fitness personal trainers.