Swimming Pool Exercises

[paula 4]

This is for those of you that never exercise (like me)!

Ive been banded nearly a year now. NEVER exercised. Oh, maybe I would get motivated here and there, but never lasted more then 2 weeks.

Well, summer started and I wanted to get my bat wings looking spify! So every day I started doing aerobics in the pool (my parents have one).

No special techniques. No special Water exercises. Just plain ole jumping jacks with arm lifts above the Water. I would time myself for 1 minute then change arm movements for another minute. Before long I had been exercising for 10 minutes. That was pretty much my maximum time limit!

I did this for about... yep, 2 weeks!

The results? I lost inches - from everywhere. But especially the upper arm area.

2 weeks worth of exercising and what a difference it made!

[Iluvharleys 15]

Paula - I do all my exercising in the pool now. As soon as it got warm enough, I moved from the treadmill to the pool. I don't have any problem exercising now, I love going swimming.

I wish it would stay warm enough all year for it, because I hate the thought of moving back in the house on the treadmill!

So, are you going to stick with it?

[paula 4]

Betty,

Since we went on vacation, THEN we moved, I cant seem to get myself back into a routine. I guess me posting this thread is to kick my own butt into high gear and start exercising again. I was totally amazed at what a little exercising did to this big momma! I even worked myself up to using filled 20 oz Water bottles as arm weights.

Anyway, I went yesterday to exercise and found myself back to square one. 10 minutes and no Water bottles.

Are you doing any special exercises? Or just continusely moving aound?

[Iluvharleys 15]

Paula, I have a set routine mostly that I do. I swim, I do a bunch of arobics, I do some walking, I go in the deep end and act like I am running, I do some step ups on the steps, I do some jumping jacks, I do some arm exercises. I haven't added weights yet, but I need to I guess. Anything you do in the Water is good as the resistance of the water helps.