Describes and illustrates a series of water exercises ranging from beginning to advanced levels, and outlines programs that concentrate on specific areas of the body.

Looking for exercises to improve your fitness, maximize your cross-training, or recover from an injury or condition—all with little or no impact? Water Exercise is your complete resource for fitness and rehabilitation exercises. Water workouts are a fabulous way to exercise, no matter your current fitness level. Water Exercise allows personalization of each workout plan: You can change the speed, intensity, or amount of rest based on your needs. Water Exercise is ideal for cross-training workouts and beginning to advanced fitness workouts. It will also help you recover from injury or manage a chronic condition. With underwater photos and simple instructions for each exercise, you will learn fun exercises in Water Exercise you can do in shallow or deep water. You’ll also learn how to use optional equipment such as foam noodles and water buoys to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility. Exercising in the water is effective because it offers a range of therapeutic and health benefits yet still improves all the components of fitness that you get from land exercise—with no impact. With just a pool and a swimsuit, you can strengthen, rehabilitate, and add variety to your workouts with Water Exercise.

"'Water exercises' introduces the numerous possibilities of how to keep fit in the water with the so-called fun- or aqua-noodle. In a shor introduction, the book explains the characteristics and the areas of usage of the aqua noodle. In the big practical section plenty of possibilities for exercises, usually with two variations, are introduced, in each case with accompanying photos and an explanatory text. The book is structed into six main fields: stretching, balance, endurance, muscle training, games & fun, and massage & relaxation. The clear structure makes it easy to findall the different exercises"--Back cover.

Water Exercise delivers 15 programs for fitness, rehabilitation, and management of chronic conditions. There are exercises for warm-up and flexibility and exercises for those who want beginner, intermediate, or advanced workouts. Water Exercise also covers common injuries and conditions with exercises for the ankle, knee, hip, spine, shoulder, and elbow.

Includes programs for all levels of ability, as well as special exercises for pregnant women, arthritis sufferers, and those recovering from sports injuries. Demonstrates a variety of exercises designed to be performed in water, includes special exercises for those who are pregnant or suffer from arthritis, and discusses fitness, diet, and weight loss.

DVD contains demonstration of basic stroke problems and corrections discussed in the book.