Water Exercise / Watercize – Exercises For The Arms

A couple of days ago, I presented you with 8 Reasons Why You Should Watercize.  Today, I’ll give you some exercises you can do in the water.  You don’t need to buy ANYTHING to do these.  Most swimming pools will already have the basic equipment to carry these exercises out.

	Description of Exercise
	Elbows bent and dumbbells submerged in front of your chest, vigorously roll in a bicycle motion. Use forward and reverse motion.
	Begin with bells just below the water surface and arms relaxed at your sides. Extend arms directly in front of your body and sweep out to the sides. Return bells back to the starting position and repeat.
	With bells close to your sides, alternate swinging straight arms in front and in back of your body. Keep arms close to your sides.  Just like walking, but you are only moving your arms.
	With elbows bent and arms held tightly at your sides, alternate pulling equipment down into the water.  Your classic curls.
	With elbows bent and bells in at your sides, alternate pushing down into the water.
	With body slightly leaning forward, punch arms downward and away from chest. Alternate arms back and forth.
	With bells near to the water’s surface and arms held to your sides, flex and extend at your elbows as you pull bells in towards arm pits.
	With bells just below the water surface and arms held out to the sides, sweep arms forward and pull bells straight back toward chest. Extend arms out to your sides and repeat.
	With bells submerged at your sides, bring both bells together touching the front of your body. Bring bells around your body, touching in back.  Sort of like the dance PeeWee Herman did in Pee Wees Big Adventure!

Other things you can do in the water, is just walk back and forth but use your whole body.  I see a lot of people doing this at the pool.  The resistance the water provides is great since it makes you work but because you’re in a bouyant environment there is little stress to your joints.

…and finally, here is a video of water exercises in action:

Here is to your health,

Mohamed

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