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Free aerobics fun in the pool News24 Dozens of seniors took the opportunity to have fun while staying active with free aqua aerobics classes that was offered at the Lentegeur swimming pool. Berenice Martin, the event organiser, says: I love the water and I thought it was important to ...

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The mercurys already going up. Sweating it out at the gym or outdoors doesnt seem so appealing anymore, does it? How about you take your exercise routine under water? Gather up your girlfriends and sign up for an aqua aerobics class. Heres how it will help you stay in shape:

Burns calories

Aqua aerobics is a mix of strength and cardio workouts which is done in the face of water resistance. This ensures the body gets a full workout. Keeping in mind factors like cardio activity, weight, water temperature, volume and buoyancy, you can burn between 400 and 500 calories per hour of exercise.

Increases muscle strength

Because water flows in multiple directions, the resistance in the pool can range from four to 42 times greater than air. Therefore, the muscles get a rigid workout. According to a 2007 study, 12 weeks of regular aqua aerobics exercise gives you significant gains in strength, flexibility and agility.

Builds endurance

Water offers a natural resistance, unlike weights which require the body to pull and push against the weight plus gravity. Water needs the body to strain through the water and against it, building endurance.

Reduces joint pressure

Aqua aerobics relieve pressure placed on joints from normal wear and tear and arthritis. Hydrotherapy is recommended by doctors to those suffering from joint problems.

Increases flexibility

Aqua aerobics requires movements in various directions while adjusting to the push and pull of water, hence the joints increase their range of motion. In the process, the body becomes more flexible.

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World-class art meets sweaty aerobics. New York City's cavernous Metropolitan Museum of Art has been holding lively morning workout sessions this winter amid its prized masterpieces. The 45-minute "Museum Workout" sends people in exercise attire chugging through 35 galleries, past paintings, sculptures, armor and other treasures, before the venerable Fifth Avenue institution opens to the public.

On a recent morning, an overnight snowstorm didn't deter any of the 15 people who'd signed up for the session. It started with a warmup: calf stretches in the museum's grand limestone entrance and an easy jog out to the Bee Gees' hit "Stayin' Alive." Then came the speedy trek through the galleries and up the preserved ornate staircase of the 19th century Chicago stock exchange.

There were squats in front of John Singer Sargent's "Portrait of Madame X," balancing on one leg before Henry VIII's rigid armor, a yoga pose before a bronze nude of the Roman hunting goddess Diana, and jumping jacks in-between, all to a soundtrack of disco and Motown hits.

Why bother traveling to a Manhattan museum some did, from Pennsylvania, Kentucky and even California just to exercise?

"This offers you amazing moments," said participant Oliver Ryan, who runs a New York corporate wellness company. "We did our first stretch, and there in the vast gallery was Perseus holding the head of Medusa. What hit me was this was the TV of ancient times, a frozen moment from a story everyone knew."

The Met commissioned the innovative Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company for the project. It was choreographed by the two women leading the workout Monica Bill Barnes herself and her dance partner, Anna Bass along with Robert Saenz de Viteri, the company's creative producing director.

Bass said the team worked "obsessively" calculating how to keep a safe distance from the artworks. That means no wild swinging of arms or legs, and exercising a minimum of 3 feet or so from any treasure.

Leading scantily clad, pumped up bodies around the artworks "really runs against the culture of being in a museum, being quiet and being still and walking slowly," said Barnes.

"We're in the business of making strange things," she added with a wry smile, "bringing dance where it doesn't belong."

De Viteri helped guide the workout session in a vintage tuxedo and sneakers, holding a laptop attached to a speaker that channeled music and recorded narration by artist and author Maira Kalman, who selected the art and gallery route.

"Something very physical happens to me when I'm in a museum. I get this rush of excitement, this kind of tingle of mad, passionate arousal," Kalman's recorded voice said as the group did side-stretches in front of a stern-looking bust of American founding father Benjamin Franklin.

The workout ends with everyone lying on their back, eyes closed, on the floor of the Met's luminous American wing. This yoga pose, called savasana, is meant to release tension from mind and body while absorbing the benefits of the dynamic exercises. Rising over the human stillness is Augustus Saint-Gaudens' ancient goddess the resplendent, gilded Diana, about to release her arrow.

The first sessions, from Jan. 19 through Feb. 12, were sold out months ago. The interest was so intense that more were added, through March 9, and they're also sold out. Participants, both men and women, have ranged in age from 13 to 85.

Museum officials say there are no immediate plans for a future staging of what is essentially a "performance piece" that took three years to create, with each participant movement matching music and visuals moment by moment.

"The Museum Workout" was commissioned by the museum's MetLiveArts performance series and partly funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation and One World Fund.

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Ten minutes before the evening aerobics class even begins, the music is blasting and a half dozen women dance and clap in rhythm.

Leader of the pack is 75-year-old Gracie Perkins.

For a decade Perkins has taught this rhythmic aerobics class for seniors at BREC's North Sherwood Forest Community Park, dancing hard for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. And she barely breaks a sweat.

"She's the fountain of youth," says Brenda Summers, 50, a regular participant. "She makes you want to be better."

When the class officially starts, the room is full, and Perkins grabs a stack of CDs next to the boom box. The ageless, constantly smiling Perkins wears a pink T-shirt slightly off her shoulder, her short, dark hair highlighted with brassy tones.

"Where y'all want to go?" Perkins asks the room while searching through the music. She puts on Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," and the women know all the moves. They mimic jumping rope, then spin around.

Most of their routines involve a few easy-to-learn steps repeated in all four directions. The moves matter less than the idea of getting moving, Perkins says.

"Youre not concerned about making mistakes," she says. "Were concerned about fitness for life. We get vigorous."

They dance to classic songs from the 1960s and '70s and modern pop songs, just taking breaks to swig water, towel sweat out of their eyes and prepare for the next song.

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"I love what I'm doing," says Mattie McClain, 67, who has done aerobics for 15 years nine with Perkins. "It keeps you feeling young and living longer. And it keeps you happy."

Trained as a health and physical education teacher, Perkins teaches them that while working out is about looking good, it is primarily about cardiovascular health and getting the blood flowing.

"Its all about cardio, from the inside to the outside," she says.

Born in Baton Rouge, Perkins helped create the Southern University Dancing Dolls, becoming the celebrated troupe's first director and choreographer. She taught in Kansas City and Seattle but settled back home in Baton Rouge. She's been teaching aerobics since the workout craze first hit more than 30 years ago.

She has always been energetic and active, says Perkins' niece Shari Poydras, 50, who attends the class.

"This is her all the time," she says. "I don't think she would be herself without it."

The members of the class perform their routines at fitness fairs all over the parish and have even shown off their moves at a Southern University football halftime show. Sometimes they take trips together.

"Theyre about having fun," Perkins says. "We love it, and whats amazing about it is we love each other. This is what we need."

Later in the class, the women grab small plastic platforms and hoist 2-, 3- and 4-pound weights to step up and down to the Motown hit "Please Mr. Postman." In most classes the women take 8,000 to 10,000 steps, says Theresa Charles, 64, who wears a pedometer.

The class winds down with stretching and balance exercises, and Perkins incorporates mental drills in which she calls out a time 12 o'clock or 6:30 and the class has to move their arms like the hands on a clock face.

But they love to dance, and, not counting the pre-class warm-up, they move for at least an hour.

"We live to dance. We dance to live," Perkins says. "Whenever we go someplace, thats our motto, we dance to live. Life is beautiful. Love it. Have fun."

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Listening to Club Aerobics tracks and collaborations, sweaty dance party, comes to mind. Bianca Oblivion, DUCKY and Suspect Bitch make up the Clubs Aerobics team, and each brings her own flavor and spin to the groups dynamic. Bianca Oblivion recently chatted with us about her fellow female DJs and her collaboration with Akira Akira for the remix of Shiftees Go Premee.

Thanks to the graces of the internet, it seems that the music gods intended for these three creative minds to cross paths. No genres, no rules, no safe sh*t, no boring is Club Aerobics motto and while each carries her own pizzazz when they come together it all blends into a perfect high-energy mash ups. With two masters degrees, Bianca Oblivion has spent time living in the East and West coast (currently resides in Los Angeles) and has 10 years of DJing under her belt. She sprinkles some of her Hispanic roots and Jersey house into her tracks. DUCKY, a San-Fran bred and now LA-based producer and DJ, has been playing at clubs since she was 13 (via fake ID vibes). She quickly bubbled up in the LA and internet scenes with releases on OWSLAs sister labelNEST, Japanese tastemakersTrekkie Trax. Last but certainly not least is Suspect Bitch, LA-based producer. Drum and bass (D&B) opened up another world of music she hadnt quite yet explored. Not too long after attending a few D&B parties she decided she would learn how to DJ and naturally focus would shift to producing. Needless to say these three pretty much self-taught souls have racked up quite an impressive musical repertoire.

Tropical, grimey and hype are three words Bianca would use to describe her musical style. I love fast dancesYou can be jumping up and down sweating or like when youre dancing and that one beat hits, and youre just likefeeling it, said Bianca. Her description marries perfectly with one of her recent live DJ sets alongside Anna Lunoe during the Hyper House fall tour this past year. She [Anna Lunoe] started doing Hyper House live events in LA, and we would go and I met her in-person. She was really sweet and we all just got closer. Fastforward and Bianca joined the tours first stop at Santa Barbara.

For Bianca, DJing and dancing go hand in hand. For me whenever Im DJing, I visualize myself dancing and how I want to dance. For me, its so interconnected. Whenever I DJ, I see myself on the dance floor I try to put myself in that place, explains Bianca. What would I want to dance to? What are these people feeling? What do they want to dance to? How can I make those two things come together? Her recent remix of Shiftees Go Premee makes it virtually impossible to not have some part of your body moving with the beat.

Remembering the exact point in time of where she was and what she was doing when Shiftees e-mail extending a music opportunity found its way into her inbox. She recalls being surrounded by pumpkin this, pumpkin that. I was in a Trader Joes shopping and it was around Thanksgiving timethere was a lot of pumpkin spice everything. I was on my phone writing him back, giggled Bianca. She had wanted to work with Akira Akira for some time now and saw this as perfect timing to make that happen. Hes a really amazing producer. He can basically do anything, really fantastic upcoming producer and DJ. In the span of two weekends, Bianca and Akira cranked out the track. It kind of came together organically. We have similar tastes in what we play and what we like, said Bianca. With no further adieu, check out the energizing Go Premee remix below, and get ready to sweat:

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Mix 247 EDM: Youre part of a group called called Club Aerobics, can you tell us a little bit about the groups background? Mix 247 EDM: Whats the dynamic between Club Aerobics? Mix 247 EDM: Bianca Oblivion, guessing that isnt your full legal name, so where does that name come from? Mix 247 EDM: Before we dive into your work, I remember meeting you late last year and talking about how DJing isnt your first line of work. Can you share how you first started getting into this? And what life is when youre not mixing? Mix 247 EDM: TheGo Premee remix has been gaining a lot of attention, congrats! Both Martin Garrix and Mad Decent featured it in their Spotify playlists. How did this work come about? Mix 247 EDM: In three words, how would you describe (for someone who hasnt listened to you) your genre, what your tastes are what you gravitate toward [in terms of music]? Mix 247 EDM: Theres such a strong movement right now with women and supporting each other. When being identified in the music biz, does it bother or flatter you to be termed as a female DJ? Mix 247 EDM: Youve DJed with a DJ Ive been following for awhile, Anna Lunoehow was that like being part of a Hyper House night? Was it something her and her team reached out or what did that look like? Mix 247 EDM: Any projects in the pipeline?

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Ellen Bahm, Getting healthy in the water 7:00 a.m. ET Feb. 17, 2017

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Tired of sitting in front of the tube feeling like a slug? Want something to do that makes you feel great, is fun and is good for you? I've got just the answer - water aerobics at the YMCA.

Participating in water aerobics at the Y feels like playing for grown-ups.No more dread of being hot, sweaty and miserable.You stay cool while you exercise in the pool.Movement in the water is also great for joint and arthritis issues.

Worried about wearing a bathing suit in public in front of strangers?No sweat. At water aerobics, we are all shapes and sizes, both young and old. Besides, your body is underwater and nobody cares what you look like. There are very few Barbies.

Did I mention the class is fun?My favorite water aerobics class, Aqua dance, incorporates music. Our instructor, Angie, plays everything from "Respect" by Aretha Franklin to "Cake By The Ocean" by DNCE. We jam, sing and burn calories all against the resistance of the water.

Water aerobics improves flexibility and is a good all-around cardiorespiratory workout. You can expect to burn 30 percent more calories than a conventional floor workout.

So get up off that couch, join the Y and try water aerobics. Warning: it's addictive.

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EllenBahm is a physical education teacher at Coral Ridge Elementary School in Fairdale, Ky. When she isn't in the water, she likes to watch UK basketball and play with her grandson, Cal.

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