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Parkes aqua aerobics is attracting big numbers this summer season at the Parkes Pool

THRILLED: Parkes aqua aerobics instructor Bev Laing (centre) is thrilled so many locals are turning up to exercise at the Parkes Pool.

BIG NUMBERS: More than 50 residents have been turning out for aqua aerobics this summer season.

THRILLED: Parkes aqua aerobics instructor Bev Laing (right) is thrilled so many locals are turning up to exercise at the Parkes Pool.

THRILLED: Parkes aqua aerobics instructor Bev Laing (centre) is thrilled so many locals are turning up to exercise at the Parkes Pool.

BIG NUMBERS: More than 50 residents have been turning out for aqua aerobics this summer season.

BIG NUMBERS: More than 50 residents have been turning out for aqua aerobics this summer season.

It appears Parkes residents are just flooding in to take part in aqua aerobics at the Parkes Pool.

Thats according to localaqua aerobics instructor Bev Laing, who said more than 50 participants have been turning up per session.

The classes held on Mondays and Thursdays at 9amare run through the College for Seniors andare usually intended for seniors.

But Bev said she doesnt knock back anyone whos interested in coming.

[On January 21] we had 55 attend, which is just incredible, she said.

On February 6, 60 people were present.

Were promoting health and exercise in older people and we have lots of happy faces there, Bev said.

Bev has been instructing in Parkes since the 90s.

She worked for 10 years before taking a break and returning in 2016.

She said the response this summer season has been much bigger.

We had about 30 people per class last year, Bev said.

Now weve almost doubled.

Im very satisfied and Im enjoying it immensely myself, its been helpful for me too.

Bev attributed the growing numbers to people realising how important exercise is to maintain a healthy body, especially in older people.

I just want to get as many people in and exercising as I can, she said.

For those interested in participating, people are required to sign up to the Collegefor Seniors for $20 a year.

There is also asmall fee for the class.

For more information and inquiries call Bev on 0418 114 826.

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LAKE OF BAYS Almost nothing can stop you from exercising at the Dorset Community Centre.

Paula McIsaac will be offering a free 10-week Nia Technique, known as non-impact aerobics, at the Dorset Health Hub, beginning the week of March 27. Advanced registration is required as minimum numbers are necessary for classes to run.

Nia Technique is an approach to fitness that embraces dance movement, martial arts and the healing arts. Nia is kind on the joints and adaptable to every age, type of body or level of fitness.

Nia started in the mid-1980s when exercise business owner, Debbie Rosas, was forced to find an alternative method of exercise after a series of sports related injuries. Rosas, alongside her trainer, Carlos AyaRosas, researched and developed an alternative method of aerobic exercise and strength training aiming for safe, non-impact and body-mind based movement.

At the same time, Debbie Rosas called a friend who was a martial artist. It was at her first lesson that she realized she could incorporate new energy patterns and movements into class.

Nia with Paula McIssac will be offered at three locations this spring: the Dorset Recreation Centre, the MacTier Memorial Arena and the Ryde Community Co-op. Registration opens March 6. Call 705-645-2100 extension 199 to reserve your spot.

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Just as your New Years resolutions are slipping away, your activewear is tucked in the back cupboard and your Crossfit colt doesn't recognise you anymore, Instagram fitness celebrities have cult followings. And as we follow the glamour and #blessed lives of these role models, we continue to fight off the fads and phenomena about everything from caffeine to cartwheels. We don't need thigh gaps. We don't need to tone up. We need the truth.

Following a sold out debut season, Joana Simmons (aka Joy) is taking the lies out of Lycra: Airing her workout and work stories as an aerobics instructor and exercising all sorts of demons from body image to active wear; gym, Jim and GIN.

Featuring a high-powered soundtrack of pop and rock staples, original songs and honest anecdotes, Confessions of an Aerobics Instructor is pure endorphin-inducing entertainment. Joana's background in comedy makes her a non-conventional and at times nonsensical instructor and this combined with her tales of what REALLY happens in the fitness industry will not only get your heart pumping, it will touch it too.

Barging into Melbourne's only Vaudeville Venue, Speakeasy HQ, for the first three Friday's in March, this is one season not to miss.

Tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=251940.

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Performing aerobic exercise increases the supply of Oxygen to your brain, which increases its ability to reason and think.

Performing Aerobic exercises like bicycling, walking or swimming can lead you to a healthy living, suggest many health experts.Reports inform that performing aerobics even for short intervals on a daily basis can make bigger changes to your lifestyle.According to American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine, performing 30 minutes of moderately intense aerobic exercise five days a week or 20 minutes of high-intensity aerobic exercise three days a week provides protection from a number of chronic diseases.

If you have yet to embrace an active lifestyle, here we list seven perks that you can enjoy from it.

Improves reasoning: Performing aerobic exercise increases the supply of Oxygen to your brain, which increases its ability to reason and think. At least 30 minutes of moderate activity on a daily basis can make your brain function as well.

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Reduces stress: Exercise is not only the key to heart but also to the head. It counters depression by reducing the levels of the bodys stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol.

Prevents breast cancer: Several pieces of researchclaim that women who perform regular exercise remain at lower risk of developing breast cancer.

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Improves posture: While strengthening your core, aerobic exercises improve your posture by stabilising your spine and keeping you upright during the movement.

Improves stamina: Aerobic exercise increases your stamina and gives you more energy for both work and play.

Maintains blood pressure, reduces cholesterol: Exercising on a daily basis increases the levels of heart-protecting HDL cholesterol and decreases the level of dangerous triglyceride. It further boosts your immune system and also provides protection against Type-2 Diabetes.

Improves heart health: Remember that your heart is a muscle, regular exercise boosts its strength.

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On Monday morning, Honey Canney marked her birthday by teaching a water aerobics class at Bend Golf & Country Club.

Two days later, on Wednesday, she was back at it, leading a class of seven through the movements, and Friday, shell be doing the same.

Though not as fearless as the mountain bike riders who bomb down Phils Trail on a carbon fiber steed or as gritty as the multisport athletes who crack the two-hour barrier during each springs Pole Pedal Paddle, Canney and her athletic prowess are notable in a city full of notable athletes.

Thats because Canney is 101.

Honey Canney , 101, leads a water aerobics class that she teaches at the Bend Golf & Country Club on Wednesday. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

Honey Canney , 101, smiles after teaching a water aerobics class at the Bend Golf & Country Club on Wednesday. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

Honey Canney , 101, second from right, shares a laugh with a group of women that take part in the water aerobics class she teaches at the Bend Golf & Country Club in Bend on Feb. 1, 2017. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

Three times a week, Canney catches a ride to the club from her home at Whispering Winds retirement community to the private club in southeast Bend, where shes led classes for almost 40 years.

As a teenager, Canney was swimming at a public pool in Seattle when a boy leaped off the high dive, landing on top of her. Years of back problems followed. They were so severe that by 21, doctors advised her she should be prepared to spend much of her life in a wheelchair.

Some decades later while living in Southern California, Canney had managed to avoid the wheelchair, but suffered from constant pain. Her husband would carry her from their car to her chiropractors office. I cant live like this anymore, she recalled thinking to herself, shortly before she followed up on a friends suggestion that she look in to water aerobics.

Pain-free for the first time in years, she was a near-instant convert.

In the 1970s, Canney and her husband moved to Bend to retire, and she went looking for a water aerobics class in her new hometown. Finding nothing, she started doing her exercises on her own in the then-newly built pool at Bend Golf & Country Club. Having never seen such a thing, her friends around the club thought Id lost my ever-loving mind, Canney said.

She persisted, and in time, others joined her in the pool. Soon her personal exercise regimen became a regular class at the club.

I had no intention of teaching any class at all. I was just refreshing my own memory so Id do the right program, the right exercises with the right muscles, she said.

Canney said she feels better today physically than she did when she was 21. Her eyesight has failed in recent years she complains she cant see well enough to butter a slice of toast but if not for her vision, Canney said shed have no difficulties living on her own.

Regular students at Canneys class said its both inspirational and a little intimidating to try to keep up with a woman old enough to be their mother.

Linda Ripsch, at 64 the youngest student present Wednesday, said Canneys positivity is contagious.

We always have a really great time. She keeps us going and has a big happy smile all the time, Ripsch said.

Vergie Ries, 71, said shes lost 40 pounds in a year and a half of taking Canneys class. She said knowing Canney will be there ready to start at 9 a.m. is motivating on days when getting up and making the trip to the pool seems daunting.

With Honey as an inspiration, its easy to get up in the morning and come out here, Ries said.

Although exercise has kept her fit and alert, in her view, longevity is really more about meaningful human connections, Canney said.

To love and be loved, thats my credo, she said. If you dont have people around you, you may as well leave this earth, because its just no good.

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Grahamstown based aerobics club, Makana Aerobics and Fitness Club holds sessions weekly at the New Indoor Sport Centre in Extension 6 from Monday to Thursday, 6pm to 7pm.

Andisa Bonani, club marketing officer and Zimkhitha Mngxuma, event coordinator, said they already had a calendar of events for the year, starting with one on Saturday 11 February.

Bonani said the club planned to hold quarterly programmes such as athletics, and running events ranging from 5km to 21km, should they have their licence to host as a club.

Bonani said they planned to officially launch the club on 24 September 2017.

They encourage Grahamstown youth to do gym not only as a tool to lose weight, but as a healthy lifestyle.

Bonani further explained that aerobics is an activity not only for women and girls, but men and boys too.

"We have people of all sizes here, from chubby to slim. They come for wellness and a natural fitness," said Bonani.

Mngxuma said the club had established an executive committee to keep the administration side running smoothly.

All the executive members are volunteers. No one is getting paid and no one owns the club It belongs to the community.

The fee for membership is R100 a month, which is used to develop the club and keep aerobics going.

"We visited Bloemfontein, where they value their aerobics, and witnessed different routines," said Mngxuma.

"The Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture does support our programmes. We also get sponsorship from Sanlam, Old Mutual and the local Tavern, Mfanandini."

The club is also facing a shortage of mats, steps and sound equipment. They are trying to persuade members of different Grahamstown communities to join the club, emphasising that anyone can take over when the current executive commitee members step down.

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Aqua aerobics is taken to a new level with pool noodles, which are used to focus on training the upper body and core through resistance.

THE BASICS

Just like the land-based version, aqua aerobics is a cardiovascular-based fitness regime that combines rhythmic exercises to get the blood flowing. The difference here being that it's performed in waist- to chest-deep water ortypically your average community swimming pool. The buoyancy factor makes each movement low impact and opens up a whole new window for resistance and strength training. Musical accompaniment is common and makes the process more fun thanyour regular lap of the pool. In this instance, it was a faultless selection of The Beatles.

GIVING IT A BASH

The instructor opened with a disclaimer that the one-hour class may feel quite long for first-timers and to take each exercise at your own pace. The class then began with basic jogging on the spot, followed by reps of splashy arms movements like jabs, uppercuts and hooks. Exhibiting a punching pace at least double the speed of my fellow classmates, I was told to "chill out" by the instructor. It's about slow and solid movements, not blowing your gasket in the first 10 minutes. Classic on-land aerobics exercises followed:star jumps, side steps, pendulum leg swings, and the running shopping trolley. The most difficult drill was made up of high knee jumps that played out several times during the class. The routine included front frog leaps, backwards jumping kicks and rising out of the water with hands on hips. The sensation of burning hamstrings and buttocks underwater was definitely a new one. After a length of doggy paddle, the second half of the class continued, this time with the addition of florescent pink pool noodles. The noodles were submerged for most of the time to focus on training the upper body and corethrough resistance. One particularly challenging exercise was jumping through a U-shaped noodle held underwater, forwards and then backwards. My floppy pool noodle flew across the pool several times, prompting laughter throughout the pool. We finished with some underwater noodle surfing to focus on balance and tighten the core.

WHY YOU SHOULD TRY IT

As well as being a credited cardiovascular exercise, aqua aerobics is a moderate form of strength training because of the resistance of the water. The buoyancy takes out the impact of body weight on joints, making it ideal for people with osteoporosis and arthritis or those weary of getting injured while training. You can also attempt exercises you'd never even think of trying on land;jumping through a pool noodle for instance. The cooler temperature of the pool is an obvious deterrent for overheating and masks the appearance of sweat. When the water is around the 29C mark it can also optimise the consumption of oxygen.

RISK RATING

Slim. There's more chance of contracting a recreational pool illness or getting eye irritation from chlorine than any real physical injury. As with any form of exercise, you should consult a registered medical professional first.

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ANY SURPRISES

Prepared for an hour-long session of jogging on the spot, aqua aerobics was far more physical than I expected. It would be a great low-impact workout to do between more intense training sessions at the gym.

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Step aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise using of an elevated platform (the step). The height can be tailored to individual needs by inserting risers under the step. Step aerobics classes are offered at many gyms and fitness centers which have a group exercise program.

Step aerobics was developed by Gin Miller around 1989[citation needed]. After a knee injury, Gin consulted with an orthopedic doctor, who recommended she strengthen the muscles supporting the knee by stepping up and down on a milk crate and from this she developed the step regimen.

Step aerobics can also be involved in dancing games, such as Dance Dance Revolution or In the Groove.

Often moves are referred to as Reebok step moves in reference to one of the first makers of the plastic step commonly used in gyms.

The "basic" step involves stepping one foot first on the step then the other on top of the platform then stepping the first foot back on the floor with the second following. A "right basic" would involve stepping right foot up, then the left, then returning to the floor alternating right then left.

Many instructors of step will switch immediately between different moves, for example between a right basic and a left basic without any intervening moves, forcing people to "tap" their foot instead of shifting weight. However, one form of step is called tap-free or smooth step in which feet always alternate without the ambiguous "taps" that can make learning step difficult for beginners. This requires a bit of foresight and planning by the instructor in order to insert a transitional or switching move that maintains the natural alternating weight shift akin to walking. For example, from a series of right basics one may insert a "knee up" (which involves stepping up and lifting the knee and returning the lifted leg to the ground, thereby switching feet) and then continuing to a left basic. However, this requires planning and the extra beats required for the transitional move.

Common moves include:

Many instructors will prepare a set of moves that will be executed together to form the choreography of the class. Usually, the choreography will be timed to 32 beats in a set, ideally switching legs so that the set can be repeated in a mirrored fashion. A set may consist of many different moves and the different moves may have different durations. For example, a basic step as described above takes 4 beats (for the 4 steps the person takes). Similarly, the "knee up" move also takes 4 beats. Another common move, the repeater knee, is an 8-beat move.

Classes vary in the level of choreography. Basic level classes will tend to have a series of relatively basic moves strung together into a sequence. More advanced classes incorporate dance elements such as turns, mambos, and stomps. These elements are put together into 23 routines in each class. One learns the routines during the class and then all are performed at the end of the class. Regardless of the complexity of the choreography, most instructors offer various options for different levels of intensity/dance ability while teaching the routines.

Like other forms of exercise, step aerobics helps burn calories and fat. The number of calories burned depends on the speed of movements, step height, length of exercise, and the persons height and weight.

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Water aerobics (waterobics, aquatic fitness, aquafitness, aquafit) is the performance of aerobic exercise in fairly shallow water such as in a swimming pool. Done mostly vertically and without swimming typically in waist deep or deeper water, it is a type of resistance training. Water aerobics is a form of aerobic exercise that requires water-immersed participants. Most water aerobics is in a group fitness class setting with a trained professional teaching for about an hour. The classes focus on aerobic endurance, resistance training, and creating an enjoyable atmosphere with music. Different forms of water aerobics include: aqua Zumba, water yoga, aqua aerobics, and aqua jog.

While similar to land aerobics, in that it focuses on cardiac training, water aerobics differs in that it adds the component of water resistance and buoyancy. Although heart rate does not increase as much as in land-based aerobics, the heart is working just as hard and underwater exercise actually pumps more blood to the heart.[1]

Exercising in the water is not only aerobic, but also strength-training oriented due to the water resistance. Moving your body through the water creates a resistance that will activate muscle groups. Hydro aerobics is a form of an aerobic exercise that requires water-immersed participants.

New aquatic formats are arising into the exercise world with ideas such as: aqua cycling and water pole dancing. Water aerobics is beneficial to a multitude of participants because the density of the water allows easy mobility for those with arthritis, obesity, and other conditions. However it is an effective way for people of all ages to incorporate aerobics and muscle-strengthening into their weekly exercise schedule. Most classes last for 4555 minutes.[2] People do not even have to be strong swimmers to participate in water aerobics.

The performance of movement while suspended in water where the feet cannot touch the bottom surface, resulting in a non-impact, high-resistant, total body exercise workout, is known as deep water aerobics. Benefits of this method include less stress on the back, hips, knees and ankles.

Most land-based aerobic exercisers do not incorporate strength training into their schedules and therefore adding aquatic exercise can greatly improve their health. As stated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008), Adults should also [in addition to aerobic exercise] do muscle-strengthening activities that are moderate or high intensity and involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week, as these activities provide additional health benefits. Over time water aerobics can lead to a reduction of blood pressure and resting heart rate, which will improve health overall.[3]

According to Moreno (1996) and her quotes from Huey an Olympic athlete trainer, the benefits of water resistance training include the activation of opposing muscle groups for a balanced workout. The push and pull of the water allows both increased muscle training and a built-in safety barrier for joints. In fact, before water aerobics water, injury therapy used the benefits of water. The water also helps to reduce lactic acid buildup.[1] Another obvious benefit to water exercise is the cooling effect of the water on the system. The average temperature around 78 degrees in a group fitness pool, this temperature will force the body to burn calories to stay at homeostasis while also maintaining a cool, comfortable atmosphere with less sweat noticeable to the participant.

The mitigation of gravity makes water aerobics safe for individuals able to keep their heads out of water, including the elderly.[4] Exercise in water can also prevent overheating through continuous cooling of the body. Older people are more prone to arthritis, osteoporosis, and weak joints therefore water aerobics is the safest form of exercise for these conditions. Research studies can teach us about the benefits the elderly can receive by participating in water aerobics. In a study done in Brazil, Effects of water-based exercise in obese older women: Impact of short-term follow-up study on anthropometric, functional fitness and quality of life parameters the effects of long-term water aerobics was tested. Although it did not conclude exactly as planned, their test subjects did experience improved aerobic capacity, muscle endurance, and better overall life quality.[5] The water also provides a stable environment for elderly with less balance control and therefore prevents injury.

Water aerobics has a few disadvantages from a practicality standpoint. Aqua aerobics requires access to a swimming pool via facilities, and in addition to any membership fees to access facilities, classes may cost extra. Although aquatic exercise greatly reduces the risk of injury, it is typically seen that not as many calories are burned as would be in some other activities.[6] However, newer research on actual caloric burn should be conducted based on the style of water class being conducted. Though aquatic activities in general expend more energy than many land-based activities performed at the same pace due to the increased resistance of water, the speed with which movements can be performed is greatly reduced.[2] If a club or hotel wants to incorporate aquatic classes they must prepare for weather conditions, stereo malfunction, and a proper safety precautions. Licensed instructors also prefer a facility that can pay well for their high intensity workout (instructors do not get the anti-gravity benefits of the water) and they may need mats or expensive shoe-wear to protect their own bodies.

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