Poolates
Posted: May 30th 2008 2:00PM by Maggie Vink
Filed under: Fitness
Pilates is a mind-body exercise that promotes posture, balance, and core strength. Beyond the physical benefits, pilates is a relaxing activity that is soothing to your spirit. When you pair this great activity with the natural resistance of water, you have a real winner. So the next time you feel like trying pilates ... take it to the pool! Women's Health Magazine gives us
five pilates moves that are perfect for the shallow end:
- The 50:50 works your chest, abs, waist, shoulders, triceps, back, hamstrings, and thighs.
- The Poolates Squat is great for your abs, back, glutes, and quads.
- The Step Star strengthens your arms, abs, waist, back, glutes, hamstrings, and quads.
- The Living Dead works your abs, waist, back, and inner thighs as well as stretching your arms and hamstrings.
- The Frog is great for your abs, waist, back, glutes, and legs.
Tags: pilates, pool, poolates, swimming, water aerobics, water exercise, water workouts, WaterAerobics, WaterExercise, WaterWorkouts, Womens Health, WomensHealth
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