Your Water Workout by Dr. Jane Katz

Your Water Workout

No-impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More

Dr. Jane Katz, Jane Katz

Harmony/Rodale/Convergent · Print & ebook · June 10, 2003

Take your workout to the water!

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Who it’s for
Water-based routines combine strength, flexibility, breathing, and cross-training with illustrated step-by-step moves.
Genres
Aquatic Exercise, Aerobics, Pilates
Published
Harmony/Rodale/Convergent, June 10, 2003

About this book

Take your workout to the water! Possibly the world’s perfect exercise, water workouts provide a highly-effective, low-impact way to burn calories, build muscle, improve flexibility, and have some fun.

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International Swimming Hall of Fame board member and world masters champion Jane Katz uses a holistic approach to lead you to total body fitness, offering soothing and strengthening programs of exercises drawn from yoga, Pilates, tai chi, and popular land sports like skiing and golf. There are also high-intensity challenges and instructions for deep-water running and cross-training for athletes. Each exercise is accompanied by a simple drawing and step-by-step instructions for doing the move correctly. Programs for twenty-, thirty- and forty-five-minute workouts, including breathing exercises, warm ups and cool downs, are laid out to make it easy to dive right in. Individual exercises can also be combined to make a complete workout that is right for you. Dr. Katz uses toys and accessories, from old-fashioned kickboards to flashy fins, to make every workout seem like play. Full of suggestions to keep your program exciting and fresh, Your Water Workout is a complete guide to working out in the water for lifelong fitness.

Exercises in Water

Water-based routines combine strength, flexibility, breathing, and cross-training with illustrated step-by-step moves.

Come here for

  • Exercises drawn from yoga, Pilates, and tai chi
  • Deep-water running and cross-training instructions for athletes

Expect

  • Simple drawings and step-by-step exercise instructions
  • Twenty-, thirty-, and forty-five-minute workout programs with warm-ups and cool-downs

Where it sits

Aquatic Exercise100%
Pilates40%
Aerobics24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Aerobics
  • Aquatic Exercise
  • Water Sports
Authors
Dr. Jane Katz, Jane Katz
Publisher
Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Published
June 10, 2003
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Aerobics