Healthy Living Muskogee Summer 2020 Edition | Page 12

Facilities
•Spaulding Park swimming
pool, South G
Street and Okmulgee
Avenue: 1 to 6 p.m.
daily. Facility limited
to 75 percent capacity.
• River Country
Water Park, 3600
Arline Ave.: 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Fridays; 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Thursdays
and Saturdays; 1 to 6
p.m. Sundays. Facility
limited to 75 percent
capacity.
Water aerobics classmates get moving
when Cindy Wayman leads
the class.
"You have to push it," she shouts as members
churn the water at Muskogee Swim and Fitness
Center's Olympic-sized pool.
Water is a great place to get fit, whether
it's swimming, water aerobics or just moving
around.
"You can do so much more in the water than
you can do on land," Wayman said. "As you're
getting older, you have less joint flexibility. I
have people often tell me 'I can do this in the
water that I can't do on land.' It gives us more
freedom of movement."
Water aerobics instructor Sherry Rice said
water is easy on people's joints. But, it also offers
much more resistance than air. People get more
of a workout.
"Walking in the water works the same
muscles you would as you're walking," Rice said.
"But you're going to get more resistance because
of the water. The arms, too, if you have some
sort of flotation device, you can do your arm
weights with that, moving down into the water.
Side bends would work your waist."
Repetition exercises also pay off, she said.
People also need to be safe in the water.
"If you're not a very good swimmer, I
wouldn't suggest you go in more than three or
four feet of water," Rice said.
Even in the water, people should keep six feet
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