This strengthens your leg and core muscles, the ones responsible for
balance, without the risk of falling and hurting yourself.
How to do it: Standing in waist-high water, lift your left knee up and
place the middle of a noodle under your left foot. (Its sides will float up
into a U-shape.) Keep your hands by your side and balance with your
left foot on the noodle for one minute. Then move your left knee out to
the side and balance for another minute. Switch legs and repeat with the
right knee lifted and the right foot resting on the noodle.
On land and in water, fly backs work the muscles in the upper chest,
back and arms. They also improve posture.
How to do it: Start in a lunge position with your right knee bent and your
left leg extended straight behind you. Reach your arms straight out in
front of you at chest height — palms touching, fingers extended and
thumbs up. Open your arms straight out to the sides, then return them
to the starting position to complete one rep.
Do four sets of 8-15 reps, switching the forward leg each time you
lunge. To boost your cardio workout and the number of calories you
burn, do your reps while walking or jogging across the pool.
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