Author – Mel Morony – ePublication of Australian Fitness Network – Resources Library. To get more people involved in organised exercise, we must be more inclusive. From increasing cultural awareness to learning simple language skills, instructing beyond your comfort zone will reap benefits for everyone involved, writes instructor Mel Morony. Imagine it is your first […]
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Fitness Industry Award Increases
Source – Fitness Australia website The decision, which was handed down on 19 June 2020, provided for a 1.75% increase to minimum wages, but staggered the increase across three ‘groups’ to reflect the extent to which COVID-19 impacted different industries. This is the final group of awards to increase and the reason for this delayed increase is that […]
Water exercise improves health-related quality of life of frail elderly people at day service facility
Authors – Daisuke Sato 1, Koichi Kaneda, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Takeo Nomura PMID: 17952697 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9269-2 – Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of water exercise at a day service facility and the effects of water exercise frequency on health-related quality of life (HRQL). Methods: Participants (n = 30) were randomly separated into three groups: two indicating exercise frequency, […]
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Top stories from Aquatic & Recreational Institute NSW – August 2020 Edition
Frisbee Fitness H2O
Author – Dominic Gili – ePublication of Australian Fitness Network – Resources Library. Lightweight, portable and easily available, the frisbee can facilitate a challenging workout when used as an aquatic tool, writes aqua educator Dominic Gili. THE 30-SECOND ARTICLE The frisbee can be given a whole new range of skills when it is immersed in water […]
Aquatic High Intensity Interval Training for Cardiometabolic Health
Authors – Elizabeth F. Nagle, PhD, Mary E. Sanders, PhD, and Barry A. Franklin, PhD High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional continuous exercise training (CT) programs for clinical and healthy populations who find that they can achieve equal or greater fitness benefits in less time. Land-based HIIT may not be an […]
The Physiological Effects of Aquatic Exercise
Author – Len Kravitz, Ph.D and J.J. Mayo, Ph.D. From this review of literature on the cardiovascular and energy expenditure responses to aquatic exercise, the following is a summary of findings:Adding arms to leg exercise in chest deep water significantly increases the energy cost of the workout. This may equal or exceed matched exercise performed […]
The Benefits of Aquatic Training for Your Clients
Author – Annette Chatterton. Water is a safe, cool and comfortable medium to exercise in, says Annette Chatterton, Australian Institute of Fitness South Australia/Northern Territory. Find out the other benefits for your clients! Rehabilitation Hydrotherapy has been promoted by the medical profession for years, and it is often recommended for rehabilitation, especially knee, hip, lower […]
Aqua Skills: Variety is the spice of class programming!
Author – Dominic Gili – ePublication of Australian Fitness Network – Resources Library. KEY POINTS • We all have our preferred teaching methods and class types, but to keep things fresh for participants and ourselves we should make a habit of embracing different training methods and class formats• Programming variables include music, exercise combinations that work […]
THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON EXERCISE
Author – Len Kravitz, PhD From the introduction of aerobic dance in the early 70’s, it has generally been regarded that the music accompaniment to exercise provides an important beneficial effect to the exercise experience. Many health and fitness instructors regard the addition of music to exercise similarly to an ergogenic aid, with the removal […]