Instructional Aquatic Fitness Videos - Water Aerobics Videos and DVDs
Learn to Swim Videos, DVDs and CD's
Aquatic fitness, once mostly for older adults and rehab patients, is fast gaining a following among baby boomers, younger people and men. The attraction is the adaptation of land activities such as kickboxing, pilates, tai chi and yoga. Aquatic exercise can be a fun, cooler way to work out in the sticky summer months. Aqua exercise has long been recommended for people with certain medical conditions, including arthritis, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia.
Aqua Latin Rhythms DVD
Burn fat and reshape your body with sizzling Latin Dancing.
Aqua Latin Rhythms is a phenomenal cardiovascular water workout with fun, invigorating, and dynamic dances from south of the border. Inhibitions?? – Check them at the door and get ready to shake, shimmy, and sizzle!
Latin dance movements are intensified against water’s resistance. Dances include the Meringue, Samba, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Tango, Cumbia, and Salsa.
Instructor, Karen Westfall, is a former Amateur Latin Dance National Champion.
Liquid Force DVD
Tone and reshape your body while maximizing the force of the water. Experience the true power of water's resistance by incorporating anchored and neutral style exercises. By either maintaining contact with the bottom of the pool or by lowering the shoulders under the surface of the water you’ll maximize the potential of water’s resistance.
Improve strength, posture, and balance while enjoying a unique and unbelievably effective new approach to aquatic fitness that provides virtually non-impact aerobics with emphasis on stabilizing the trunk to improve endurance and muscle tone.
The Water Horse Workout DVD
Fat burning cardio plus suspended Pilates to flatten abs and strengthen core.
The Water Horse is a simple, yet extremely comfortable and versatile flotation aid that opens the door to new and innovative exercises. Learn both shallow and deep water variations for strengthening and cardio benefits. Strengthen your core with unique unilateral movements and Pilates style strengthening.
The workout progresses from suspended cardio exercises to toning and strengthening. Although Karen uses the Water Horse for suspension, a flotation belt can be substituted.
Power Aerobics: Aqua Fitness DVD
Fitness expert Michaela Roberson hosts this yoga-based exercise program designed to offer an integrated approach to health, weight loss, and muscle tone.
Power Aerobics: Aqua Fitness provides an intense workout that takes place with participants submerged in water, providing ideal support for elder practitioners or those with joint issues.
Water gymnastics have been regarded an ideal sport for an elder generation - but this has dramatically changed. The mix of low-impact movements which are soft on the joints (due to the water's lift) works wonders. Overcoming the water's resistance helps build muscle tone in a playful way.
This DVD features the most important basic exercises for a complete body workout. Also featured on this DVD: Aquaerobics - the cardiovascularly demanding exercise.
Easy Freestyle Swimming by Terry Laughlin DVD
Swim easier, farther and faster. We Guarantee It!
Easy Freestyle is the next best thing to having your own total immersion coach. Master the skills and secrets for swimming as easily, as far or as fast as you’d like. Easy Freestyle presents seven self-coaching lessons, perfected at Total Immersion Workshops, with every telling detail examined above-and below-water, with slow-motion and comparison video.
02 in H20: A Self-Help Course on Breathing in Swimming DVD
With Terry Laughlin. Nothing is more essential to a swimmer than air. Yet, few swimmers truly understand how to breathe efficiently ... not just to get air, but to integrate breathing seamlessly with the stroke.
Breathing is sometimes viewed as a liability or inconvenience, but when you do it right, breathing can actually make your stroke better. This DVD shows you how, using water bowl exercises, shallow water exercises, skills in drills and whole stroke breathing skills. Detailed studies with focal points for practice cover these three major strokes: Freestyle, Breaststroke & Butterfly.
Resistance DVD
Two Great Workouts - One Low Price.
DVD 1: Cardio with Intense Resistance - Burn fat and tone your muscles with this non-stop, intense water workout that maximizes water's resistance. The hopping, jumping and running movements so prevalent in most water aerobic classes are replaced by muscle specific, precise movements performed through a full range of motion. Your heart will be pumping as you push and pull your arms and legs through the water with power and force. Improve your strength and flexibility, posture and cardiovascular fitness without the splash or the rebound. (formerly Anchored Down Aqua VHS)
DVD 2: Strengthening with Intense Resistance - Strengthen, define, and firm your muscles with this effective and easy to follow workout. You'll learn how to maximize the water's resistance and challenge each muscle group. Beginning with some very effective abdominal toning, you'll progress through exercises to firm the arms, improve posture, and strengthen and tone the hips and thighs. The workout includes exercises using the Power 8 Exercise Tubing. A total strengthening, toning and stretching workout! (formerly Liquid Toning VHS)
Resistance DVD and Audio CD Set
Two Great Workouts - One Low Price.
DVD 1: Cardio with Intense Resistance - Burn fat and tone your muscles with this non-stop, intense water workout that maximizes water's resistance. The hopping, jumping and running movements so prevalent in most water aerobic classes are replaced by muscle specific, precise movements performed through a full range of motion. Your heart will be pumping as you push and pull your arms and legs through the water with power and force. Improve your strength and flexibility, posture and cardiovascular fitness without the splash or the rebound. (formerly Anchored Down Aqua VHS)
DVD 2: Strengthening with Intense Resistance - Strengthen, define, and firm your muscles with this effective and easy to follow workout. You'll learn how to maximize the water's resistance and challenge each muscle group. Beginning with some very effective abdominal toning, you'll progress through exercises to firm the arms, improve posture, and strengthen and tone the hips and thighs. The workout includes exercises using the Power 8 Exercise Tubing. A total strengthening, toning and stretching workout! (formerly Liquid Toning VHS).
Includes two companion, take to the pool, audio CDs - one with and one without vocal cuing.
Total Immersion Swimming: Happy Laps DVD
Since 1989, Total Immersion has become a phenomenon among improvement-minded swimmers – the first program in the history of swimming instruction with “raving fans.”
TI has become so popular because it is simpler than any alternative; it works with unprecedented dependability and it makes swimming enjoyable and deeply satisfying. But the one thing TI has not been is to be available to people who were afraid of the water or who couldn’t swim at all – until now.
Happy Laps is the first TI self-help tool to address the real basics: how do I swim without fear of sinking, how do I breathe in water, and how do I move with such efficiency that I will be able to swim graceful, nearly effortless laps for health, fitness or pleasure with absolute comfort and confidence. Happy Laps can turn anyone into a swimmer.
This self-teaching DVD offers a simple, clear, common-sense approach to learning to move through the water easily, comfortably, and so pleasurably that your practice time becomes the healthiest, most rewarding, part of your day. Happy Laps will show you, step by step, a completely fresh way to move through the water, a way guaranteed to make swimming easier than anything you’ve tried before.
Total Immersion Swimming: Freestyle Made Easy DVD
Since 1989, Total Immersion Swimming has become a phenomenon among improvement-minded swimmers – the first program in the history of swimming instruction with “raving fans.”
TI has become so popular because it is simpler than any alternative; it works with unprecedented dependability and it makes swimming enjoyable and deeply satisfying.
Freestyle Made Easy provides the whole picture on smart Freestyle. It illustrates everything about freestyle swimming – how to kick efficiently; every part of the stroke – entry, catch, finish, exit and recovery; how to breathe – in the pool and in open water; and how to do both the relaxing open turn and the fast flip turn.
To allow you to study all of this carefully, the DVD uses more views (surface, underwater, front, and directly overhead), more slow-motion and more stop action than any DVD produced before.
Total Immersion Swimming: Backstroke for Every Body DVD
Backstroke for Every Body - Learn the best techniques for learning or improving your mastery of the backstroke with this unique instructional DVD.
After 40 years as mainly a freestyle swimmer, Total Immersion founder Terry Laughlin decided to transform himself into a complete swimmer at age 55 and the all-new drill sequences he developed in the process are illustrated in Backstroke for Every Body.
Unique Features of the Total Immersion DVD series:
1) Live lesson with Terry Laughlin: Terry demonstrates and explains every step, what it contributes to the overall skill and how it relates to other skills in the sequence. It's like having a personal lesson with Terry.
2) Beneath the Surface: These segments were shot in a current pool, with both camera and swimmer stationary, allowing for lengthy study of the movements. We shot these segments from six different underwater and surface angles, including directly underneath and overhead. No instructional video has ever examined the strokes so thoroughly.
3) TI Coaches Practice: Watch TI coaches practice the key drills and the whole stroke, also from multiple angles. Also shows examples of imperfect skills illustrating likely stroke and drill errors to watch out for.
4) For Boomers: This section, never before included in any instructional video shows how to adapt your swimming to be better than ever in middle age. Though you may not be as strong or as supple as you were at 25, like Terry you can still swim your best by following the tips in this section.
Total Immersion Swimming: BetterFly for Every Body DVD
BetterFly for Every Body – One of swimming’s most challenging strokes, the Butterfly, is given the Total Immersion instructional treatment in this DVD.
After 40 years as mainly a freestyle swimmer, Total Immersion founder Terry Laughlin decided to transform himself into a complete swimmer at age 55 and the all-new drill sequences he developed in the process are illustrated in BetterFly for Every Body.
Unique Features of the Total Immersion DVD series:
1) Live lesson with Terry Laughlin: Terry demonstrates and explains every step, what it contributes to the overall skill and how it relates to other skills in the sequence. It's like having a personal lesson with Terry.
2) Beneath the Surface: These segments were shot in a current pool, with both camera and swimmer stationary, allowing for lengthy study of the movements. We shot these segments from six different underwater and surface angles, including directly underneath and overhead. No instructional video has ever examined the strokes so thoroughly.
3) TI Coaches Practice: Watch TI coaches practice the key drills and the whole stroke, also from multiple angles. Also shows examples of imperfect skills illustrating likely stroke and drill errors to watch out for.
4) For Boomers: This section, never before included in any instructional video shows how to adapt your swimming to be better than ever in middle age. Though you may not be as strong or as supple as you were at 25, like Terry you can still swim your best by following the tips in this section.
Total Immersion Swimming: Breaststroke for Every Body DVD
Breaststroke for Everybody - You will learn how to swim the breaststroke smoothly and efficiently, whatever your age or fitness level, in this Total Immersion DVD.
After 40 years as mainly a freestyle swimmer, Total Immersion founder Terry Laughlin decided to transform himself into a complete swimmer at age 55 and the all-new drill sequences he developed in the process are illustrated in Breaststroke for Every Body.
Unique Features of the Total Immersion DVD series:
1) Live lesson with Terry Laughlin: Terry demonstrates and explains every step, what it contributes to the overall skill and how it relates to other skills in the sequence. It's like having a personal lesson with Terry.
2) Beneath the Surface: These segments were shot in a current pool, with both camera and swimmer stationary, allowing for lengthy study of the movements. We shot these segments from six different underwater and surface angles, including directly underneath and overhead. No instructional video has ever examined the strokes so thoroughly.
3) TI Coaches Practice: Watch TI coaches practice the key drills and the whole stroke, also from multiple angles. Also shows examples of imperfect skills illustrating likely stroke and drill errors to watch out for.
4) For Boomers: This section, never before included in any instructional video shows how to adapt your swimming to be better than ever in middle age. Though you may not be as strong or as supple as you were at 25, like Terry you can still swim your best by following the tips in this section.
Becoming A Faster Swimmer: Starts, Turns, and Finishes DVD
The starts, turns and finish are about 40% of competitive swimming. These important aspects of swimming are often the difference between winning or losing a race. In this comprehensive DVD, Tom Jager covers the essential details of starts, turns, and finishes for the freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke. This informative program will benefit swimming coaches and swimmers at all developmental levels. It will also help to make practices more productive and competitions more successful.
Becoming A Faster Swimmer: Freestyle DVD
Races are often decided by fractions of seconds, so attention to detail is imperative. In this DVD, Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and former 50 meter World Record holder, Tom Jager, teaches a young swim team the essential details of the freestyle stroke. He shares several important training tips and drills that will help swimmers of all levels.
The topics covered in this program include: sculling, streamlining, kicking, head position, body position, arm position, breathing, and more. The Special Features section provides additional tips and advice for swimmers, parents, and coaches.
For nearly a decade, Tom Jager was the world record holder in the 50 Meter Freestyle. Tom competed in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympic games, and earned five Gold Medals, one Silver Medal, and one Bronze Medal. Currently, Tom is the head coach for the women's swimming team at the University of Idaho.
Becoming A Faster Swimmer: Backstroke DVD
In this informative DVD, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Jager teaches a young swim team how to become successful competitive backstroke swimmers. Jager presents a progressive system of techniques, training methods, and drills designed to develop the most efficient backstroke possible. The topics covered in this program include: streamlining, body-positioning, kicking techniques, head position, arm and hand positions, developmental drills, common errors and corrections, and more.
The Special Features section provides additional tips and advice for swimmers, parents, and coaches. For nearly a decade, Tom Jager was the world record holder in the 50 Meter Freestyle. Tom competed in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympic games, and earned five Gold Medals, one Silver Medal, and one Bronze Medal. Currently, Tom is the head coach for the women's swimming team at the University of Idaho.
Becoming A Faster Swimmer: Breaststroke DVD
In this DVD, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Jager details the essential aspects of the breaststroke technique. Jager teaches a young swim team the techniques, training methods, and drills needed to become a faster competitive swimmer. The topics covered in this program include: streamlining, body-positioning, kicking techniques, head position, recovery technique, developmental drills, common errors and corrections, and more.
The Special Features section provides additional tips and advice for swimmers, parents, and coaches.
Becoming A Faster Swimmer: Butterfly DVD
In this DVD, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Jager teaches a young swim team training tips and drills designed to develop a faster competitive butterfly stroke. The topics covered in this program include: undulation and developmental drills; streamlining, body and head positioning; kicking, recovery and breathing techniques; common errors and corrections, and more.
The Special Features section provides additional tips and advice for swimmers, parents, and coaches.
Aqua Combo Splash DVD
This is the perfect workout for beginner to advanced levels. This "user friendly" workout will make your body stronger, leaner, and visibly slimmer. Workout includes: Anchored Down Aqua inspired by Pilates (walking variations, lunges, kicks, and circular movements), rebound aerobics with jogging, jumping jacks, kicks and leaps, a ballet workout, strengthening & toning with the POWER PADDLES and a yoga cool down.
Aqua Combo Splash DVD and CD Set
Includes the Aqua Combo Splash Video described above along with two companion CDs - one with and one without vocal cuing.
The Noodle Workout DVD and CD Set
This workout takes one of the most popular water toys ever invented and turns it into an effective, inexpensive and fun piece of water exercise equipment. You'll learn how to use the Noodle for added buoyancy and perfect positioning that permits powerful aerobic movements. You'll push it, pull it, step on it, float on it, balance on it and get an awesome workout. Your workout will include: warm-up, aerobic workout; upper body toning; lower body toning; abdominal toning; cool down - stretching and relaxation exercises. Equipment needed: One full length Noodle, and two half length Noodles (full length cut in half). Includes a companion CD.
E.S.P. Noodle Workout DVD
The "E" is for endurance, the "S" is for Strength and the "P" is for Power. This fast moving interval/circuit workout includes great choreography for the endurance segments, muscle defining exercises in the strength segments, and forceful, energetic moves for the power sections. The class format includes cycles of 3 minute moderate intensity cardiovascular routines, followed by 1 minute of strength training and then 40 seconds of high intensity powerful movements. A great workout with innovative, effective new ways to use the noodle.
E.S.P. Noodle Workout Audio
Captivating music and sound effects will motivate and cue you through the interval cycles. The sound of bubbles indicates the Cardio section, drum beats for the Strength training, and a siren signifies the Power section. 2 CDs included. CD #1 - music; CD #2 - music with precise vocal cueing. 43 mins.
Water Works DVD and CD Set
This shallow water aerobic workout is designed to tone and firm muscles, burn fat and provide an awesome aerobic conditioning program. In water all of these goals can be accomplished in the same workout: Water's viscosity provides the resistance to tone, strengthen and define the muscles, and the large movements of the legs and arms provide the aerobic workout to burn fat and strengthen the cardiovascular system. Enjoy an invigorating workout in water's buoyant, nearly gravity free, exercise environment.
Your workout will include: Warm-Up - gradually elevates heart rate with muscle conditioning and mild stretching; Upper Body Toning - extremely effective exercises specifically designed to strengthen each of the major muscle groups in the chest, back and arms. Uniquely beneficial in improving posture; Lower Body Base Moves - aerobic movements including leaps, lunges, kicks, and walking variations that elevate the heart rate, burn fat and tone the gluteals, thighs and abdominals; Impact Variations - learn how to modify each of the base moves to limit or increase the impact and intensity. Each base move can be adapted to fit the needs of any fitness level; Aerobic Routines - combines the upper body exercises with the base moves to create fun and effective aerobic routines; Cool Down - stretching and relaxation exercises.
No swimming skills required. Includes a companion CD.
Water Works II DVD
This is the second in the series of water aerobic workout videos designed to provide an awesome aerobic workout.
Karen Westfall takes the basic moves from the first Water Works video, as well as some fun new steps, and creates nine unique and effective aqua aerobic routines. Using the repetition/reduction technique, Karen breaks down each routine for fun and easy learning. The superb underwater photography demonstrates the exact alignment, arm movements and technique. Karen's precise deck instructions will help you learn the movements before taking them to the water. This workout includes: Warm-up; Demonstration of the five essential arm patterns; Cardio workout - nine great routines; Cool down - stretching and relaxation exercises.
Aqua Attack DVD (Aqua Kick Boxing)
Learn the latest kicks, jabs, undercuts, and more effective self-defense moves redesigned to maximize water's built in resistance. Choreographed boxing and kick boxing moves are combined into effective, stamina building routines. Class also includes a slower, flexibility enhancing Tai Chi Cool Down.
Aqua Attack Audio
Energetic, powerful music will motivate and inspire (126 BPM). 2 CDs included. CD #1 - music; CD #2 - music with precise vocal cueing.
Senior Splash DVD
The perfect combination of gentle, yet effective aerobic exercises, muscle toning & strengthening, and posture improving exercises make this the perfect workout for persons over 50 or for other special populations. Also a great choice for persons with arthritis, fibromyalgia, recovering from an injury, or pregnant.
Senior Splash Audio
Energize your workout with motivating instrumental music providing the perfect tempo and feel for a water workout (120 BPM). 2 r 2 CDs included. CD #1 - music; CD #2 - music with precise vocal cueing. 49 mins.
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