{"id":2368,"date":"2019-05-15T15:55:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2019-10-28T16:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:14:50","slug":"exercises-to-do-in-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/articles\/leisure\/exercises-to-do-in-the-pool-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get fit with these exercises to do in the pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the arrival of the summer, we try to spend all our free time in the pool, putting aside our fitness routine, but do you know how to use the pool to exercise? You can burn more calories and improve the resistance and the tone of your muscles by doing exercises in the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To do your workout in the swimming pool offers many health benefits: In addition to help keep you in shape without feeling the heat, it facilitates the blood circulation, reduces the stress, and helps with the cellulite! \u00a0Even more, to exercise in the water reduces the charge on the articulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In only 20 minutes per day you can complete your fitness workout in the pool during those warmest months while you enjoy a dip, in the privacy of your home. \u00a0We suggest you a list of <\/span>10 water exercises to tone up your body:<\/b><\/p>\n

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1 – Walking, jogging or running in the water<\/b><\/p>\n

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Start burning calories within a few minutes. \u00a0Lift your knees and move the arms. This type of exercise is very recommended because it involves all the body and you work more because of the resistance caused by the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

With these exercises in the water, you work on your coordination and your cardiovascular capacity. \u00a0You can do it in the part of the pool where the water reaches your waist or do it in the deepest section to increase the intensity and the difficulty.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can start by walking in the pool with water up to your waist for 3 minutes, it\u2019s a great warm-up for the following exercises. \u00a0Then continue jogging or running for 5 continuous minutes, depending on your physical condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 – Knees to the Chest<\/b><\/p>\n

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With water up to your chest, jump the highest you can and lift your knees to your chest. \u00a0Use the arms to stabilize yourself. With this exercise you tone up your upper body. Make 3 series of 20 repetitions. \u00a0According to your shape, adjust the number of repetitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3 – Jump<\/b><\/p>\n

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With your feet together and water to the waist, jump from one side to the other, using your hands to move yourself. \u00a0Make 3 series of 20 repetitions. You will tone your legs and abdominals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4 – Vertical Burpees<\/b><\/p>\n

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Do as your children do and get out of the swimming pool without using the stairs. \u00a0With water at the waist level, work out your shoulders, arms, abdominals and legs by placing yourself on the side of the pool and lifting yourself up, trying to get out of the pool, by placing your hands on the edge of the pool. \u00a0Make 3 series of 10 repetitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5 – Bicycle<\/b><\/p>\n

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Doing bicycle is also one of the most complete workout you can do in our pool. \u00a0In Gre, we offer you the water bicycle AQB 2, with it you\u2019ll be able to put yourself back into shape in the easiest and most comfortable way, without suffering from the heat! \u00a0The water bicycle is especially recommended for the development of the muscles in the lower part of the body, for weight loss and for specific sports training. You can burn up to 800 calories per hour!<\/span><\/p>\n

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