I guess you could say it was a series of coincidences that made me fall for water exercise. After the birth of my first baby, I participated in an experimental program to gauge post partum delivery recovery using water exercise as part of my recovery program (the other half was land exercise). Working with a physical therapist and learning water exercises that were from Allegra Kent's book called The Water Beauty Book, I was amazed by doing ballet type exercises in water using Bema Schwimmflugels on my feet, that I quickly recovered my prepregnancy strength and muscle tone.
How does it work? Just the opposite of weights and gravity, flotation and resistance work the muscles exactly the opposite of land exercise. For example, lifting your leg up in a grande battement is easy, taking it back down to the pool bottom is the challenging part by engaging lower back muscles as well as the gluteal muscle group. And that boils down to one tight tush, and a very strong and flexible back! I was forever hooked!
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