Your body weight is supported by the buoyancy of the water, so you reduce the impact on your joints as you improve your cardiovascular fitness. Led by trained YMCA Instructors, these classes offer a host of benefits for all fitness levels, and you’ll appreciate the ability to control the intensity by modifying surface area, speed, and force of movements.
Classes
Discover how a fitness class in the pool rivals anything we have in the gym! The properties of water will bring a new dynamic to your workout. The resistance of the water strengthens your muscles as you push and pull your body through the water. While moving at top speed, or any speed, your body weight is supported by the buoyancy of the water, so you reduce the impact on your joints as you improve your cardiovascular fitness.
- Ages:
- 12+
- What to Bring:
- Swim suit, Towel, Flipflops
Aqua Recovery is a beginner aquatics fitness class for people with limited mobility. A great class for people recovering from knee and hip surgery. This is a popular treatment for patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions. The goals of this therapy are muscle relaxation, improving joint motion and reducing pain.
Aqua Recovery therapy may be helpful for clients suffering from the following conditions:
- Arthritis
- Arthroscopic surgery recovery
- Balance disorders
- Bursitis
- Cerebral palsy
- Chronic pain
- Idiopathic joint pain
- Joint reconstruction surgery recovery
- Joint replacement surgery recovery
- Lower back pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Orthopedic injuries
- Parkinson’s disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scoliosis
- Stress
- Spinal cord injury
- Sprains and strains
- Stroke
- Tendonitis
Aqua Recovery
Registration opens Aug 29th online
Aqua Therapy
Registration opens Aug 29th online
- What to Bring:
- Swim suit, Towel, Flipflops
This class is a ‘lighter’ aqua class (no impact) that is geared toward someone who needs to continue to move and be active, but is limited in their motions. Gentle exercise designed for persons with physical limitations such as back problems, arthritis or Fibromyalgia.
- What to Bring:
- Swim suit, Towel, Flipflops