Today I want to begin talking about the different kinds of equipment used in water fitness.
Resistance equipment plays a part in maintaining bone density in women and various types of equipment can be used to vary your routine. Some basics may be provided by the facility. Styrofoam dumbbells, noodles, webbed gloves, kick-boards, hand paddles, or buoyancy cuffs all offer water resistance. The amount of resistance largely depends on how much force you use when moving them through the water.
Most equipment used in water exercise has one thing in common. It is buoyancy - that means they float. The reason they work in the water is because you use them to work against their natural tendency to rise to the top of the water. This provides increased resistance.
Some equipment, such as a noodle, is primarily used as a flotation device, while some others (e.g. gloves or hand paddles) are incorporated strictly to increase drag or resistance.
In future articles, I will be discussing four of the major pieces used: noodles, buoyancy cuffs/belts, hand buoys (barbells/dumbbells) and web gloves.
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