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  • edited by Mary E. Sanders, MS
  • ©2000
  • integrates water exercise research, fundamental water skills, and training guidelines to assist instructors in helping students reach their individual fitness goals
  • design workouts for 3 different water depths
  • organize routines to create classes that run smoothly
  • covers the use of many different kinds of equipment
  • 356 pages;  paperback
  • warranty:  free from defects upon arrival
  • 3 day return policy on books (3 days from receipt of order)
Item: WAT104  $41.95

2.5 lbs - shipping

Chapters Include:

Part I - Program Development and Leadership

Chapter 1:  Overview of the YMCA and The Water Fitness Program

  • What are YMCA's?

  • YMCA Programs

  • YMCA Health and Fitness and Aquatics Programs

  • YMCA Water Fitness Program Objectives

Chapter 2:  Leadership Principles for Instructors (Mary E. Sanders)

  • Developing a Positive Teaching Philosophy for Life and Health

  • Being a Responsive Instructor

  • Being Ethical

  • Bibliography

Chapter 3:  Water Exercise Program Safety (Shirley Archer)

  • Pool Regulatory Environment

  • Lifeguard Guidelines

  • Duty of Care

  • Negligence per Se

  • Safety Procedures and Prevention

  • Other Risk Reducers

  • Ensuring Participants' Safety

  • Bibliography

Part II - Healthy Lifestyle and Fitness Principles

Chapter 4:  Healthy Lifestyle Principles (Carol Kennedy)

  • Exercise for Healthy Living recommendations

  • Water Exercise and the Health Care Continuum

  • Body Image and the Exercise Experience

  • Bibliography

Chapter 5:  Fitness Principles (Adapted for The YMCA Exercise Instructor Manual)

  • Exercise Science and Training Principles of Cardio-Respiratory Endurance Training

  • Anatomy and Biomechanics

  • Bibliography

Part III - Fundamentals of Water Exercise

Chapter 6:  What Research Reveals About Water Exercise (Mary E. Sanders, Carol Kennedy and Nicki E. Rippee)

  • Review of Water Exercise Literature Up to 1994

  • Review of Water Exercise Literature from 1994  to 1998

  • Conclusion

  • Bibliography

Chapter 7:  Physical Laws and Properties of Water (Mary E. Sanders and Mary Curry)

  • Buoyancy

  • Hydrostatic Pressure

  • Gravity versus Buoyancy

  • Speed, Power, and Force

  • Inertia

  • Resistance

  • Leverage

  • Action/Reaction

  • Bibliography

Chapter 8:  Fundamental Skills and Exercise Design (Mary E. Sanders and Mary Curry)

  • All Depths

  • Shallow Water

  • Deep Water

  • Transitional Water

  • Bibliography

Chapter 9:  Specificity of Training and Training Guidelines (Mary E. Sanders)

  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Composition 

  • Muscular Strength and Endurance

  • Flexibility and Active Range of Motion

  • Weight Management and Healthy Body Composition

  • Functional Activities of Daily Living Training

  • Bibliography

Part IV - Water Fitness Class Design

Chapter 10:  Designing a Workout:  A "Blueprint" for Success! (Mary Cury)

  • Components of a Program

  • The Class Blue Print

  • Music and Movements

  • Bibliography

Chapter 11:  Teaching Responsively (Mary E. Sanders and Debbie Miles-Dutton)

  • Choosing a Teaching Method

  • Responsive Teaching

  • Checklist for a Smooth Class

  • Water Fitness Instructor Survival

Chapter 12:  Progressing Your Programs:  Equipment and Advanced Formats (Tatiana Kolovou and Mary E. Sanders)

  • Equipment

  • Advanced Formats:  Sets, Workouts, and Programs

  • Bibliography

Part V - Responsive Programs for Participants with Individual Challenges

Chapter 13:  Functional Training For Healthy Living ON Land (Mary E. Sanders and Cathy Maloney-Hills)

  • Functional ADL Fitness

  • Golden Waves™ as a Sample Functional ADL Program

  • Sample Golden Waves™ Exercise Progressions

  • Sample Workout Format

  • Bibliography

Chapter 14:  Exercise Considerations for Older Adults (Cathy Maloney-Hills and Mary E. Sanders, with adapted excerpts from Active Olders Adults in the YMCA: A Resource Manual by Ann Hooke and Mary Zoller)

  • Physical Changes Due To Aging

  • Benefits of Exercise

  • The Unique Benefits of Water Programs for Older Adults

  • Exercise Modifications for Older Adults

  • Principles of Exercise

  • Components of Older Adult Fitness Programs

  • Health Screening

  • Exercise Safety and Injury Prevention

  • Bibliography

Chapter 15:  Guidelines for Working with Special Populations (Cathy Maloney-Hills and Mary E. Sanders)

  • Your Role as Water Fitness Instructor

  • Common Terms

  • Orthopedic Conditions

  • Neurological Conditions

  • Cardiovascular-Respiratory Diseases

  • General Medical Conditions

  • Bibliography

Chapter 16:  Functional ADL Field Assessments (Mary E. Sanders and Cathy Maloney-Hills)

  • Static Balance

  • Dynamic Balance

  • 8-Foot-Up-and-Go

  • 6 Minute Walk

  • 30 Second Chair Stand

  • Arm Curl

  • Chair Sit-and-reach

  • Back Stretch

  • Stair Climb

  • Bibliography

Appendix A:  Program Forms

Appendix B:  Additional Workouts

Appendix C:  Pool Cue Cards

Glossary

Index

Contributing Authors

 

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