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Workouts for the pool: Swimming exercises that burn fat

Spending time in the pool is a fun and fat burning activity, especially if you're including water exercises. The water adds resistance to exercises, which helps strengthen muscles and increases cardiovascular endurance.

Workouts for the pool are also low impact, which makes exercising easier on the joints. Begin doing your exercises in the shallow end of the pool. Once you are more comfortable, move to deeper water. You will also need some swimming gear such as webbed gloves, noodle, and water shoes.

Water walking

This is a good starter exercise, and can be performed even if you don't know how to swim. Keep your back straight and your abdominal tight. While swinging your arms, walk across the pool as if you were on land. Use webbed gloves to add extra resistance, and water shoes for traction.

Spidermans

Due to the buoyancy of water, you can defy gravity and walk the wall like Spiderman. Stand close to the wall of the pool and begin stabilizing your upper body by sweeping your hands back and forth, behind you. Run your legs up and down the walls, alternating each starting leg at the end of a set. Wear your gloves during this exercise

Pool plank

Use a noodle for this core exercise. Hold the "water log" in a vertical line while standing on the floor. Bring the noodle straight down, and lean forward with your head above water.

Fiye backs

This exercise is similar to using a flye machine for your chest, back and rear deltoid. Stand in a lunging position and extend your arms directly in front of you. You palms should be touching with your thumbs up. Open your arms directly to the sides of you, and return your arms to the front. Wear webbed gloves for this exercise.

Deep water walking

After you've mastered walking in shallow end of the pool, try it in deep water. You'll need webbed gloves and your noodle for this exercise. In the deep end of the pool, place the noodle between your legs, with the back higher than the front and walk. If you cannot swim or you're not a strong swimmer, wear a vest or float belt.

Source: Mayo Clinic

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