How to Tread Water for Aqua Fitness Workouts

Video Transcript

"In this segment we're ready to change our position in the pool. So far we've stayed over in the shallow end. Now for this you are more than welcome to stay in the shallow end, you can move to the deep end or the shallow end to do this. We're going to tread water. Now everyone knows how to tread water but if not that's okay. Treading water is basically the idea of just moving your arms back and forth in a fluent motion and doing a scissor kick with your legs. Back and forth, back and forth to stay float above the water. Now it may seem really simple to do so, but it's an amazing cardio workout. You should be keeping your core flex, every part of your body is working to keep your head a float. It's almost kind of a sink or swim kind of thing, you don't want to go under. Now, if you're a little bit more worried about the deep end or let's say your pool doesn't have a deep end, you're fine to go into a more shallow part. All you have to do is lift those knees and kick your feet back and forth and tread. That way you kind of have a comfort zone that if you are a little bit worried about treading for maybe a minute, 2 minutes, upward of 5 minutes, you can put your feet back down on the bottom of your pool so that you can feel a little bit more stable and maybe pick yourself up again. Now one thing that you can really do to intensify this workout is if you were outside running and then you're going to sprint home on your last piece of your workout is to put your hands above your head. This creates an entire workout for your core as well as your legs and just kicking back and forth. Nothing else, your arms are not helping you stay floating any longer. So you have your arms above your head, and you're just kicking to hold your head above the water. Now you can do this for as long as you can hold it. I can't hold it very long, but I can definitely do it. So let's give it a try."