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- Study:Water aerobics can lessen labor pain
- Hip-hop kicks aerobics up a notch Posted on: Monday December 22 …
- Fitness trends: group fitness in review and what’s hot for 2009
Study:Water aerobics can lessen labor pain
Arkansas Democrat Gazette AR
How might this type of exercise affect mother and child? Could it reduce the woman’s need for painkillers during labor? Curious researchers in Brazil studied 71 sedentary women who were no more than 20 weeks pregnant (at the start of the study) and were considered to have low-risk pregnancies. Thirty-four were randomly assigned to participate in 50-minute water aerobics classes three times a week for the rest of their pregnancy and 37 were assigned to a control group which did no regular physical activity while pregnant. At weeks 19 25 and 35 of pregnancy the women took moderate exercise tests on a treadmill and they were followed through delivery. Treadmill tests showed on average no cardiovascular improvement among the aerobics participants and no differences were found between the groups in the length of pregnancy length of labor or type of delivery.
Hip-hop kicks aerobics up a notch Posted on: Monday December 22 …
Killeen Daily Herald TX
By Sheena WilliamsKilleen Daily HeraldTurn up the volume and get into the groove with an action-packed workout that can pump up muscles and help participants accrue an impressive arsenal of stylish dance moves. Hip-hop fitness is a remix of the traditional aerobics class and the difference is spanning a generational gap that is just as much into the steps as they are into the beats. Kids as young as 6 take to the dance floor at A and K Dance and Acro for a fun workout that helps develop their bodies and teaches them life skills and confidence said Melissa Johnson the class’ instructor. She fostered her passion for dance within the walls of the studio at the age of 2 and understands that there is more to learn from artistic movement than there may seem. “In my classes I’m all about teamwork coming together and respect” said Johnson. “I have two student teachers and they help me out but it also gives them the opportunity to be leaders among their peers.
Fitness trends: group fitness in review and what’s hot for 2009
Examiner.com
ne word for one thing high impact freestyle aerobic dance ala Jane Fonda. I hate to admit it but I was there! I started teaching in the early 1980’s. It was all high impact and as an instructor we taught "freestyle". We had our little group of moves but we just made it up as we went along.
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