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A guide to the hottest new trend in full-body, no-impact exercise - pool workouts where your feet never touch the bottomFor years, pool exercise meant swimming laps or performing slow and deliberate water aerobics while standing in the shallow end. With Deep End of the Pool Exercises, the intensity and effectiveness of water workouts is kicked up a level. By training in deep water, you get the cardio of swimming, the safe strength building of water resistance, and the core building of a stability routine. Deep End of the Pool Exercises guides you through 25 different moves that combine a total body workout with high intensity interval training. Featuring detailed instructions and 200 step-by-step photos, the book provides a comprehensive guide to this unique and effective form of fitness. Each exercise can be varied and customized to fit your individual fitness goals, all while remaining low-impact for healthier muscles and joints. Whether that goal is rehabbing from an injury, training for athletics, or building muscle, these deep-water exercises will fit the bill.
About the Author
Melisenda "Mel" Edwards, is a running and triathlon coach, personal trainer, fitness instructor and most importantly, an athlete. Having participated in sports ranging from ironman distance triathlons to ultra-running (including Western States 100) , she understands the demands athleticism has on the body. With this knowledge, she has used the pool to train herself as well as work with athletes from triathletes to professional hockey players, for training as well as rehabilitation. She holds a master's degree in health promotion and certifications with A.C.S.M., as well as countless others. Mel knows what it's like to train non-professionally hours a week, work full-time, all while still trying to have a "life." With this, she understands that balanced training is important for anyone, at any fitness level. She compiled all her field and personal knowledge to write this training manual, and will be leading workshops around the country teaching others this method of training.
