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Tips

• Instead of a small muffin, have 12 almonds and a large apple.
• Lavender has many uses: to ease headaches, menstrual pain, and to lift a low mood. Use in the bath, as a massage oil, or in a vaporizer.
• When feeling tired or drained, a couple of minutes of deep, slow breathing increases oxygen flow to the brain and makes you feel refreshed and more alert.
• Even 20 minutes of physical activity a day greatly increases blood circulation and helps maintain muscle and bone mass.

Sponsored Community Events

• Donated two pieces of clothing for the annual Walk for Cancer.
• Donated pieces to the Hyatt football club for silent auction.
• Donated items to The Mission local soup kitchen.
• Donated event shirts for the Kidney Foundation Walk.
• FireFit "Grind in the City" sponsor Huntington Research benefit event.
• Provided team shirts for a number of teams participating in "A Breast in a Boat" Dragon Boat festival to benefit breast cancer research (2005, 2006).

Party in the Pool: The Joys of Aquafit

Water aerobics, or Aquafit, is becoming a very popular form of low impact exercise. It makes a refreshing change from land aerobics and the benefits are immense.

Benefits:
Aquafit classes are fun and social events that help reduce stress, increase strength and flexibility, speed up your metabolism and promote good body weight loss and management. Due to its low impact nature, people of all ages and various fitness levels can easily participate. It is also an ideal form of exercise for women during postpartum.
Aquafit is a doctor recommended form of exercise activity for people with back and knee problems and provides all the variety of a cross-training/cardiovascular program.

Preparation and Equipment:
It’s extremely easy! Grab a bathing suit/Aquatard (something with a higher neck line and bust support), a towel and you’re good to go. Some people doing shallow-water classes like to wear Aquafit shoes to help get a better push and extra support for their arches. It is very important to bring along a water bottle, as you must keep hydrated during your workout. It literally is “water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink”.

Which class is for you?
There are a wide variety of classes and styles of Aquafit to choose depending on your needs.

• Shallow-water classes offer a great general workout and provide good cross training for runners and cyclists.
• Deep-water classes are completely no impact and focus on the full body. This offers a similar workout one would get from jogging or spinning.
• Water walking focuses more on the legs.
• Waterworks is a specialty class designed for people with arthritis and rheumatic diseases, with very specific exercises employed.

Most classes run one hour and remember to try a combination, as it’s always good to mix it up a bit.

Where to find classes:
Most public pools and community centers do offer some type of Aquafit class. Ask at a location close to you.

Kim, is a BCRPA certified fitness trainer, and has taught Aquafit classes at Surrey Sports and Leisure, and Fitness 2000 in Burnaby.