For gentler aerobics, just add water.

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Doing exercises in water

People who need a gentler form of aerobic exercise can do exercises in a swimming pool or other body of water. Water aerobics-based exercise programs can be as effective as walking and jogging programs.

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For gentler aerobics, just add water.

Before jogging and walking gave it a run for the money, swimming was America's favorite form of exercise. Now exercising in the water is making a strong comeback, even for people who cannot swim. At pools throughout the country, programs with names like Aquacize and Aquamotion, water aerobics and aquarobics, aquadance and just plain aquatic exercise are finding a fast-growing audience. In many areas, there are wa...

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