| Warm Up for Your Water Workout |
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| by Diet Detective Editorial Staff | |
| Friday, 07 July 2006 | |
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Warming up is just as important in the pool as anywhere else. Here’s how to get your workout started right. Even for swimming, a warm-up and stretch is a great way to ease your body into a workout and prevent injury. In fact, the lack of gravity makes it easy to do some great stretches before your workout. Try this routine:
Spend a few minutes bobbing to raise your heart rate and get your body used to the water while creating bubbles through both your mouth and nose. "Just hold on to the edge and exhale fully underwater and then come back up for a full breath several times," says Jane Katz, Ed.D., author of The W.E.T. Workout (Facts on File, 1996).
Hang on the pool edge and do a hurdler's stretch. Put both feet on the wall, bend one knee and lean into the stretch as you straighten the other knee. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds; then switch legs.
Plant one foot on the wall, the other on the bottom, and straighten both knees to stretch your hamstrings. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds; then switch legs.
Stretch your quadriceps by grasping your ankle with the same hand and pulling it gently to your butt. Hold for 20 to 30 seconds; then switch legs.
Don't forget your upper body. Reach for the ceiling to stretch your back. Hold each arm across your body to get the shoulders. And reach overhead toward your back and then bend your elbow to stretch your triceps.
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