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Benefits of Aqua Zumba
Water exercise is an ideal way to ease your body
into a regular workout schedule. And Aqua Zumba
adds an element of fun that otherwise could be lost in
traditional water exercises.
The tight-knit group of women also gives members
something to look forward to and keeps them
accountable.
"If you know you are going to meet some friends at
the pool at a certain time and you know they will be
there every week, it helps to keep the exercise a little bit
more regular," Matson said.
Each movement gives members a great workout that
burns calories and builds muscle without straining
their bodies.
Movements in Matson's class move at half beats,
which means that every two movements on land
translates to one movement in the water.
"Aqua Zumba is a muscular workout because every
time you push your limbs through the water, the
resistance of the water is like pushing a weight, except
it is safer," Matson said.

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Vicki Huggins

Also, when you jump in the
I'm
water and descend back down,
probably
only about 15 percent of your
in the best
body weight hits the bottom of
shape now
the pool, she said.
that I have
"It's a protective surface for
ever been
you, so if you have any issues, it's
and here
the right place to be," she said.
Many members see improveI am, 63
ments in their health, flexibilyears old.
ity and overall quality of life and
It's crazy.
share their progress with Matson.
- Barbara Matson
"Some of them will come
back from an injury, start in
the water and get healthy enough to go and start other
exercise," she said. "We have some members who have
lost 40 to 50 pounds and we also have some who their
doctors have said that they wouldn't be walking if they
weren't doing this exercise on a regular basis."
On a more personal note, Matson is able to stay in
great physical shape by teaching her class each week.
"It keeps me in great shape," she said. "I'm probably
in the best shape now that I have ever been and here I
am, 63 years old. It's crazy."

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