Water Aerobics: Calories Burned by Water Aerobics

Water aerobics has become a rage all over the world. It is due to many advantages of water aerobics. The amount of calories burned is just one of the advantages. Before we get to the calorie details, lets read a little about water aerobics itself.

Water Aerobics
If you have previously tried aerobic exercises and for whatever reason, it did not suit you, you should try water aerobics, also referred to as ‘aqua aerobics’. The most important advantage of water aerobics is that, it has a low impact on the joints, because water displaces up to 85% of weight, depending upon the amount of water in the pool. Since water aerobics is easy on the skeletal structure, this aqua workout is beneficial for people of any age, size or fitness level. To take up a class of water aerobics, you necessarily do not have to be a swimmer. There are some classes where they do ask for lap swimming, for a few minutes, but more often than not the whole exercise program is conducted standing in water. Due to the natural resistance that water provides, water aerobics provides a good workout. The calories burned by water aerobics is quite a decent number.

How Many Calories Burned in Water Aerobics?
If you undertake any type of exercises, you will burn some amount of calories. The number of calories burnt doing water aerobics will not be dependent on intensity of the workout, but on the depth of the water. On an average, for 10 minutes of water aerobics approximately 80 calories are consumed. On an average, it is seen that 450 to 700 calories are burned in an intense session of water aerobics.

The deeper the water, more the number of calories will you burn. In the initial part of a water aerobics class it may seem you are having fun splashing water in the pool, but the muscles work harder, due to the resistance offered by water.

The weight of a person is directly proportional to the number of calories burned. More the weight of a person, the more will be the number of calories burned. Let us understand this with a few examples. If a person weighs 130 to 140 lbs, the person will burn approximately 236 calories. If the person weighs 160 lbs the number of water aerobics calories burned will be 281. On the other hand a person weighing 190 lbs will burn as much as 345 calories with a water aerobics workout of 45 to 60 minutes. The reason for this is more energy is required to push a large mass through water. Therefore, it is obvious that a person who weighs less will require less number of calories to navigate through water, than a person who weighs more.

Advantages of Water Aerobics
Now that we have seen the amount of water aerobics calories burnt, let us see what are the advantages of water aerobics.

• At chest level about 80 to 90% of the body is supported due to buoyancy, therefore the joints and bones are well protected.
• You will shape and tone up faster, as water provides more resistance.
• Flexibility and balance improves, as there are a wider range of motions, which can be performed in water.
• Last but not the least, it is not healthy to run in higher temperatures, whereas, health care professionals recommend getting into water on warm days.

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I am sure now you are keen to go join a class of water aerobics. The burning of calories will not take to much of efforts. However, I will recommend that you undertake water aerobics under a trained and qualified instructor only. So that there is no mistake in your stature and you do not injure yourself. It is advisable to pay for a series of classes, rather than pay per class, as payment per class will turn out to be costlier than a payment for series class.