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Exercise of the Month - January 2011:
“Water Power”
Throughout the year, certain topics peak my interest. The latest is a training approach I have undertaken with a couple clients in the last few weeks. Simply put, I devise specific “power” exercises for clients to perform in the pool who may not be able to handle the rigors of “land-based” training. Specifically, I have a client with bad knees perform a few sets of wall push-offs in the pool to develop lower body power rather than having him perform a jump squat on land.
Additionally, I’ll have clients practice high knee fast-paced running the pool or simple push and pull horizontal motions to improve Type II muscle fibers in their pectorals, rhomboids, triceps, trapezius, etc…
