Tom O’Connell has given up walking on his treadmill in favor of another exercise that is much better for his joints and muscles, he said. “It gets the heart rate up, and it’s easier on the joints,” he ...

Designed primarily for adults 50 and older, the program offers a low-impact workout intended to support strength, recovery ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We have a new fitness facility nearby. The pool schedule shows a number of aqua exercise classes. I'd like to try a water fitness class to add variety to my regular fitness routine, ...

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, when many of today’s older adults were in their 40s, aerobics classes were all the rage. Nowadays this demographic is still taking aerobics — the only difference is that ...

When Joan Eichner of Dallas, Texas, recently celebrated her 100th birthday, her party was just the way she likes it: packed ...

Aerobic exercise, or cardio, elevates your heart rate with movements that activate your body's large-muscle groups. When done in the water, this type of workout offers many proven benefits, including ...

Dive into water fitness classes to increase flexibility, strength and cardio endurance. We chatted with Madelyn McCallum, aquatic director at the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA in Traverse City, about the ...

Purposeful splishing and splashing can help you trim your waist size and drop excess pounds, a new evidence review has concluded. Water aerobics led to about 6 pounds of weight loss and more than an ...

Turning 100 is worth a celebration, and for Joan Eichner, the obvious spot for her centennial birthday party was at her local ...

Water aerobics routines provide a great low-impact workout, especially for older adults and people who don’t want to put too much stress on their joints. According to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Water/aqua aerobics for 10 or more weeks at a time can trim waist size and aid weight loss, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. This ...