Good Health Magazine : FITNESS : BEFORE YOU JUMP IN
Classes: If you’re interested in water exercises, contact your neighborhood YMCA, YWCA or a health club with a swimming pool. Chances are that the facility has one or more water-exercise classes.
Equipment: A number of manufacturers of water-workout equipment sell by mail-order or by telephone--many through toll-free calls--rather than through stores. Here is a sampling: Spa Bell Total Fitness System, resistance equipment,(703) 914-0637. Wet Vest, buoyant vest, (800) 433-2627. Aqua Jogger, buoyancy belt, (800) 922-9544. Hydro-Tone resistance equipment, (800) 622-8663. Sprint/ Rothhammer International Inc., water dumbbells, ankle weights, wrist weights, hand paddles, (800) 235-2156. Kona Fitness, aqua toning bar, two-person resistance bar, (800) 237-0469. Hydro-Fit Inc., webbed gloves, hand bar bells, cuffs. (800) 346-7295.
Books, videos: “The Berson Program for Pain-Free Arthritis,” book, $17.95 postpaid; three-hour, two-tape video, $79.95 postpaid. S and J Books, P.O. Box 276092, Palmetto Park Station, Boca Raton, Fla. 33427-6092. “The Waterpower Workout,” by Lynda Huey with R. R. Knudson, book, $8.95 from Huey’s Athletic Network, (213) 829-5622. “Deep Water Exercise for Health and Fitness,” by J. Glenn McWaters, soft-cover book, $11.45 postpaid; hardcover book $18.45 postpaid. Publitec Editions, 271-A Lower Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach 92651.
Note: This list is not meant to be representative of the entire industry and does not imply endorsement of any product by The Times.