August 2007 August Heat   Greetings! In This Issue: Fiji Sale Cruise 2008 Calendar of Events Expert Answer Exercise Routine Free Exercise Fiji Sale A school teacher from the Fiji Islands, sent in an order by fax. She misunderstood the fee difference between downloads and CD-ROMs. Due to the fact that she was ordering for a school, I decided to allow the lower price. Then my conscience started to bother me as I thought about other potential customers. SO, for a very limited time, I am selling the All Sixteen Water Workout CD-ROM for the same cost as the download. That means you get the CD-ROM for $99.99 instead of $199.00 - a savings of $100.00! Fun Fitness Cruise 2008 We look forward to seeing some of you during the Alaska cruise.  For those of you who have not made plans to join us: "Don't miss the boat in 2008". I am considering hosting the Fun & Fitness Cruise to New England/Canada September 2008. Barb will be hosting that one, along with February 2008 Western Caribbean, and Alaska again late summer 2008. Check it out at Fun-Fitness.com. If you are a certified aqua instructor interested in teaching your folks aboard ship, call Barb at 800 500 8905. If you are a class participant, urge your instructor to call. If you don't have an instructor, email Carla at Carla@WaterWellnessWorkouts.com or Barb at barbatson@earthlink.net. We would love to say WELCOME ABOARD to you in 2008. Calendar of Events 8/31/07 - Alaska Fun & Fitness Cruise w/Carla & Barb= 800 500 8905 9/14-15/07 AEA Nashville Workshop =www.aeawave.com 9/28-30 Hydro-Fit Academy West w/Craig Stewart =www.HydroFit.com 9/21/07 - IDAHO MS Aqua Workshop =heather.potter@nmss.org 11/2/07 - Alabama MS Workshop =anno@lakeshore.org 2/3/08 - Barb's Western Caribbean Cruise =800 500 8905 09/08     New England/Canada Cruise with Carla             =Carla@WaterWellnessWorkouts.com. Expert Answer Q: I'm currently doing a water aerobic class but have a problem keeping my feet on bottom when moving with weight; punching or kick boxing. Do you have a idea how I can make my feet stay on the bottom when running and punching down? They seem to want to just barely touch or float. Becky James A: Becky, I have had your emails bounce back to me for some reason, so let me try to answer your question. Without any additional info from you, my first thought is that you are in water that is too deep. Chest depth is the desired level. Are you wearing any flotation devices or using flotation equipment that is keeping you off the floor? I would love to hear from you, so I can answer your question thoroughly. Thanks for asking, Carla. If you have questions about Water Exercise - ask away! Your questions will be answered by Barb Batson or myself. All questions will be answered with a personal email and will also be placed in the website archive for viewing at your convenience. All questions will be answered as quickly as possible. Please send your questions here. Exercise Routine from Debby Gifford of Cocoa Beach, Florida. I put together a line dancing class for my group and it was a great hit! We did all those familiar dances used at weddings – chicken dance, Macarena, electric slide, polka…… harder than you might think in the water. I also had them use the noodle partner with the waltz. Have them be both the "man – lead" and the "woman – Follow". Have fun and "dip" your partner. The whole idea is to just "have fun"! The noodle tango is simply doing the tango while holding the noodle vertically as your partner – remind participants not to jerk their heads as they change travel from side to side. The beauty of the water is that it doesn't hurt when your partner steps on your foot, and it you are not in-step, no one can tell. You can find dance steps here. I spend several classes teaching one dance per class, then we spent one entire class just dancing. This is the list of songs and dances I used to complete a 45 minute class. Dance with me Henry - warm up Rock-n-roll waltz - dance the waltz Blue Tango - noodle tango Rag Mop - Charleston Mexican Hat Dance Alley Cat Beer Barrell Polka - Polka Mambo #5 - Mambo You should be Dancing - Water break - freestyle - whatever you like (I demo'd with a John Travolta type finger point overhead and toe point to the side; both sides then across the front with the arm reach both sides) Electric Slide The Hustle - we did the Bus Stop Macarena Chicken Dance Hockey Pokey Good Night Sweetheart; Good Night Irene - Cool Down Thanks Debby! Remember to enter for your chance to win! Send in your exercise routines, patterns or ideas - when we use your submission in a newsletter, you will receive $50.00. Email your ideas here and please include your name and address with your text. Free Exercise Your free exercise is Torso Stretch. Keep Splashing!