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• The Water Exercise e-book
  
• Study guide
  
• Continuing education exam

• Define the properties of water that make aquatic exercise unique and beneficial for many populations, and identify the benefits of water exercise and guidelines for structuring, progressing, and regressing a program. 
  
• Discuss the importance of the core for proper posture and safety of the spine, guidelines for determining repetition range, and application of the overload principle.
  
• Describe basic water exercises that focus on increasing joint range of motion and slightly elevating the heart rate.
  
• Describe intermediate exercises and explain the variables that lead to increased caloric expenditure, improved muscular strength and endurance, and greater core challenge. 
  
• Learn how to progress water exercise programs by engaging muscles of the upper body, lower body, and core simultaneously while also challenging balance.
  
• Describe the common injuries and structure of major joints and the spine, and understand the water exercises recommended for rehabilitation of these joints with appropriate sets, reps or duration, and progression.
  
• Outline an introductory water exercise program to improve cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility, and employ movement options to increase the intensity of the workout as fitness progresses.
  
• Discuss advanced aquatic training principles and the benefits of cross-training and interval training.
  
• Explain why clients who are pregnant or have multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis benefit from water exercise routines.

A continuing education course for aquatic exercise and group fitness instructors, personal trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, athletic trainers, and fitness coaches.

Melissa Layne holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Auburn University; a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Athens State University; a Georgia state teaching certificate; and fitness certifications through the Aquatic Exercise Association, the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, and the American Council on Exercise. She has been a fitness director for several health clubs, head cheerleading coach, and an Americans with Disabilities Act specialist working with businesses to verify disability programs. Layne is on the faculty at the University of North Georgia in the physical education department. She presents at multiple industry conferences each year, where many of her sessions feature aquatic workouts. She teaches a dozen group exercise classes per week, including aqua classes. She has starred in two SCW Fitness Education DVDs and 12 Water in Motion instructional exercise DVDs.