figmo | I think I found my sport (Reply)

It's Aqua-Aerobics!

I tried it Friday, and while I think I ought to keep trying out the "regular" classes, this one hooked me on several levels:

I'm a natural at this. My fat middle floats, and my stick-arms and stick-legs glide through the water with almost no resistance, making it easy for me to move around.
When you screw something up, because you're doing 95% of it underwater, nobody can tell!
I wasn't the fattest or clumsiest person in the class.
There was a lot more comraderie amongst the people in the class than I've found in floor classes, where nobody talks to each other. In this one we were making each other laugh.
Because you're in cold water you don't sweat! This means I don't leave class all stinky.
Whether I put my head under is optional. If I want to go somewhere after class, I make sure my bathing cap is tight for the parts where we float on our backs. If I don't care what I look like, chlorinated water does wonderful things to gold-blonde hair. :-)
Chlorinated water is also wonderful if you've got oily skin like mine.
There's a sauna in the same area where you can hang out, dry off, and let your pores open afterwards.

I'm hooked.