New water workout is tougher than running - Marine Corps News | News from ...
19.05.12
Officials told Marine Corps Times they are troubled by a photo, published online recently by the official Marines Magazine, that shows a fully dressed Marine submerged and running with 30-pound ammo cans in each hand. The Marine Corps is promoting low-impact pool running — dubbed “water cadence”— to help even the fittest Marines up their game. Only one facility with a base pool, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, does not yet offer the program, which features workouts that last between 20 and 60 minutes and push participants to “total exertion. Yes, this type of exercise has been associated with “the little old ladies’ social hour,” acknowledged Kari Hemund, the aquatics specialist at Headquarters Marine Corps. With 32
instructors working at 15 swimming pools across the Corps, the service has embraced its new fitness regimen that practitioners attest will leave you sucking wind. But “we have taken that perception and revamped it. ”. The workouts stress safety above all.
Source: Marine Corps Times