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Water provides 12 times exercises underwater or back- out that Lebanon was building a
as much resistance as air, she ward "just to have fun." civic center with a pool, she got
said, so even the effort to move Corbin said the class needs to certified. She has been teaching at
through the water helps with be fun so that people will keep the YMCA for seven years.
toning. Additionally, exercisers coming back, and she is constant- "I just truly have a love of
must use their core muscles to ly changing her choreography this. I just feel that there's so
stay vertical while floating in to keep her students from being many benefits in just exercising
deep water. bored. in general, and I think the wa-
However, Corbin also tells her "So many times, they're really ter is a wonderful medium for
students that they need to listen working hard, but they don't people that have had any replace-
to their bodies. realize it because they're having a ments — knee replacements, hip
"You want to challenge your- lot of fun," Corbin stated. replacements — shoulders, back
self, but at the same time token, Both Crain and Stark praised problems. All of this is so good
you want to be aware of your Corbin's teaching abilities. for them to be in the water. And
issues," she said. "...Know the "If you don't know how to do people, even though I might push
difference between working your something, she will take the time them, they can still go at their
muscles and feeling that, and and she'll actually come over and own pace if they need to, which
hurting yourself. You don't want try to show you how to do it and is just really important. ...I get
to do that." coordinate it along with every- great joy in knowing that maybe I
Dannie Stark, who attends body else, and she won't leave helped someone feel better about
Corbin's classes, stated, "We do you behind," Stark said. themselves, or just have fun."
as much as our bodies will let us Corbin has been teaching Stark stated, "Even if you're
do, which is cool. Some of us do various kinds of fitness in classes not sure you want to come and
a little more, some of us do a little in Lebanon since she moved here do (AquaFit), come out and
less, but we all have fun doing it." nearly 24 years ago. Coming from enjoy it for a day. You'll find out
Diana Crain, who participates a family of water skiers, Corbin you like it. It's great to get in the
in the classes, said that AquaFit has always loved water, and she water with 30 other people that
is the only exercise she can do had a sister who taught water you barely know and have a ball
because of extensive foot surgery. aerobics, so when she found together."
"It's been a lifesaver for me to
have some exercises to do," she
said.
Dannie Stark says that he
likes the constant motion and the
experience of being in the water,
but for him an important part of
the class is being able to exercise
with his wife.
"Water aerobics allows us
both to do it at our own speed,
but together," he said.
Stark also enjoys the social
aspect of the class. His contri-
butions to the group include
splashing other students and
shouting "good morning" at the
beginning of each class so that it
echoes around the pool area. He
also said that he does many of the Participants in Lebanon Family YMCA AquaFit Deep class do shoulder stretches.
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