#aqua aerobics

[mika-chan365]

So I started to do Aqua Aerobics with my mom and I've started to really enjoy it. It's a bunch of little old dears doing excercises in the water, basically. And with us, we have a guy in his early to mid 20's in great physical shape as an instructor, doing all the excercises out of the water. It's a lot of fun but at the past 2 that I've been to, I can't get the image out of my head of there being the equivilant of Aqua Aerobics in the world of Avatar the Last Airbender. Like Katara just has a bunch of old folks who are water benders just doing fitness in the water with either Aang, Sokka or The Bolder as the instructor. I can't stop laughing at this and I want it as a real scene now.

[ebooks-from-amazon]

[bisexualisaaclahey]

crucial part of my perception of derek hale is that little old ladies LOVE HIM. they call him darling and sweetie even when he's at his most angst-filled "i am having such a bad day and i WILL be a little bitch about it" kind of moods. at any given time he has at least 3 invites to various book clubs. multiple people have offered to set him up with their granddaughters. anytime he's within a certain radius of a little old woman he ends up getting invited to drink rose and knit with them. at some point he ends up taking one of them up on it and now sometimes he'll walk down the street and muriel from book club will wave at him and go "lovely to see you, derek! i hope you'll be able to make it this thursday, margaret baked scones!"

[snapthistiger]

water aerobics 08112023

bike ride to the gym

~50 minute aqua drum class

bike ride home

this was the 1st time the gym had the aqua drum class. the instructor had some music and we followed her lead to do mostly arm exercises with the drum sticks. there were 25 class participants. mostly older ladies. there was one other guy beside me. the photo above is from google. our class was outside and the water felt good after the hot bike ride to the gym. i wore a t shirt and my swim trunks. most of the ladies wore 1 piece swim suits.

hope you have a peaceful evening..

[crowley1990]

I keep committing to things I don’t have the energy for and now I’m like. What if I committed. To more things.

[h2shonotes]

Could I do it? Present the musical Hamilton in a narrative water workout in 45 minutes? This was an idea 💡 that gestated in my mind since 2018.

Living in NYC and in close proximity to the theater district, I don't really like to play Broadway Original Cast Recordings in their entirety unless it is a collaboration with the actual production. For me, it's about authenticity and art. However, Hamilton was different on so many levels.

The musical songwriting is so rich. The change of tempos, the blending of hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway posed an intellectual challenge. Also, there are so many WORDS. How do I keep the narrative flow, create a fluid movement choreography and coach so I don't step on the lyrics.

I worked on it, on-and-off, for years. I would workshop one song at a time. Then Summer 2023, the workout was introduced to the world 🌎. 🤯

[dianaashworth]

Aqua-aerobics at the public baths.

Aqua-robats bob and splutter, in the burghal pond. Thirty ageing ladies and one man syncopate to the music of which they were fond.                                       Sharing a chlorinated bath, they bounce buoyed by Archimedes, and the staff. But ones at the back refuse to listen. diving in to chatter which, by the way, they did when they were twelve. And teachers-pet is still in…

[bashhowardproductions]

Guess whos back at the pool

[g1rld1ary]

lifeguard!james x reader 2

wc: 1587

cw: nowhere near as horny as the first one (my period ended), still mentions of sexual feelings, swearing

you went back to the pool the next day. was it for james? no. was it not for james? you weren't answering that. but there he was when you and the girls walked in just after lunchtime, sunglasses on to avoid the reflection from the water. you had to admit you were glad he was working, you'd forgotten your book at home and needed something fun to look at when you were tanning.

you were allowed to observe him shamelessly for a minute and a half whilst he was preoccupied explaining something to hilda, one of the old ladies who possibly spent every day of summer at the public pool (she was big on aqua aerobics). it was even better when he did see you all, though, his face breaking out into a boyish grin as he waved. the girls all waved back and you pulled your sunglasses down past your eyes with one hand, raising one eyebrow with a smile. he responded with a silly exaggeration of his heart beating against his chest with his hands, drawing an unwilling giggle out of you. he looked pleased with the reaction.

james left you all alone for a little, actually doing his job while you soaked up the sun, discussing your summer readings with lily. marlene and mary were filling out magazine quizzes next to you, occasionally asking for opinions. about a half hour later james approached you with an excited "ladies! it's good to see you back again!" mary laughed with a polite greeting in return, twisting in her beach chair to face him. you all followed, and you couldn't resist teasing him.

"hope you don't think it's because of you, baywatch." james shook his head sagely.

"i would never dare. i mean, clearly, this is the place to be." he gestured around the facility, obviously referring to the fact that you and your friends were the only people there aged between 15 and 30. lily laughed then, pushing her sunglasses up into her hair to look at him properly.

"is this your way of asking where people actually hang out?" james shrugged. "to be completely honest, most of our age group sleep through the day to do dumb shit at night, it's the best way to escape the heat," she explained.

"the few that are awake usually hang around the arcade," marlene added, "or the village -- that's the shopping centre. usually our group hang out there if it's horrid weather, there's a decent cinema and a music shop, passable food as well." james nodded, looking genuinely interested in what marlene had to say about it.

"maybe you'll all have to show me around it one time," he said cheekily, and you all made entertained noises at his forwardness.

"desperate for our company, are you?" you teased, but james just shrugged easily.

"i told you yesterday, i literally have zero friends here." there was something charming in his openness about being a complete loser, and you could tell the others felt similarly.

"don't be silly, james, we'll be your friends," lily said kindly, using the same tone she did when talking to the kids she tutored.

"yeah," marlene agreed, "you can't be any worse than the other tossers we're friends with." you all laughed at that, thinking of the boys who refused to accompany you to the pool.

"and they've not come with you?" james asked, catching onto the unsaid easier than he probably should as a relative stranger.

"they wouldn't be caught dead. sirius cares about his hair too much to even be around all these germs, and remus tries not to be in the sun if he can avoid it. poor peter refuses to be the only guy hanging out with us, I think we still scare him a little after all these years," mary joked, and james looked utterly delighted to be hearing about your lives.

he excused himself not long after to get back to the job he should've been doing the whole time, and you admired the way his arse looked in the swim shorts as he left.

"he seems nice," you muttered, and the others agreed. lily raised one perfect red eyebrow.

"are we talking about his personality or the body you can't stop staring at?" you gasped, not offended at her statement but more than willing to pretend.

"are you calling me a whore?" you asked with a hand over your chest.

"you said it," marlene quipped and you cried out in protest, lines of mock outrage spilling from your lips.

you got bored of bickering quickly, the heat taking most of the fight out of you. you sat in relative silence for a while until lily declared it time for more water, taking marlene to go buy you all bottles from the corner shop down the street. the ones at the tragic pool bar were never cold and she wanted ones from the fridge. that left you and a sleeping mary on either side of your line of chairs. you pushed yourself up to a sitting position, leaning over to grab the magazine lying on marlene's towel.

you flipped through it lazily, but couldn't stop your eyes from drifting up to where james sat in his lifeguard's chair, wiping sweat from his brow. there was something about him that interested you (aside from the god-like body). he had an easy openness that you scarcely found in guys your age; he wasn't afraid to be lame or honest and didn't seem to be interested in making himself sound any better than he was to a group of four hot girls -- if you did say so yourself. he was refreshing, and not just visually.

as if he could read your mind james started approaching, and you quickly busied yourself in an article you couldn't care less about.

"hi," he said, standing in front of your chair. you looked up, feigning slight surprise, as if you hadn't been listening to his flip-flops grow closer.

"couldn't stay away?" you asked, closing the magazine in a way you hoped didn't look eager.

"you caught me," he sighed, smile making its way onto his face.

"shouldn't you be working?"

"i'm taking my break. thought i'd come keep you company."

"how generous," you mused, "would've thought you'd gotten enough of a view of me during your shift from up on that seat of yours." james had the decency to look mildly embarrassed for a moment, but it passed quickly and he took it in stride, sitting on the edge of your deck chair, careful not to drip water on your belongings.

"i'm only appreciating the natural beauty of this town. besides, someone's gotta do it if your boyfriend won't bother coming here with you, wouldn't want such a nice bikini to go to waste." you felt hot at the compliment and you knew it wasn't just the sun. you tried to play it off.

"are you asking if i'm single?" james paused for a moment, possibly thinking through his options, then nodded, unashamed. "you don't even know my name."

"you won't tell me."

"touché." you let yourself smile a little, loving the way james' eyes crinkled when he returned it. "done anything to earn it yet?" you could see him genuinely thinking and wondered whether he'd make up a miraculous story about an epic save he made just before you arrived at the pool.

"no, guess not." he settled on, disarming you again. the near-constant earnestness in his way of speaking hadn't stopped catching you by surprise yet, and you wouldn't be shocked if it never did.

"and what, no girlfriend up north to scold you for staring at my tits?" you teased as james' eyes flew back up to yours, only relaxing when he saw you weren't upset.

"free as a bird," he confirmed quietly, "though I'm sure it's of no interest to you." the air felt electric between you, had he always been this close? you were face to face, only a few inches between you. you could feel butterflies erupting not just in your stomach.

"obviously," you answered, similarly quiet. the moment felt inappropriately intimate despite the people around you. you were equal parts glad and furious when lily and marlene returned, unsure of what you might have succumbed to right there on the deck chair if you hadn't been interrupted. james looked equally worked up, hazy look in his eyes making him appear already fucked out. he stood with a start, excusing himself to get back to work.

"see you around, baywatch," you said, strategically reapplying some lipgloss. you didn't miss his glance at your lips.

"hope so, dollface." you were glad james was leaving because the nickname made you falter, going straight to your ovaries. you'd done it to yourself yet were no more prepared, staring dumbly after him.

you tried to play it off quickly, picking the magazine up where you left off and flipping through noncommittally. you could feel your friends' eyes on you and pointedly ignored it, eyes trained down at some 'best-dressed' list you'd found.

"just your luck that you get first dibs on the hot new guy," mary complained, but you could tell she wasn't all that bothered.

"you are going to eat him alive," marlene laughed and lily nodded, the two of them already sharing condolences for james. you didn't say anything, but judging from the coil still wound tight in your lower belly, maybe it wasn't james they had to be worried about.

i need him fr

[chubbychiquita]

i just went to my first gentle aqua aerobics class and was the youngest person there by 50 years (and the fattest by at least 100 lbs)

[brostateexam]

Yesterday was my birthday, and for the first time since covid times, I had a birthday party. Someone else made me a cake(!!!) and I made breakfast tacos for the group. Also my guests brought fruit and bloody marys and wine and snacks, so it was generally a very nice time for all involved. It was so nice to see everyone and it made me so happy at the time, and still happy now looking back on it.

I'm now 38 years young. Please imagine me saying that with one hand on my hip as I prepare to do aqua aerobics.

I spent the last week or so doing preparation for my DnD campaign. Being a GM is so much fucking work, and doing a virtual campaign is so much fucking work. Calling it now that I don't think I'm doing this again lol. But who can say. I have like 4 more dungeons to make, minimum, plus a bunch of battle maps and tons of NPCs and also I should probably finish writing the campaign. Or like. Start writing the campaign beyond a vague outline for session 01 🙈

[ass-deep-in-demons]

The Fellowship at your local Fitness Club

(I'm at the bench press with Gimli, ogling Boromir probably)

[putanaperdonna]

RE8 Headcanon: AU Resident Evil Village characters at the gym🏋️:

A/N: Okay so recently I’ve started going to the gym and working out properly and today I literally had to hold back from giggling like a colossal MORON because all I can think of is what if the RE8 characters were in this gym rn LMAO. So these are how I think they would be in a gym environment or what exercise they would be into lol enjoy 😭

Alcina Dimitrescu:

Alcina definitely trains in the weight section like how else would she throw that dresser lmao

She has like a set routine of what muscle groups she’s gonna hit on what day

Definitely favours upper body workouts though she is a sucker for chasing that glute pump on leg day

She’s not into cardio though she will go for walks but only indoors on the treadmill lmao

She warms up and cools down properly too… she takes everything very seriously

She loves looking like a baddie at the gym too it’s what motivates her to go! She’s old school though so like flared yoga pants and sleeveless shirts are her go-to

If you’re usually intimidated by the weight sections you feel way more confident if she’s in the area since the GymBros™️ know better than to fuck with her

She also does CrossFit here and there just so she can focus on driving ~power~ through her body

The Dimitrescu sisters

POLE FIT!!

Cassandra kinda just likes to control the music though she does demonstrations of movements for her sisters (bc they're incompetent duh)

Dani is actually trying to create her own routine and lord she is SICK of Cass’s micromanaging

Bela is just climbing the pole and swinging aimlessly… she doesn’t do it to perform or anything she just likes having her Chandelier by Sia™️ moment

They are doing it behind their mum’s back obviously

They install a pole in the foyer though, then they have to explain to Alcina what it’s for

“I know what a stripper is and I thought I raised you girls to be classy!”

They have to explain that a) Ain’t nothing wrong with being a stripper and b) They are not stripping, they’re exercising by using their body strength 🤪

“You girls don’t need exercise. You can turn into flies for gods sake!”

Donna Beneviento

Hot Girl Walks™️ with or without incline

Gf is NOT one for sweating… she already is relatively physically active anyways if she’s carving out larger pieces of wood to make dolls

She likes that she can put on headphones and a playlist and just have Donna time™️

But if she’s feeling particularly pissed off or overly energised, she installed a boxing bag in her basement and she likes to go punchy punchy kicky kicky

Angie likes to coach her on her technique (she knows nothing and frequently suggests Donna should punch the rocks outside because she saw Chris Redfield do it once and thought it would make Donna stronger)

Donna likes to have a workout buddy if she attends a gym though… totally not for checking out their muscles while they demonstrate for her 😇

Donna also likes to dance, not any particular style… she just sort of does it to express herself without really speaking

Salvatore Moreau

Swimming (duh)

He likes aqua aerobics as he’s not very good at maintaining any good technique with any traditional swimming strokes

He sucks up to the instructors frequently though lmao

If he doesn’t do aerobic classes he likes to swim slow laps and tries to focus on improving his lung capacity

He also has a habit of swallowing so much water when he swims and ends up vomiting frequently

He invested in some nice flippers and a snorkel so he can swim at the beach (he is surprisingly quite afraid of strong currents and getting caught in the rip) he wants to give it a good shot one day

Karl Heisenberg

He also does weight training. He likes the feeling of metal in his hands

He frequently gets into Alcina’s space and takes weights from people without asking

He has no regard for gym etiquette whatsoever

He is the type to absolutely throw the weights up with his whole body instead of perfecting technique

He is also a grunter… he has no shame

He does call other dudes out if they’re making female patrons feel uncomfortable

Alcina still has to fight the urge to “accidentally” drop one of her weights on his foot though

Him and Ethan are incapable of using machines properly

Ethan Winters

Endurance running

He literally does marathons for fun. He’s a psychopath.

He likes hiking too and honestly has probably dragged Mia out to different tracks at some point in their relationship

If he does go to a gym… he has NO clue what he’s doing if he’s using the equipment like he just tries to guess what they’re for and ends up using them incorrectly like this:

Chris tried to teach him how to use them but Ethan is convinced you can use them any way you want

Him and Karl provide the gym patrons with entertainment for DAYS

Mia Winters:

Yoga/ Pilates mum

She’s been doing classes and her own practice since forever

She can do some pretty cool poses like her capacity to hold her own bodyweight is actually pretty crazy

She’s very sweet with new yoga participants… she gives them advice on how to improve on basic or advanced poses whenever they ask

It’s the only thing in her life that keeps her calm and collected tbh

Mother Miranda:

Jiu Jitsu

She wants to kick some ass but without all the force of kicking and punching, like getting some good submission holds in there

She likes that JiuJitsu is more of a grappling sport in this sense

She also wants to improve on her speed when she’s in the ring, she wants to make attacks look effortless so she can scare her opponents into thinking that it’s easy for her

She definitely makes her own rules however, she only likes training with anyone who is up for being a rag doll for her

Chris Redfield

Bro just does anything

He likes boxing though

He imagines that goddamn boulder scenario every time… people mock him about it and he dgaf

He has broken through many boxing bags as a result

His sparring partners dread having to fight with him because they know they’re gonna walk away with a dislocated shoulder from the massive shock absorption lmao

Rosemary Winters

She likes volleyball

She just does… all the “normal” girls at school do it so she figures it might help her situation a little bit

She is actually pretty good at it

She hates how long the practices are though, she likes it but not THAT much

She likes doing high intensity cardio classes at the gym when she’s alone

It helps her get all of her pent up teenage stress out of her system

[crow-caller]

had a revelation in aqua aerobics and i think my first sign of gender dysphoria was when in all school sing we'd do the YMCA and I got very secretly upset that it was for young MEN and I wasn't allowed to be a young MEN and find out the everything there is to enjoy, I could not hang out with all of the boys, I could not stay at the YMCA

[h2shonotes]

I partnered with @titaniquemusical to create and present a series of upcoming H2shO™️ Fitness Events. It is a one-of-a-kind musical fitness voyage bursting with nostalgia and heart performed both in-and-out of the pool to the music of Quebecois chanteuse Celine DIon!

[ineffectualdemon]

I've been thinking of the potential an inevitable death of Tumblr again in the wake of everything currently going on with the CEO (that I haven't commented on because I just am not doing great right now)

When Tumblr eventually folds it will be the first time a social media type platform going down will drastically impact my life

When livejournal went it wasn't that big for a deal. I was bummed but it was also not important to me

But my time spent on Tumblr matches with disabilities getting worse

2017 my health and chronic pain went from well managed to awful. I went from being pain being greatly reduced most of the time thanks to aqua aerobics for my fibro and being quite independent to being unable to leave the house on my own and struggling to do basic tasks for myself

Since then Tumblr has been the primary source of social interaction (outside for my husband and kid) for me. Its been how I manage to not feel lonely most of the time. It's the way I feel less isolated and cut off

I know it can't last forever but I don't know how or where I can get a sense of community like this again

I'm scared of feeling alone all the time again

I'm scared of the how it will affect my mental health

And that's really selfish of me and but it's how I feel