Description
This is an excellent option to update your techniques and renew your qualifications. If you are currently not Certified with WaterART Fitness – you may take this workshop to learn new techniques and tools for your practical toolbox. There are no exams and you review new moves and ideas to teach and develop your programs in both shallow & deep water depths. You will achieve 16.0 hours of continuing education hours which will automatic update your WaterART Fitness Qualifications for two years from your expiration date (if you are currently qualified with WaterART Fitness).
Workshops we will review:
SHALLOW H2O SPLASH WORKSHOP (Friday, August 28 2026 6pm to 8pm): Low impact or High intensity – shallow water may be used for all ages, skill levels and types of programming. Review how to build a creative shallow water program utilizing working positions to vary impact and intensity. Learn hundreds of movement variations and techniques provide with and without a noodle to better provide multi-level options and opportunities for your participants to benefit with water exercise. The course is geared towards very practical and enjoyable education. This workshop will focus on putting a safe, effective and enjoyable and balanced program together. Time will be spent on visual and verbal cuing to masterfully blend cardiovascular sets with muscular strengthening and stretching. Focus will be spent on teaching the parts of a class for a balanced and total body program. Get ready to move and learn the infinite ways to build a purposeful program for swimmers and non-swimmers alike. We welcome everyone to attend for ideas, tips and helping to build purposeful programs.
Senior Workshop: (Saturday August 29 2026 9am to 5pm): Priorities for the senior’s in the 21st Century are keeping healthy, staying active and remaining independent. Water exercise can be the answer to all three. Use the three-dimensional resistive, buoyant and invigorating properties of water to create an enjoyable program to motivate clients and keep them coming back for more. Learn to incorporate safe, effective and multi-level programming for common conditions of the hip, knee and back.Learn a complete group exercise program start to finish. Review a balanced program design so that all components of fitness are trained. Review general guidelines for helping your clients/patrons with orthopaedic (hip, knee, shoulder, back, neck ), neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary, arthritis, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other debilitating medical conditions. Learn how to modify or progress an exercise to help people gain the most out of their program.
SHALLOW & DEEP H20 TRAINING (Sunday August 30 2026 9am to 5pm): We will review both depths and lesson plans and often shallow & deep water programs may be neatly combined into one program. Realize though that each depth has specialized skills, unique moves and lots of benefits. Let’s review a variety of moves, working or body positions and how to combine the program designs to skilfully teach both depths simultaneously. This program will review lots of CV, strength, flexibility and balance exercises to provide multi-level options and opportunities. Training may be cleverly combined to utilize noodles simultaneously in both water depths or shallow water technique may be mirrored more easily with a deep belt workout.
Early-bird Registration Date: August 15 2026
Course Registration Fee Includes:
- 16 hours of training (theory & pool time) with Master Trainer Anita Murray
- Updated WaterART Fitness Certification Diploma (for 2 years from your expiration date on existing diploma)
- Note: There are NO exams nor quizzes with this option
- 16.0 CECs for WaterART,
- Video streaming via WaterART Fitness Educational App (for smart devices) which is unlimited streaming for Members or 6 months viewing privileges for non members OR Vimeo Video streaming for all devices especially if you prefer to view video’s on a computer (Videos are a add on instead of giving you notes)
- 230 –Intro to Shallow & Deep Programming
- V192 Types of Noodles & Noodle Positions
- V186-Review Different Deep H2O Belts & Body Positions
- V211 Shallow & Deep Aqua Fitness Muscle Review for Aqua Fitness
- V190 Shallow & Deep Decking
- Candidates who have expired will be required to pay a $20.00 Late Certification Renewal fee
- This option is not available for candidates who have been expired for more then 1 year – you must redo the Certification process
ALL REGISTRATIONS VIA WaterART Fitness!
What to Bring:
- Lunch or snack
- for water sessions please bring water fitness wear or bathing suit(s)
- Towel/cover up
- Pen and paper
- Water-shoes are preferred wear.
More Questions? Contact Us
SKU: 260828-Cincinnati-OH-1550
