The YAKO-PADDLE for Aquatic Exercise

• WaterART Fitness International was established by Julie Twynham, Educational Director.
• As an industry leader in Aquatic Fitness Education and Instructor Training, Julie has developed programs for the Fitness Institute, Toronto Star, Speedo Canada, Quatic Industries (the original noodle company), Rockport Walking Shoes, just to name a few.
• She realized that there was a need to improve the quality of education.
• WaterART Fitness Training & Certification Programs were developed to be a superior and unique program.
• Aquatic Personal Training, Arthritis and Kids Instructor programming were the first programs.
• They compared land fitness to water fitness to help Instructors learn and evolve the difference in exercise modalities.
• Their goal was to establish some similarities; however, they understood that there was a difference in programming.
• WaterART Fitness International has worked with Speedo Canada, Speedo USA and Hydropool Inc. to build their educational programs.
• WaterART Fitness Training & Certification Programs are based on the most current and documented research to be the cutting edge of water and fitness training.
• Standards and education are an important and necessary evolution of the industry to help improve the standard of care.
• WaterART Fitness Training & Certification Programs masterfully blends the properties of water and the techniques of land training with exercise science in a user-friendly way.
• It is a proven formula for success, since it helps the professional effectively coach their participants or clients to achieve optimal results.
• The program realizes that there are individual needs for exercise design because fitness typically attracts all ages, fitness levels from high risk to high performance, as well as, a variety of skill levels.
• The system utilizes training techniques based on research application with the goal of helping individuals improve their performance and abilities.
• Each program focuses on "why" we are doing the exercise and "how" to make the exercise more enjoyable, safe and effective.
• We are proud to provide many practical tools to help leaders learn about the many benefits of exercise science and wellness programming.