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Recognized as the Gold Standard in Water Fitness
Specialty Programs
Aqua Kickbox, Aqua Cycling, Aqua Running/Jogging,
Aqua CALA Infused Yoga, Aqua Barre, Aqua Pre/Post
Natal, Aqua Older Adult, Aquafitness and Healing
Waters: Aquatic Post Rehabilitation - Training and
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Announcement:
Please
send all communication to
cala_aqua@mac.com
cala@interlog.com is NO longer
active
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Canadian
Aquafitness
Leaders Alliance
Inc. (CALA)
Charlene Kopansky,
President and Founder
Certifying Internationally
Recognized Aquafit Leaders since 1993
Hons. B.Sc., Human Kinetics,
B.Ed. Sc., P.H.E., canfitpro Lifetime Achievement
Award
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How to
become a
Certified
CALA
Aquafit
Instructor.
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Scheduled CALA
Live ZOOM Events
and Independent
Learning
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Host a CALA Training Event
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Why choose Water as your exercise media
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Meet Charlene Kopansky and Learn About CALA
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Meet our CALA Team of Trainers
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CALA thanks everyone for their
valuable feedback
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Announcements,
What's New, Celebrations, Sharings
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Aquafit Resources and Links
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Celebrate CALA
- Catch The
CALA Wave
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Water
Works!
A young
man suffering from a serious back injury
came to the pool with his child. He kept
a close eye on the exercises the
instructor was doing with client. He
asked can you make me walk, the doctors
said I would never walk. I’ve been in
the wheelchair for 4 years now. No
promises the instructor said but if you
want to try we can work together. After
1.5years a miracle happened. Up to then
the instructor moved the man’s legs. One
day he said, I want to do it myself.
With total commitment he started to move
his legs himself. With time the
instructor would tell him the exercise
and he would do them. When he went to
the doctor, the doctor noticed major
changes. He asked what he was doing. The
man said exercising in the water. When
he told the doctor the exercises he was
able to do, the doctor said it is not
possible, your movements are spontaneous
muscle contractions. There is no way you
will ever be able to control your
movements. The man said to the doctor,
the instructor tells me the exercise and
I do them. The instructors mixes up the
movements so I have no idea what they
are going to make me do. How can this be
spontaneous muscle movement. The long
story short is, he now walks with braces
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Another reason to cross train
– Land Meets Water…
Water works!
Water
is magical - buoyancy unloads
the body, and impact decreases
with increasing depth of
immersion.
Athletes and other fitness
enthusiasts who participate in
land based activities that
include a significant amount of
‘landing’ run the risk of
developing a condition called
foot-strike haemolysis. This may
result in rupturing of red blood
cells affecting the ability of
the body to maintain the iron
needed to carry oxygen.
Runners have been found to
develop hemolysis, whereas long
distance cyclists have not.
Schumacher et al, 2002 suggested
that repeated foot strikes
associated with running destroy
red blood cells.
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