Does anyone do aqua aerobics with water weights?

[Wiifitmama]

I have got really into the aqua classes and was chatting to the instructor today about my need to tone my arms and stomach after losing 6 stone. She recommended getting wrist weights. Has anyone done this?

The reason I am apprehensive is that I run and know that you should never run with wrist weights so I was won ring if it was the same?

Well your weight is supported by the water so you are only working about 20% of the weight IIRC. A better method though is to buy aqua aerobic gloves which force you to use your arm strength more. Congratulations on your weight loss.

I saw those when I googled water weights. I did wonder if they would be better. The classes i do use a lot of those floating dumbbells so the gloves would not add anything at those times. But they would be good the rest of the time.

I'm probably quite fit and can normally get through aquafit without breaking a sweat without them. But with them my shoulders ache like hell for the whole day. So I think they DO work.

You can still hold floating dumbbells wearing them - and noodles/whatever.

Are you talking about the gloves or the weights? Are the gloves weighted?

I find paddles the toughest - but we have a pretty hardcore instructor!