The Connection and Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer, feels water exercise as well as swimming should only be used as an auxiliary workout not the primary form - perhaps once or twice a week, because, he says, you can't work up enough of a sweat to increase your metabolism sufficiently to burn fat. The baby boomers who like to exercise will be looking for gentler workouts. The population in general is aging and this will increase the number of people doing water exercise. The very fit are becoming aware that cross training is important and that there are challenging water classes out there. I think cross training will be a direction water will take.
Cross training is important for everyone, since sticking to just one sport invites injuries.
Water aerobics makes the best cross training workout due to it s safety and versatility. As far as the mark I'd like to leave on the water aerobics industry, I have some goals using the World Wide Web. I want to create a network of certified instructors on the web so that potential students can locate classes and qualified instructors easily. I would like to work toward uniting the national water aerobic organizations, instructors, equipment manufacturers and participants. I would create a general education site to promote the sport and create an online community of exercisers who can communicate and encourage each other.