The chaos of the water means you'll be adapting to any direction of force and training lots of
little stabilizer muscles in your ankles, around your spine, and so on, as opposed to the unidirectional movements you get from exercising in a gym.
Not exact matches
A total booty and hamstring move, the elevation adds just a
little more intensity, and the single leg element will force you to engage your core
stabilizers as well as your lower back
muscles.
These are SUPER fun, and work all kinds of
muscles — your calves, glutes, core
stabilizers and lots of
little intrinsic balancing
muscles too.
They make ever exercise a
little harder because you have to use a lot more
stabilizer muscles to control the reps.. This makes you a lot stronger... a difference which over a few weeks, you'll really feel.
There's even something called a bamboo bar that bends and bounces a
little while you press it, which drives your
stabilizer muscles crazy.
But don't completely neglect the
little muscles like the scapula
stabilizers, rotator cuff, and forearm
muscles.