ALTERNATIVE LEISURE SPORTS PRACTICES – AQUA FITNESS
Abstract
The extremely rapid evolution of alternative fitness forms is no longer a surprise for experts in the field or for the public. In fact, the consumption tendencies of leisure, the ever sophisticated tastes of the population, and the fast out of fashion of the old-new forms of fitness, the monotony and of already known exercises are among the reasons for seeking new forms to involve the population in the sport for health. This paper aims at being a chance or a second chance for physical activities in the aquatic environment besides swimming. Within the paper we included several aspects regarding the specifics of this leisure activity, a brief analysis of the dynamics of the bio-physiological changes induces by this type of exercises, as well as a systematization of the practice forms hiding behind the generic name of aqua fitness.
