Bounce Magazine March 2018

MARCH 2018 | ISSUE #65
FLOATFIT...
BY ROSS “ACTION MAN” WISHART
FloatFit is a full body workout
on a body length, unstable,
floating platform.
It adds a new, effective dimension to an
everyday workout using the AquaBase,
the world’s first floating exercise mat. The
30 minute, water based class offers a fun
and low impact session that still delivers
a calorie torching and core strengthening
workout.
Keen to give it a go, I paid a visit to East
Anglia’s only current FloatFit location,
FloatFit Ipswich at The Lodge, Tuddenham
Road, Ipswich IP4 3QH. Run by Juliette and
trainer George, their warm and inviting pool
facility has enough room for 5 AquaBases
and they offer a range of FloatFit HIIT, (High
Intense Interval Training) and Pilates classes
currently on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
I joined one of their HIIT sessions and entered
the heated pool to make my way over to my
AquaBase.
These are tethered so won’t shoot off should
you fall in (akin to leaping onto your lilo on
your holiday) however the board itself is very
strong and will provide an excellent base,
providing you can keep your balance. Unlike
me, the new born baby giraffe on roller skates.
Once aboard my AquaBase (for now), our
instructor George started our program.
A sequence of 5 specific exercises that
would build up from just a set of 1 to all 5
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