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You have entered the Instructors Portal. This is your central place for all of the tools to teach your best floating routines! We’re here to help give you as many ideas and options as we can to keep your classes fun and fresh. There are three levels of classes to give you a program accessible by all fitness levels and ages. We have included downloadable sequences to get you started, or keep you going if you find yourself in a teaching rut. The classes each follow the proper way to workout with warmup, active, and cool down phases.
The video tab offers short clips of different exercises in case there is something listed in a class you might be unfamiliar with. Feel free to use all the material as you’d like and as always if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us.
Let’s go get GlideFit!
Beginner Levels
Bringing the party to the pool, this class will introduce the fundamentals to working out on an unstable surface in the water utilizing our floating platform. You’ll be introduced to a variety of exercises to build strength from head to toe while you raise heart rate with the added bonus of firing stabilizers that often go unused in a fun new way. As you orient yourself on the platform you will be working your core to strengthen your body. Adding in mobility training to keep you moving throughout with different focuses ranging from the hips, shoulders, and knees to test your balance with proper technique.
Shoulder Burner
Playlist: Footloose & Fit
Chisel those shoulders in this Level I class, while enjoying old hits, new chart toppers, & everything in between. From pouncing tiger to inchworm, you’ll work the shoulders & triceps. Say goodbye to lunch lady arms!
Plank it Out
Playlist: Fit Beat
Let the beat of this fun playlist guide you through variations of plank to build strength and test your cardio endurance. Let’s just say you’ll get to know your plank REALLY well!
Fit Vinyasa
Playlist: Winter Fit & Chill
This Level I class will keep you moving to a variety of winter themed songs. Flow through each movement using the breath as both motivation & mindful meditation throughout your practice. There are plenty of opportunities to take different variations depending on where the partciapant is within their own practice.
Moderate Levels
Looking to take basic movement learned in beginner & increase the challenge, get wet, and Sweat? These moderate movements will introduce single leg movement to increase the challenge in finding your balance as well as switching up the direction you orient yourself on the platform. You’ll play with plyometric movement as you take flight, or get air, to raise your heart rate. You’ll utilize the platform as a prop to move in and out of the water, getting wet to cool off while heating up at the same time. Fun agility drills moving around the platform in and out of the water will increase cardio endurance and build strength. *Participants will get wet.*
WET & WILD
Playlist: Wet, Wild & Fit
Get wet as you switch up your facing for the warmup & explore movements like wild thing, egg beaters, and sumo squats. Playlist will build you up, get you going, & cool you down in this energetic Level II class.
SURFS UP
Playlist: High Tide & Bumpin
This class is a leg burner from quads to calves and everything in between. Playlist will “Get Low” while you “Blister in the Sun” as you earn your “Battle Scars” becoming “Renegades” putting you in the CardioWave “Hall of Fame”.
SURF ‘N’ TURF
Playlist: Cardio Drive
The best of both worlds, getting wet while paddling to work the arms & legs as well as fun cardio moves on the board like donkey kicks & scissor lunges. Music includes classic Kravitz to Woodkid that will inspire you push it to the next level.
QUAD KILLER
Playlist: Left Hand Ready to Go
This is your go to class for anyone looking to get a really good leg workout, skiers, skaters, runners, etc. Those quad muscles will consistently fire throughout this 60 min sequence but get brief brakes to create a little muscle confusion.
CoreFit
Playlist: Pumped up and Fit
This core blasting cardio class focuses on really engaging core muscles while maintaining the heart rate at an elevated fat burning zone. This class participants will get wet as they are on/off the board for some sequences. Most exercises have the participant in a forearm plank to maximize the use of the deeper layers of ab muscles.
Advanced Levels
The pool party just got amped! Bringing props to your pool workout requiring greater strength, stability, and stamina than the Level I/II classes. Multitasking as you create muscle confusion by tackling balance on the unstable platform, building strength using the bands & accompanying props, along with orienting yourself in all 4 directions on the platform. Full body workout with maximum engagement, and lots of laughter as we move in and out of the water. Designed to increase strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, balance, and metabolism, the use of various equipment will enhance the work out and increase stability demands of the body. Medicine balls, bands, fins, and a variety of other props will be used to challenge your workout. Exercises in the Level III are more complex and typically performed at a faster pace than in Levels I/II classes. It is required that you demonstrate great proficiency in Level I/II in order to advance to this class.
SUNS OUT GUNS OUT
Playlist: Float On…
Eclectic mix of heart pumping tunes calling on the whitewater moves for your cardio as you build arm strength and feel the burn with resistance bands.
LOW TIDE GRIND
Playlist: Rolling in #thatPower
Get to know muscles in your arms you never knew you had. Utilizing the resistance bands and single arm movement while challenging your strength & finding a good cardio burn to previous pop hits.
Silver Surfers & PT
These classes serve the aging population, as well as those coming back from injury, surgery, etc. and need a little more time to transition from one movement to the next. Still bringing the same challenge in terms of balance and strength but with certain limitations in mind. These classes tend to be a Level I class but also often use props to build strength & coordination. Some classes will be completely seated in their format and others will take participants to a stand. Be mindful of your classes needs and skill set. This group will likely need a little more time getting on and off the boards, and therefore extra verbal cues will be needed to safely guide them from one exercise to the next.
FIT TO THE CORE
Playlist: Fit & Happy
This Level I class will keep you seated but raise your heart rate with core strengthening cardio and arm toning reps to the tunes of blasts from the past.
FIT & FLABLESS
Playlist: Cardio Shuffle
This class bumps up the balance requirements by starting off in a standing position as well as playing with directional changes that will keep your mind and body challenged. One hit wonders fill this playlist.
Need a couple of good ideas to run in your class? These challenges are the perfect combination to add into your already bumping class. Most are demonstrated on land using our TerraFIT however, they are easy to adapt and perfect for all levels of fitness.
Butt Burner Challenge.
Even though this is done on a TerraFIT you can still add this into your workouts, especially if you are looking to activate those Glutes.
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5 Minute Abs
Without leaving your butt. This challenge is perfect for those who are not fully comfortable standing on the GlideFIT yet. It’s also just the perfect way to really mix in a good core routine. You can repeat this twice during the active phase.
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Use these videos to help you understand all the possibilities!
CARDIOWAVE LEVEL 1
BURPEE |
FOREARM PLANK |
HINGED PADDLE |
IN OUT BOAT |
IN OUT BOAT with arms |
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER |
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER slow |
PLANK |
STATIC LUNGES |
SQUAT |
SLOW BURPEE |
SIDE PLANK TOE DIP |
SIDE PLANK HEEL DIP |
RUSSIAN TWIST LEGS UP |
RUSSIAN TWIST |
PUSHUP |
PLANK TO DOWNDOG |
PLANK JACK slow |
PLANK JACK |
CARDIOWAVE LEVEL 2
3 LEG PLANK TO DOWNDOG |
BELLY PADDLE |
CALF RAISES |
COBBLER PRESS |
FIGURE 4 BRIDGE PRESS |
HEEL ROCKS |
HEELS TO SKY |
HIGH KNEES |
LEG RAISES |
PLANK ROCKS |
POP UPS |
RUNNING |
SIDE FACING BOAT LEG CIRCLES |
SIDE FACING FLUTTER KICKS |
SIDE TWIST |
SQUAT JUMPS |
STANDING ROCKS |
STAR FISH TO BOAT |
SUMO SQUATS |
TABLE TOP PLANK LEG PADDLES |
SIDE FACING LEG RAISES |