Swimming for Total Fitness: A Progressive Aerobic Program

Workouts and a progressive swim-for-fitness program accompany hydrocalisthenics, dry-land exercises, information on swimsuits, and advanced swimming techniques

, aquatics specialist for over forty years, is a professor of physical education and athletics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. She is a World Masters swimming and synchro champion. Dr. Katz received the International Olympic Committee’s FINA Certificate of Merit to honor her dedication and contribution to the development of the sport of swimming during the 2000 Olympics. She has served as a member of the Disability International Foundation, USA Swimming, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and more. She is the author of Your Water Workout. She lives in New York City. www.globalaquatics.com

NANCY P. BRUNING is an author and editor specializing in how-to and fitness subjects. She has been swimming since the age of three.

Fundamentals of swimming — Techniques of swimming — Starts, dives, and turns — Swimming-for-fitness progressive workout program — Equipment — Dr. J's Q's & A's — Appendixes — Index.