AQUA-SPINNING has conquered New York and now the fitness fad has wheeled its way across to the UK. The new exercise-sensation that caused a storm in the US this summer is now available to the British public at local pools across the UK.Aqua-spin classes see up to 11 spinning machines installed into the bottom of swimming pools with an instructor drilling the class in a programme designed especially for underwater spinning.Burning more calories than traditional spin-classes without the need to get hot and sweaty aqua-spin is being touted as the best of both worlds.A typical 45-minute aqua-spin session will burn around 900 calories compared to 500 calories during a conventional spin class.Pictures show one class of young professionals taking part in an aqua-spin class at the Croydon Park Hotel, London.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
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ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .