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B.C. Lions crash aquafit class in Kamloops

The B.C. Lions crashed an aquafit class in Kamloops, B.C., on Tuesday and shared a video of themselves laughing and enthusiastically joining local seniors.

The CFL team made some big waves at the Kamloops pool

B.C. Lions players surprise aquafit class in Kamloops

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The athletes were given the afternoon off after two weeks of training camp and decided to hop in the pool.

It's a pool party like no other!

The B.C. Lions crashed anaquafit class in Kamloops, B.C., on Tuesday and shared a video of themselves laughing and enthusiastically joining local seniors.

Alex Ruiz, the social media manager for the CFLteam, said the athletes were runningback-to-back practices during training camp at Thompson Rivers University for the past two weeks, but their coach was so impressed with them that he gave them the afternoon off.

"They were told to go to the pool and do some active recoveryand did they ever!" Ruiz said in an email.

"There happened to be anaquafitclass going on,and, one by one, players started to join until the pool was pretty much overflowing."

One of the players, Ty Davis, shot the video which hasgarnered more than 97,000 views on Twitter alone and tons of positive reactions.

"Thanks for joining my class boys!! Made for an exciting class!!!" wrote @chrissycossentineon Instagram.

"Bahahaha the little old ladies must of loved that !!!" wrote @evethewhite.

The Lion's home opener game is June 16 at BC Place.