Injured? Looking for a new way to get it up, your heart rate that is? Then you should check out deep water running. It is an excellent variation on taking your running to an entirely new level – under water!
There are two great things about deep water running. One, it is a great way to stay in shape if you are injured or avoiding injury, since there is no impact since you never touch the bottom of the pool. So if you are recovering from shin splints, stress fractures or plantar fasciitis, this is a great way to run. I would consult your physician or physical therapist before starting a deep water running program.
The second, deep water running is the best way to cross train for running since you are running. You still work all the muscles and muscle patterns you would be working if you were running on land, with the added benefit of resistance from water. It is more like running under really strange and adverse conditions than cross training by swimming.
The only gear you need, besides a deep pool, is some type of buoyancy belt, like the one pictured above by Aqua Jogger for $49.95. Hand weights and shoes are optional.
If this concept seems at once familiar and bizarre and you feel you need a video visual, you should watch this video at Beginner Triathlete.
Patrizia Pepe
I had an injury last year and decided to try deep water running. Man... it's so boring! You move so slowly just to complete a lap (some people were lapping me probably 5 times per one of my laps! ha) - but I am thankful that I could still get exercise.
1any water activity and i'm totally hooked- i love water running because after i'm out of the water and done for the day- i'm exhausted!
2wonderful. aque fitness is one of the safiest ones for injured and asthmatic. and it's harder doing stuff under water because of the water-pressure so ou're more fit and use up more calories. i'd love to try that, but looks really difficult and exhausting. i remember running underwater in the sea and it was really hard.
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