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The benefits of water
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Aquagym benefits
movement in water, physical exercise accessible to everyone, its specific benefits
- warm water ( 25°) relaxes, removes stress and lowers the heart rate by 10%, the heart can rest
- in water, with almost zero gravity conditions, you are almost weightless
- handicapped and overweight people feel like everybody else
- water’s uniform resistance encourages slow, controlled movements.
- No muscle contraction or articular impact, no pain
- hydrostatic pressure combined with movement generates an overall massage that activates general circulation
- it gently develops your cardiorespiratory capacity, restoring vitality
- burns calories and fights excess weight without pain
- stimulates the elimination of water, fights water retention
- clears stored cellulite
- reshapes body harmony, lean body mass replaces fat body mass
- tones the muscles up again, with no aches and no strain
- restores joint motion
- restores calcium in the bones,
- decreases the risk of osteoporosis for elderly people
- an ideal preparation for childbirth.
- Afterwards, the new mother recovers :
- her former shape,
- her perineal and abdominal tonicity
- Afterwards, the new mother recovers :
- improves metabolism, fights hypertension, cholesterol levels, and sugar levels for type 2 diabetics
Physical exercise:
Comparative study of the blood lactate removal:
- During water cycling
- During land cycling
- Aquatic therapies for patients with cardiac insufficiency
Benefits of water immersed cycling.
- Clinical studies: water versus land exercise effects on :
