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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
  • 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 :