| Hydrotherapy of the best kind - aquatic exercises | | | | effective as the same routine on dry land, as |
| Long gone are the days when swimming was the | | | | each movement takes twice the effort. The |
| only purpose of a pool. Nowadays, the healing | | | | water takes twice the strength to push through |
| power of a mass of water has led people to | | | | as air, and makes every movement - inwards or |
| seek relief for almost all kinds of ailments in the | | | | outwards, upwards or downwards - require |
| blue, soothing comfort of a pool filled with water. | | | | effort. But amazingly, at the end of the workout, |
| Spa baths and Jacuzzis are very popular to help | | | | people find themselves refreshed and |
| people relax after a busy day, and a swim in the | | | | strengthened, with barely any signs of the muscle |
| pool has long been known to help cool off the | | | | aches that follow vigorous workouts outside |
| body as well as get an all-round workout in the | | | | water. |
| process. | | | | Serious athletes, especially those training for |
| Aquatic exercises are currently the rage among a | | | | triathlons, choose aquatic exercises as a method |
| niche of fitness freaks. Immersed neck-deep in | | | | of preparation. When the pools are equipped with |
| water, these enthusiasts walk, run, do lunges, | | | | a current generator, this also helps them figure |
| kicks and squats, and even train with free | | | | out how best to streamline their movements |
| weights. What’s the difference between doing | | | | against the flow of water. With various |
| these in water and on land, ask people. The | | | | implements such as underwater treadmills and |
| faithful crowd hasten to convince doubters that | | | | other equipment for aquatic exercises entering |
| they just have to step in the pool to feel the | | | | the market, aquatic exercises are definitely going |
| difference. | | | | to grow much more in popularity before reaching |
| The water makes aquatic exercises twice as | | | | their peak. |