The Aquatic Training shoe: Understanding Its Function


by Michael Trad - Date: 2007-08-20 - Word Count: 520 Share This!

Introduced in the Aquatic training shoes is a deliberately placed series of gills, while exercising at a medium pace, this shoe adds 20-30% more resistance to your leg movement patterns in the water. In essence, this activates more muscle groups in the lower body, particularly in the hamstrings, quads, hip flexors and gluts, burns more calories, increases overall metabolic cost and provides an intense cardiovascular workout. This is heart rate responses differ when exercising in the water than when exercising on land. Typically, aquatic exercises experience a reduced heart rate response, but the water should not be considered less effective.

This shoe is defined as activities performed in the water that promote and enhance physical and mental fitness. This shoe is typically performed in a vertical position in shallow or deep water. The Aquatic training shoe is buoyancy creates a reduced impact exercise alternative that is easy on the joints, while the water's resistance challenges the muscles. Water lends itself to a well - balanced work out that improves all major components of physical fitness - aerobics training, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition.

This shoe shallow water programming is performed in waist to chest depth. The feet remain in contact with the pool bottom during most of the workout providing a low impact training options. Deepwater programs on the other hand, are performed in water depths that allow the participant to remain vertical and yet not touch hand, are performed in water depths that allow the participant to remain vertical and yet not touch the bottom. Flotation equipment is utilized to maintain correct alignment and provide a truly non - impact workout.

These shoe Muscles must work against resistance to become developed and toned. Water provides substantially more resistance than air at least 12 times the resistance - making each movement in the pool more challenge to the muscles. Also, muscle typically works in pairs, i.e. biceps & triceps or quadriceps and hamstrings. When one moves his body or his limbs through the water he is always encountering resistance. This helps muscles to get stronger and powerful, unlike on land typically need to position the body, or select a separate exercise to provide adequate stimulation to both muscles of the pair.

This water-cools shoe is more efficiently than air, so when exercising in the water the body is able to eliminate excess heat more effectively. This shoe is not so say that you will not swear during a workout in the pool, but water helps prevent over heating and washes away the perspiration as you exercise. Because the water cools the body quickly, it is imperative that you begin every workout with a thermal warm up designed to elevate the body's core temperature warm the muscles and prepare the joints for the increased work load to come. This shoe is reduced in the pool due to lessened gravitational forces.

Even at the recommend temperature of 80.85 degree Fahrenheit, a proper warm up is necessary to prevent injury and provide comfort.


Black Trainers is a website where you can find out information on different types of training shoes, including Rebook,
Puma and those provided by other training shoe manufacturers.



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