Running from Destruction

Award-winning Orthopedic Sports Surgeon Dr. Stan James treated many athletes who ran too many training miles and ended up on his operating table. Stan’s concerns about too much training of hard surfaces played a role in the interest in the development of deep water running. He saw it as a way of tapping into an…

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Fitness During Pregnancy

SPLASH!  Ahhhh…. Feeling less like a bulky washing machine and more like a gazelle the moment you enter the warm water. Let’s face it, pregnancy can wear you out! The weight of your newly expanding belly pulls on your back muscles and the extra pounds make your feet ache. Even the thought of exercising makes…

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Out of Africa

Africa is aqua jogging and Dr. Denny Lofstrom, M.D. and his wife Paula Lofstrom, L.P.N. have found their fountain of youth, or at least their rejuvenation site.

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Is Plantar Fasciitis Slowing You Down?

Plantar Fasciitis

It’s a great time to take the load off your feet, keep fit, and start some active recovery. Just find a pool deep enough for one of our buoyancy belts to keep your head above water, keep your feet off the bottom of the pool, and help put yourself on the way to recovery. You…

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Using All The Gear Makes All The Difference

Lew Thorne Founder of AquaJogger  One of our users recently stated, “Using all the gear makes all the difference.” He was commenting on the ability to exercise and focus on his entire body with a variety of our equipment on his trip to the pool.  His buoyancy belt enabled him to go into deep water…

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Active Recovery: Make Training More Effective

Man's head above water in pool wearing AquaJogger® Belt and AquaRunners® Rx.

You train hard and then during the recovery phase you benefit from your work. You can help speed up this process and set up the rest phase by keeping on the move at an easy pace for about 20 minutes. After a hard run, training session or competition doing this recovery phase on a hard…

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Active Aging

Active aging man and woman couple performing water exercises with AquaJoggers® equipment in a swimming pool. The woman is wearing a purple swimsuit and smiling. The man is wearing a gold neck chain and seems winded.

Active and aging often don’t end up in the same sentence, yet if you are not active you won’t age well. Without activity, your cardio system doesn’t keep your body and brain operating at healthy levels. Going for a jog, walk or run often has its limitations as people age. Most of these limitations have…

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Take the weight off your weight loss program

The more weight you put on, the more likely you are to injure yourself taking it off. Impact and weight-bearing issues can limit your opportunity to get the quality exercise you need to take off those extra pounds and stay off the sidelines in the process. One of the instructors for the “The Biggest Loser”…

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