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 athlete’s drive to increase training time, without putting them on his operating table. Stan encouraged the Nike athletes he trained to find a balance of land running and deep water running. One that maximized their training and conditioning progress without injuries, putting them on th ..read more

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 you tired. The good news is there are simple water exercises that can reap big rewards, both mentally and physically. Plus being in the water when you are pregnant just feels good! Mentally: A water workout de-stresses you, encouraging moment-to-moment focus as you feel your arms and ..read more

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 surface adds a bit more stress for you to recover from. The ideal active recovery is in the water. Muscle strain, impact absorption and lactate build up in the blood stream become the challenge to be overcome before the rest and recovery phase gets underway. Taking an easy run in deep water with a buoyancy belt ..read more

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” program confided to me their contestant’s weight seriously limited the exercise they needed. He had found those contestants could get the quality of exercise they needed to lose weight using one of our buoyancy belts in the pool. Think “amphibious” as you count your calories and challenge yo ..read more

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. The small pool, located in the back of their home in Nyakato, Tanzania, provides them the opportunity to leave all their cares in the water. Each uses the pool for a different reason. Dr. Lofstrom finds that his serving as Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for a Tanzanian hospital construction project, fund-raising for such a venture, and over-seeing volunteer medical teams can be exhausting work. Add to that a couple of coll ..read more

Think Aqua Jogging Workouts are just for grandparents? Think again. Deep water training is used by top athletes and fitness buffs to increase endurance, fitness, power, and strength. Here’s how to dive in and get started.   Research shows that people who water exercise can burn as much body fat and build as much muscle as those who engage in land-based exercise programs. Exercising in water builds cardiovascular stamina, strength, flexibility, burns body fat, increases circulation, and can help rehabilitate healing muscles and joints. If your workouts have been drowning in boredom or you ..read more

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 can run, jog, or walk at whatever pace you choose and let your Plantar Fasciitis take the day off. The hydrostatic pressure of the water around your body provides your heart and lungs a perfect environment for your fitness program, while providing resistance that varies with your speed of movement through the water. The fee ..read more

Common ways coaches use to increase leg turnover and neuromuscular response to increase speed on ground: Running on a downward incline. Being pulled by a cycle or another vehicle. Disadvantages: Risk of falling and injury Impact on legs and balance issues Using deep water with a buoyancy belt to increase turnover: Legendary sprint coach Tom Tellez used the following deep-water method with Carl Lewis, Joe Deloach, and other world record holders in the 100 Meters. Tom would count the number of strides taken in their fastest 100-Meter time and then have them increase that turnover rate in ..read more

Coaches and athletes have long reported using Deep Water Running as an effective recovery method from injuries and speeding the effectiveness of weightlifting sessions using our AquaJogger Buoyancy belts. We knew it worked but why? We learned the science behind this recovery when we received the results of a research study performed by NASA. Their concern was speeding recovery from the stresses endured by their astronauts returning from space. They suspected hydrostatic pressure of water around the body may provide them with some answers. The study had a person sit on a chair up to their neck ..read more

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 and focus on cardio at various leg speeds, accomplishing both Aerobic and Anaerobic conditioning whether running or cross-country skiing. In shallow water he could do the rock climb or turn over on his back and pedal backward. His AquaHitch allowed him to run or ski in one place when he did ..read more