Exercise is an activity that could be done in a good number of places. It always depends on an individual. While there are others who only feel content while exercising in a gym, there are some who would rather hit the road or the backyard. There are also individuals who prefer exercising in water, like in swimming pools, rivers and beaches. There is the aquatic exercise equipment that should aid the people who prefer exercising in water with their exercise.
Before choosing aquatic equipment, one has to consider a number of things. The size of the equipment is one factor that should be looked at keenly. It should be able to fit well in the pool and leave enough space for other equipment. The equipment should also be one that does not get affected by water or does not corrode with contact to chlorine.
One of these aquatic exercise equipment is the body bar aqua flex. It resembles a versatile body bar flex but has a different design that suits it for water exercise. Some of the characteristics of the bar are; light weight, which helps in keeping it afloat. Its light weight is also of importance to the individual who uses it as it makes it easy to lift and therefore easy to use.
Water tends to provide resistance to bodies that move in it. It is therefore difficult for one to move a heavy body through water. This equipment is also flexible and buoyant. It also has a variable resistance to its movement in water a characteristic that makes working out with it effective.
The buoyancy keeps it floating on water and anytime that it goes beneath the water it gets back up thereby enhancing workout. Using this equipment for work out helps in a number of ways, for example, it helps by increasing the muscle strength of an individual and also the dynamic flexibility. It also raises a person’s endurance and aids in core conditioning.
A kick board plus has almost the same work as the CAP Barbell Deluxe Utility Bench. It keeps you stable and buoyant while exercising. There are quite a number of physical activities that you can engage in while using the kick board plus as support. You can use it while lifting the water dumb bells. These dumb bells have round floats on each side. The number of floats depends on the resistance.
There is also a cushioning at the grip to enhance comfort. BodyCraft 320 Flat/Incline/Decline Bench System may not be very much needed inside the water, but could be fitted close to the pool for use while out of water. Click here to read reviews.
In its place you could use the versa flat band loops. The loops fit comfortably on the lower and the upper leg. This allows an individual to exercise the muscles of the hips and those of the legs. 12” long versa loops are useful for short limited movements while the 22” versa loops are good for long dynamic movements that have a greater range of motion. Exercising in water is very interesting and refreshing.
