Did you know that your heart rate slows down almost ten beats if you exercise underwater?
The benefits of exercising underwater range from greater mobility and flexibility to improved endurance and fitness, you could even find an enhanced sense of wellbeing, mood and sleep quality, sounds good so far right?
It also promises to reduce pain and fatigue... BINGO, that's what we want.
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We've all reached the pain barrier, it's a dark place that sometimes you can push through and sometimes you can't. Well if you're training in water you don't feel pain and it allows you to go harder for longer.
So what's the best kind of underwater training out there at the moment? It's all about aquaspinning these days, which is exactly what it says on the tin.
A spin class underwater:
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The aquatic environment is perfect for reducing stress on knees and back and strengthening the lower and upper body, it suits all types of people and age groups post-rehab to the elite athlete.
If you're in the Dublin area you can check out a class at 1escape in Smithfield.
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