HAMAKAIDA THF AQUA
●Buoyancy- Softer impacts and relaxing effects
While you are submerged in water up to your shoulders, your joints only bear the weight of your head which is about 5 kilograms.
This alleviates any burden on your waist and knees significantly.
Aquatic exercise is recommended especially for overweight people as the body in water only sustains one tenth of its actual weight.
Buoyancy of water thus liberates us from gravity. Falling into a floating sensation, you are able to relax and feel as if you were in your mother’s womb.
Furthermore, this aquatic environment is not only suitable for rehabilitation from injuries but also useful to prevent them as it eases muscle fatigue.
Water has four major properties: temperature, buoyance, resistance, and pressure. Utilizing these properties effectively, aquatic exercise can provide significant health benefits.
●Water temperature- Enhancing continuity and fitness results
Swimming pool temperatures in Japan are generally maintained more or less at around
31°C because this temperature setting is said to provide a comfortable environment for the human body.
In water, body fat becomes activated to prevent the body temperature from decreasing.
This leads to the body burning more energy than it does on land.
In addition, you can continue exercising longer in the pool since water cools down your body. Thanks to this property, aquatic exercise can enhance your fitness results.
●Resistance- Providing massaging and wait-training effects
Water provides you with a feeling of being massaged constantly.
This extrinsic, moderate stimulation can facilitate blood circulation to the peripheral blood vessels.
You will also find it much harder to move in water because water produces about 12 times the resistance of air.
This resistance effectively allows you to keep fit as well as strengthen your muscles.
You can also adjust the intensity of resistance to an appropriate level during the exercise by changing your body angles, surface area subject to resistance, and/or moving speed.
●Water Pressure- Enhancing blood circulation and cardiorespiratory functions
A normal-weight adult is exposed to as much water pressure as about 1,300 kilograms.
The abdomen bears the largest impact from it, which prompts abdominal respiration.
The water pressure pushes up the diaphragm, assisting blood to flow into the heart while facilitating its circulation.
Since water pressure increases in proportion to the depth of water, aquatic exercise can stimulate blood circulation in the lower-to-upper direction further as you remain standing during the exercise.