{"id":3564,"date":"2016-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acquapole.com\/2016\/07\/20\/about-aqua-fitness-equipment\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:39:34","slug":"about-aqua-fitness-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/about-aqua-fitness-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"About Aqua fitness equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Aqua fitness equipment<\/strong> is the last frontier of water training, thanks to its advent, also known in America (as well as already in Europe) it has received a sudden and increasingly broad public consensus.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Up until a few years ago pools were mainly used for swimming or rehabilitative activities, but now the number of people who subscribe to water fitness courses and, consequently, the number of pools and centers adequately equipped to offer training programs in water are becoming increasingly more relevant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Why is it so successful?<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Just like swimming, water fitness allows you to get the most out of the physical principles of water:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flotation<\/li>\n<li>Hydrostatic pressure<\/li>\n<li>Resistance (Viscosity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combining them, however, in a seemingly endless series of super-training exercises is fun and suitable for all, thanks to the <strong>aqua fitness equipment<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Water activities with <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Fitness<\/a>, will make you want to enter the pool and not only for those who cannot swim or are bored of swimming just lengths but also to those who want to regain lost form, despite being out of practice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>To better understand what we are speaking about, we will present some concrete examples.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Aqua fitness equipment and the principle of floating in water<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>A body immersed in water is subjected to two forces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strength weight that pushes you down<\/li>\n<li>the Archimedean thrust which pushes you upwards (therefore opposite to the weight) and it is equal to the weight of the quantity of water which occupied the volume that now is, instead, occupied by the body.<br \/>\nThe Archimedes&#8217; principle states, in fact, that: &#8220;<em>A body immersed in a liquid, receives a push from bottom to an upward direction equal to the weight of the displaced liquid<\/em>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;fight&#8221; between these two forces determines the buoyancy of the body: if the buoyant force is greater than the weight, the body is pushed upwardly and, therefore, it floats. So, as we dive into the water and increases the immersed part of the body, it is as if we became progressively lighter.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The principle of buoyancy and physical benefits that follow are widely exploited by <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Fitness<\/a>, where water is just used as a support. Since, in this state of almost weightlessness, even plus size people, seniors, people who train regularly and so on can perform exercises using the Acquapole\u00ae <strong>aqua fitness equipment<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=1037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Boxing Bag<\/a>, <a href=\"\/?page_id=1801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Elastic Pole<\/a>) to suit them. But, above all, preventing overloading the body with excessive stresses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Aqua fitness equipment and the principle of the viscosity of water<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Viscosity is, however, the resistance that the water opposes to the movement of an object. It is proportional to the speed with which the object is moved in its interior.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>This means that the higher the speed with which we train with the <strong>aqua fitness equipment<\/strong>, the greater the resistance that the water opposes to the movement to its square (Quadratic Law).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>This second physical principle, is widely exploited by <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=826\">Acquapole\u00ae Fitness<\/a>; where, by varying the speed of execution of the exercises and the amplitude of the required movements, the water is just used to modulate the loading density (strength). Just as when training on the bench with a bar we increase the\u00a0weight to be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Aqua fitness equipment and hydrostatic water pressure<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Hydrostatic pressure is, essentially, the force that water exerts perpendicularly on the body\u2019s surface. It increases with depth, improving balance and proprioception; and has the capacity to adjust posture and to coordinate movement.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Exploiting precisely these benefits of hydrostatic pressure, <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/?p=826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Fitness <\/a>allows you to work on improving muscle tone, motor skills and the rehabilitation of postural changes caused by a sedentary lifestyle and stress.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>If you want more information on Acquapole\u00ae <strong>aqua fitness equipment<\/strong>, because you want to take an <a href=\"https:\/\/acquapole.com\/en\/our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acquapole\u00ae Fitness course<\/a>, because you are an instructor, would like to participate in our courses, certificates or, because you are a water sports center and you require an open day, please write to us here for info.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aqua fitness equipment is the last frontier of water training, thanks to its advent, also known in America (as well as already in Europe) it has received a sudden and increasingly broad public consensus. 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