There are hundreds of ways to get fit, which one is best for you? Try water jogging. This is one of the latest fitness exercises in the United States today. Medical experts say that jogging in the water can evenly distribute the body load, not only to lose weight and fitness, but also beneficial to the recovery of the body after injury, the benefits are numerous.
The so-called water jogging, is to choose the water depth of 1.5 meters to 2 meters pool, waist tied with a floating belt, so you can keep the body standing vertically in the water, do not have to worry about leaning forward, so you can concentrate on exercise. When exercising, the feet do not land, head and shoulders
Bladder exposed to the water; hands and feet to imitate the action of running: arms bent 90 degrees to the shoulder as the axis, swinging back and forth, the point is that the fingers do not show the surface of the water; knees mentioned parallel to the height of the hips, and then step down. In this way, no matter which direction of movement, will meet the resistance of the water, so as to achieve a balanced exercise effect on the whole body muscles. If you want to increase the amount of exercise, you can also speed up the speed of dancing hands and feet, with the help of the resistance of the water to burn more fat. After this exercise, the heart and muscles are exercised, and will also experience a comfortable feeling as if after a massage.
Water jogging is not complicated, as long as the exercise frequency can be adjusted to regulate the amount of exercise. In addition, engage in water jogging should be gradual. Adjust the intensity with your own feeling when exercising. After jogging for 5 minutes, the heart rate should not exceed 110-130 beats per minute, and to rest and exercise alternately.
Jogging in water is more efficient than land training. Due to the density and heat transfer of water than air, people consume more energy in the water than on land. Tests show that the heat emitted by staying in the water for 4 minutes at 12 degrees Celsius is equivalent to the heat emitted by 1 hour on land at the same temperature. In addition, the resistance of water is 12 times that of air, running in water for 45 minutes, equivalent to two hours on land. In the same time, intensity of exercise, in the water than on land to consume much more energy, the supply of energy to rely on the consumption of body sugar and fat to supplement, through this method can gradually lose excess body fat. Therefore, jogging in water is particularly suitable for obese people. Medical experts also suggest that people’s abdomen and legs can get a good workout through the resistance of water, women who want to lose weight jogging in the water, not only can remove excess fat in the abdomen, but also can make the legs become slender.
Jogging in water can also reduce the impact of traditional training methods on the joints, to avoid sports injuries. Kinesiologists say: jogging in the water can evenly distribute the body load, a significant advantage over land running. On land, each mile, each foot will have to hit the ground about 1,000 times, the feet, knees and hips are subject to shock, easy to lead to muscle sprains or ligament strains; while in the water, the lower extremities of the shock is zero, there will be no such accidents.
Jogging in the water also helps in the rehabilitation of sports injuries. Some athletes have to stop training after an injury. If you jog in the water to resume training, you can avoid re-injury, but at the same time will not stop exercising.
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