Friday, November 28, 2008

The Stationary Lap Pool: Swim Your Way To Health

By Ned Dagostino

Swimming is a great activity in itself, a great sport, and a great way to exercise. Physiotherapists advise this in preference to other modes of exercise. You get your dose of resistance exercise when you swim. Ancillary damage and injury is minimum in swimming.

Having your own swimming pool is ideal if swimming is a prescribed therapeutic activity for you. But the cost of building one in your backyard is prohibitive. Besides, where's the space?

Some intelligent manufacturers have recognized this problem and have introduced what they call a stationary lap pool. In its essential form, the stationary lap pool has a swimming area large enough for a single adult swimmer. Water is pumped to the swimming area through a supply pipe, and the water exits the swimming area through a vent pipe. The swimmer stays in the swimming area and swims against the flow of water. The stationary lap pool is small in size, small on budget, but big on features.

The salient features of the stationary lap pool are that it saves you time, money, and space. You save time because stationary lap pools are available readymade and, once ordered, a stationary lap pool can be installed in a matter of hours! You save money because the stationary lap pool is attractively low-priced, far, far below the cost of a standard swimming pool. You save space because a stationary lap pool is basically about one and a half times as long as an adult and just about twice as wide. The stationary lap pool is so compact that you can install it in the ground, above the ground, outside the house or inside the house!

So how does it work? Water is made to flow along the length of the pool. You can control the flow of the water current. You enter the pool and begin to swim against the current. Swim enough to just keep yourself afloat, and heading into the current. This is a great way to get your dose of resistance exercise as well as cardiovascular exercise.

Increase the speed of the current if you want to do a fast lap, decrease it when you're tiring. A hot-and-cold facility lets you adjust the water temperature according to the season. Alternate the hot and cold flow to get a massage while you're swimming.

A stationary lap pool is the ideal system to get your resistance exercise and cardiovascular exercise at the same time, in a very enjoyable way. Compact enough to fit inside your house, cheap enough to be generally affordable, the stationary lap pool gives you so many conveniences and advantages that you'll have no hesitation in buying one for yourself, or in recommending it to others.

Swimming is fun to do. For some it is a form of exercise. For others it is a form of relaxation. For some it is just sheer fun! Whatever the reason, swimming is a wonderful activity for everyone. But there are some people for whom swimming is part of their medical treatment. The stationary lap pool is definitely a must-have for those who require swimming as a form of prescribed exercise. The stationary lap pool is affordable by most people. The stationary lap pool allows you to swim in the privacy and comfort of your own home. You'll feel safe, because there'll always be a member of your family around to watch over you while you swim. You can always choose the time when you want to go for a swim. You'll be amazed by this marvelous product! - 16004

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