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Take your marathon, triathlon or performance training to a new level. That's what Alberto Salazar and the NIKE Oregon Project did when they integrated two HydroWorx fitness pools into their training regimen. Swimming and running are critical aspects of training for many competitive athletes—and now they can be done virtually injury-free.
A HydroWorx exercise pool can also provide a supplemental training routine while you recover from injury or a muscle strain. The buoyancy of water allows you to continue running on the underwater treadmill or strength building exercises against the resistance jets. This enables you to maintain your fitness level even when you are injured or your muscles are fatigued.
After a hard workout, treat yourself to a deep penetrating massage to decrease lactic acid build-up in overworked muscles. This is a great feature for overall pain management and recovery enhancement.
Sarah Mercer arrived at ACCUA in Savage, MN, with compression fractures in her mid-back. She had been hit by a car 3 weeks prior to the Ironman in Hawaii and still finished the race; but she paid the price and needed un-weighted therapy and conditioning. Sarah immediately loved the fact that running in the HydroWorx 1000 actually felt like ground-based running. She continues to include aquatic exercise in her training today, whether she's banged up from endless miles on the road or not.
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Murphy Grant, Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Certified, details strength and conditioning methods he utilizes at the University of Kansas to keep athletes fit, healthy and flexible.
Dr. Curt Draeger of Gold Medal Motion in Antigo, Wisconsin uses the HydroWorx's powerful jet system to "Muscle Strip" his patients. Dr. Draeger is able to penetrate extremely deeply into the Olympic decathletes' muscle tissues, while avoiding any resultant muscle soreness in the subjects. This "Muscle Stripping" is an important step in Curt Draeger's rehabilitative process by which his athletes become "Gladiator-Ready" for competition.
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