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AQx Sports Deep Water Runner is specifically designed
to enhance a runner’s “feel” or perception of
running while performing the cross-country style of DWR. Abmat An Ab Mat provides the full range of motion at specific angles which is required to properly work all of the abdominal muscles for strong abs. AQX Water Running Shoes - A rationale for deep-water running (DWR) is that it allows the runner to train using a similar movement pattern to that found on land without incurring the impact forces, and thus greatly reducing the repetitive loading of the musculoskeletal system. Ideal for training instability muscles without risk of injury! Woody resistance Exercise Bands offer you the advantages of using weights, but without the downside. With bands, there are no weights to store or weight-related accidents. Using an Exercise
Ball within any exercise will force instability, which causes
the body's muscles to work harder to stabilize the activity by trying
to keep the body balanced during abdominal exercises and any barbell
or stretching activity. The T. K. Knee Bands are specially developed knee bands which are not your typical knee sleeves, knee supporters or knee braces. A Mantaray removes the complaint of pain or pinching from the weight of the bar while keeping it securely in place, allowing for full range of motion to properly perform heavier back leg squats Powerhooks fit on to any barbell or dumbbells, and puts you in proper lifting position without having to lift the dumbbell from the floor as well as eliminates undue stress on joints. :: EXERCISE GEAR :: Abmat An Ab Mat provides the full range of motion at specific angles which is required to properly work all of the abdominal muscles for strong abs. AQX Water Running Shoes - A rationale for deep-water running (DWR) is that it allows the runner to train using a similar movement pattern to that found on land without incurring the impact forces, and thus greatly reducing the repetitive loading of the musculoskeletal system. Ideal for training instability muscles without risk of injury! Woody resistance Exercise Bands offer you the advantages of using weights, but without the downside. With bands, there are no weights to store or weight-related accidents. Using an Exercise Ball within any exercise will force instability, which causes the body's muscles to work harder to stabilize the activity by trying to keep the body balanced during abdominal exercises and any barbell or stretching activity. Ez Grips by Ivanko widens grips on barbells and dumbbells which leverages strength to targeted muscles by 30%. The T. K. Knee Bands are specially developed knee bands which are not your typical knee sleeves, knee supporters or knee braces. A Mantaray removes the complaint of pain or pinching from the weight of the bar while keeping it securely in place, allowing for full range of motion to properly perform heavier back leg squats Powerhooks fit on to any barbell or dumbbells, and puts you in proper lifting position without having to lift the dumbbell from the floor as well as eliminates undue stress on joints. The Power Push Up 2 exercise cables adds resistance to classic bodyweight exercises like push-ups, dips and lunges to increase your strength, power and size A Stingray helps to securely hold the bar when performing front leg squats for greater stabililty and full benefit of the leg exercise The ShoulderHorn is a physical training and rehabilitation aid that virtually attacks the problem of muscular imbalance - the cause of many shoulder problems. The T.K. Waistband is more efficient than any weightlifting belt because it helps maintain good posture and gives excellent support to the lower back as well. :: EXERCISE GEAR :: Abmat An Ab Mat provides the full range of motion at specific angles which is required to properly work all of the abdominal muscles for strong abs. AQX Water Running Shoes - A rationale for deep-water running (DWR) is that it allows the runner to train using a similar movement pattern to that found on land without incurring the impact forces, and thus greatly reducing the repetitive loading of the musculoskeletal system. Ideal for training instability muscles without risk of injury! Woody resistance Exercise Bands offer you the advantages of using weights, but without the downside. With bands, there are no weights to store or weight-related accidents. Using an Exercise Ball within any exercise will force instability, which causes the body's muscles to work harder to stabilize the activity by trying to keep the body balanced during abdominal exercises and any barbell or stretching activity. The Power Push Up 2 exercise cables adds resistance to classic bodyweight exercises like push-ups, dips and lunges to increase your strength, power and size A Stingray helps to securely hold the bar when performing front leg squats for greater stabililty and full benefit of the leg exercise The ShoulderHorn is a physical training and rehabilitation aid that virtually attacks the problem of muscular imbalance - the cause of many shoulder problems. The T.K. Waistband is more efficient than any weightlifting belt because it helps maintain good posture and gives excellent support to the lower back as well. :: EXERCISE GEAR :: Abmat |
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Deep Water Running Shoes - AQx Sports Water Running ShoeWhat are Deep Water Running Shoes by AQX Sports? AQX Sports have developed deep water running shoes based on research based product development! The AQx Deep Water Runner was specifically designed to enhance a runner’s “feel” or perception of running while performing the cross-country style of deep water running (DWR) through the usage of drag in the appropriate planes of motion inherent in a land-based running gait pattern. Approximately 30 million Americans participate in running as a form of general exercise for fitness and health (15). It has also been estimated that up to 70% of this population will incur a running-related injury (8, 43, 53). 
Running has been described as "essentially a series of collisions
with the ground" (43), and these collisions typically exhibit vertical
ground reaction forces (VGRF) of 1.5 to 3 times the runner's body
weight (16, 27). These impact forces, as well as training errors
resulting from increasing the total volume of mileage too rapidly
and/or excessive mileage, are at least partially responsible for
the creation of many running-related injuries (1, 5, 8, 11, 18,
39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 59, 61). The deep water running shoe by AQX
sports is available in a powder
blue color for women and navy
blue for men! Why YOU need a pair of deep water running shoes by AQX Sports - A method of decreasing the volume of the running impact forces and the negative effects of excessive mileage is to supplement a runner's training program using deep water running in a pool (12, 19, 23, 24, 33, 37, 46, 49, 56, 58, 64, 67). This mode of training requires that the runner use a buoyancy device, e.g. AquaJogger®, while attempting to mimic the terrestrial running style (33, 46, 68, 70). This alternative training method has been reported to decrease spinal and joint compressive loading, which would decrease the likelihood of incurring running-related injuries (21). A rationale for deep water running (DWR) is that it allows the runner to train using a similar movement pattern to that found on land without incurring the impact forces, and thus greatly reducing the repetitive loading of the musculoskeletal system (17, 24, 42, 60). Injury rehabilitation rather than prevention is the most common use of deep water running (21, 29, 32, 36, 37, 42, 45, 51, 60, 70, 71). One of the most common complaints regarding DWR is that it doesn’t make your legs feel like they get much of a workout. Through the increase in drag while the leg is moving backwards, and the relatively smaller influences of drag while the leg is moving forward, we have been able to capture a reasonable amount of resistance that greatly heightens the sense of running on land. The AQx Sports Deep Water Runner is specifically designed to enhance a runner’s “feel” or perception of running while performing the cross-country style of DWR. Furthermore, when used in the cross country style of Deep water running, the muscular benefit is enhanced due to the increase in resistance throughout a much larger range of motion and is statistically more like land-based running than DWR while barefoot and/or using other styles of deep water running, i.e. high-knee, hybrids, etc. Several athletes including bodybuilders are turning to pool running as a way to burn extra calories without risking jury while at the same time, providing the little instable muscles a deep work out. Deep water running is used by rehab and sport injury clinics throughout the world! 
Despite the increasing use of deep water running as a method of rehabilitation, and more recently, as supplementary training within a normal regimen, very little research focuses on the DWR technique. Several sources describe "proper" deep water running techniques. It appears, however, that the most commonly used DWR style is characterized by a high-knee or piston-like leg action that is more similar to a stair-stepping machine (45, 70, 71). In contrast, the cross-country style (41, 46) is intended to be more like land-based running and requires a much larger range of motion within the gait pattern. The specificity of training principle suggests that the movement pattern of running in deep water needs to be closely aligned with terrestrial running to maximize the benefit to the runner (7). This principle suggests, and our research confirms, that the cross-country style of deep water running is perhaps the most like terrestrial running relative to the horizontal ankle displacement and thus overall range of motion. Furthermore, our research using 20 subjects suggests that the usage of a shoe while DWR appears to enhance the runner's kinesthetic perception and thus allows the deep water running gait pattern to be even more similar to land-based running (42). This contention is corroborated by other land-based running research (54, 66). Furthermore, we are utilizing a DWR shoe design that best takes advantage of the accommodating resistance properties of water (36). By properly increasing and decreasing drag to allow for a better maximization of resistance in the appropriate planes of motion found in a running gait pattern, the overall benefit to the runner, as well as, the "feel" of deep water running will be enhanced. 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