Deep Water Running Shoes - AQX Sports Cross
Country style running water exercise
Deep Water Running Exercise - Deep-Water (Cross Country
Style): The cross-country style of deep water running looks
qualitatively more like land-based running due primarily to the
increased horizontal displacement (position) of the ankle. This
increased movement of the ankle allows for a greater range of motion
to be achieved and thus maintains the normally elliptical appearing
gait pattern found in land-based running and increase the muscular
benefit. The AQx Sports deep water running shoe was specifically
designed to be used with this style of deep water running.
Key points when performing the deep water running exercise
cross country style:
- The water should be at shoulder level below the chin with the
head held in a neutral position facing forward.
- The body leans slightly forward of a vertical position. This
is important because if you lean too far backwards your knees
will come up too high in the front and you will be practicing
the high-knee version of DWR (which looks more like stair-stepping).
- The arm carriage should be relaxed and identical to land-based
running. Your arms will primarily move from the shoulder joint
(relatively stable) with elbows flexed at approximately 90º.
- The hands are held in a slightly clenched-fist position with
your thumb resting lightly on your forefinger to decrease the
likelihood of using a dog-paddling- type motion.
- The legs will actually follow a pattern that is VERY similar
to a faster type running motion like interval training where:
- a) The knee comes up toward the surface of the water until the hip reaches a position of approximately 60-80º (hip flexion), followed by full extension (not hyperextension) of the leg toward the bottom of the pool.
- b) The foot moves from approximately 0º dorsiflexion at full hip flexion (imagine your foot in the same position as if you were standing on the ground in a normal position) to approximately 50-70º of plantarflexion (toes pointed slightly at the bottom of the pool) when the leg is fully extended. A good thing to imagine is to think of your foot touching the bottom of the pool when your leg is fully extended, then moving your foot back toward the edge of the pool as far as possible without rotating your hips, then the foot moves under your butt, and finally lifting the knee up to allow the foot to continuously move through the gait pattern.
- c) The major differences between the high-knee and cross-country styles of DWR are that the high-knee style leg action is primarily in a vertical plane with the legs moving straight up and down in a piston-like movement pattern with very little horizontal displacement present (imagine marching or stair-stepping) while the cross country style has a much greater range of motion which elicits more muscular involvement.
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AQx
Sports Deep Water Running Shoe
Development and Research of the AQx
Sports Deep Water Running Shoe
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