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New Stream by SwimEx a big hit at international pool show!
November 8th, 2012Pool dealers from North American and beyond have been flocking to booth 3147 at the Int’l Pool l Spa l Patio Expo in New Orleans to see the exciting new Stream by SwimEx! Why? Because there’s never been anything like the Stream. With the Stream’s portable, rechargeable swim-in-place technology, pools of any shape, size and depth can become current pools for top-notch swimming, water aerobics and fun. Just roll the [Read the Rest…]
NEW! Introducing Stream by SwimEx
November 1st, 2012It’s time to revolutionize your pool. It’s time for Stream by SwimEx. The all-new Stream turns pools of any shape and depth into current pools for fitness and fun. No installation is necessary. Just roll the Stream to the pool edge, push a button, and watch its striking technology deploy for perfect current. Stream is handsome, portable and rechargeable. It provides hours of smooth, strong, adjustable current. Swimmers of all [Read the Rest…]
VIDEO: Best Core Exercise For Swimmers
March 19th, 2012
Core exercises are an important part of an overall fitness routine, leading to improved balance and stability. It also helps to train the muscles in your pelvis, hips, lower back and abdomen to work in tandem. There are a variety of exercises one can perform in a pool to help strengthen the core muscles. In this instructional exercise video from SwimEx, see how to use a kickboard to engage the abdominals. The push-and-pull style exercise also encourages proper posture [Read the Rest…]
SwimEx In Sports Illustrated Magazine
February 21st, 2012
Here’s a blast from the past. Back in 1987, SwimEx was featured in Sports Illustrated magazine for reinventing the wheel (or paddle wheel) and winning praise for designing a cutting edge swim spa for top athletes. Here’s the article titled “Staying In The Swim At Home”. A fun read: “When it comes to distance training indoors, runners on treadmills and cyclists on stationary bikes no longer have a technological edge over [Read the Rest…]
Taking The Plunge
January 19th, 2012
Get your goose bumps ready! Sometimes we come across a YouTube video featuring a SwimEx pool that has us saying “cool!” – but this one is frigid! When Portsmouth University in England decided to research the effects of cold water immersion, a few jumped (in) at the chance. Watch as a swimmer from the Serpentine Swimming Club makes his chilly decent into an icy SwimEx pool. Check out his reaction [Read the Rest…]
Swim regularly to ward off colds this winter!!
November 30th, 20102 November 2010 Regular swimmers are less like to catch a cold this winter and will suffer less severe symptoms, according to new research. In a report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, scientists from North Carolina found adults physically active on five or more days a week suffered from cold-like symptoms almost half as frequently as those exercising once a week or less. “Exercise like swimming is [Read the Rest…]
Swimming For Your Health
November 1st, 2010Swimming and All-Cause Mortality Risk Compared With Running, Walking, and Sedentary Habits in Men Swimming, water jogging, and aqua aerobics are lifetime physical activities that provide many health benefits comparable to those of walking and running. Research on the association between swimming and mortality is scarce, however. To evaluate the association between different types of physical activity and all-cause mortality, we studied 40,547 men age 20–90 years who completed a [Read the Rest…]
Aquatic Training Programs Benefit Injured Athletes
October 26th, 2010By Lori Thein Brody and Paula Richley Geigle Injured Athletes Some form of rest is often the treatment recommendation for an injured athlete. The rest may be relative rest, in which the athlete reduces the intensity of training or activity, or it may be absolute rest, during which the athlete performs no activity. In either case, rest for an athlete can be problematic. The research of Coyle et al. (1986 [Read the Rest…]
Amica Triathlon in Newport, RI!
October 1st, 2010We had a great time Sponsoring the Amica Triathlon event in Newport, RI last Saturday! Congratulations to all the athletes for a great race!
SwimEx Sponsors the Amica Triathlon
August 26th, 2010SwimEx sends out a big thank you to Amica and all of the triathletes that participated in the 19.7 triathlon event in Carver, MA on Saturday Aug. 21st. We had a great time and can’t wait to be involved in the next event on Sept. 24-25 in Newport, RI. For more information on the next race, please visit http://www.amicatriathlonseries.com/Newport/raceinfo.html. SwimEx will be exhibiting in Newport so don’t miss your chance [Read the Rest…]