News — Benefits of Aquatic exercise

Regardless of your fitness goals, the key to long lasting effective results is building a strong foundation and progressing your training correctly to ensure correct movement patterns and reduce injury. Flexibility training has become recognized as an important way to help aid in preventing and treating various injuries.  Flexibility is the ability to move a joint through its complete range of motion. Many factors can influence ones flexibility, including joint structure, lifestyle, activity level, body composition etc. If the kinetic chain of movement is misaligned, or not functioning correctly, it can result in postural distortion patterns of muscle imbalances. Unfortunately...

As the 2015 CrossFit games finish, CrossFitters everywhere are more motivated than ever to push themselves and improve performance! Whether you are new to CrossFit or an elite athlete competing regularly, here are 4 reasons why you should incorporate Aquastrength into your training regime.  Image from The CrossFit Games. Improved Mobility and Flexibility: All good CrossFit coaches will tell you how crucial it is to work on your mobility and flexibility when it comes to improving your performance as a CrossFit athlete. Whilst foam rolling and stretching is great - doing this for 10 minutes before and after class may...