Adventures in Excercise: The Underwater Treadmill

The idea makes sense: You're moving your legs, working your muscles, but since you're in water, you're doing so without the pounding of a regular run, whether that be on a treadmill or the road, with the added benefit of increased resistance from the water. Still, Hydrophysio's aquatic treadmill looks a bit over-the-top. Not to mention that it would give the less dedicated among us too much opportunity to back out and think of something else to do while waiting for the machine to fill up with fluid. Now, if it doubled as a jacuzzi, so you could finish your workout, grab some Gatorade, and then return a few minutes later to find it warm and bubbling, that would be something. One bonus: It works for rehabbing your pets, too. So, you know, you could walk your dog, in the water, without going outside. Because that's what technology's for. —Gregory Mone

Via Medgadget

Comments

[JSlovic]

What's the big deal?
My Dog has been rehabbing with one of these for 2 years.

[Safe Driver]

Not to nitpik, but I think that after exercise you'd want to sit in a cold water bath, not a warm water bath.

[John]

What if you take a heart attack, stroke... and fall down? Ooops!

[coldpudding]

I don't know if they are the same people but I think I've seen this sort of thing on http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/ a long long time ago, It looked more like a glass shower and you had to wear a harness of some sort.

[kcs]

I've been using one of these for months at rehab. They work pretty well for those of us with pain issues. The water is very soothing and the tread mill allows for a nice aerobic workout that is difficult to get otherwise. It already has jacuzzi jets to increase resistance, and you can't change your mind while it's filling because you have to wait inside the machine while the water loads and drains. There is a heater to adjust the temperature. Also, the water level goes higher than shown in the picture, which helps with weight bearing.

[Tom Luce]

where can I find out more on this product?

[Steve-o]

Nope, can't use it. Nancy Pelosi and I have both identified this horror as a torture machine. Don't tread me, bro!

[spartan ala laser]

It is not a torture device, unless you are lazy. Then it would be torture. But otherwise it would be a good idea if you want a different workout.

[AJ]

hi my name is aj and im 14 years old and i happen to be looking at the websiteand this caught my eye. To the woman or man who said this would be torture is plain old lazy because the are to many positives that over take the risks the only you could really torture yourself is by putting your head under for a while but that sounds like some shit you would since this is torture

[Michaela]

Oh wow! I just heard of this and I'd love to try it. I am in a wheelchair due to having a total lack of balance, so the hydrostatic pressure would keep me upright. The benefits of such a machine would be numerous for me. Can anybody tell me how I can go about finding a place that would have one that I can use? Thanks

[home gym equipment]

Love the idea! I actually would just settle for the treadmill desk combo so I could move around a little bit more during the day. Keep up the good work E&S!

[home gym equipment]

I like the river boat gym idea. A more basic idea that might work though would be hooking dynamo’s up to all the eliptical, treadmill, and byclces at the gym and harnessing that electrical power for use by the gym. I would totally get a membership if the River boat gym every opens a location on Ladybird lake and would definitely try to run over the crew teams. haha no hard feelings crew members

[aion gold]

I don't know if they are the same people but I think I've seen this sort of thing on http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/ a long long time ago, It looked more like a glass shower and you had to wear a harness of some sort. ....YES . I hv the same imression too ....