Want to get exercise? Reach for your swimsuit instead of your sneakers, Research shows deep-water running can give you the same cardio benefits as an intense jog, minus the wear and tear on your joints. When you run on land, the impact creates a force equal to two to three times your weight, says Tish Doyle-Baker, a Calgary clinical exercise physiologist, But the buoyancy in the water eliminates most of that stress.
You can't just jump in and casually tread water, though. You have to actually run - raising your knees and pumping your arms - to get results.
That can be difficult, says Lawrence Golding, coauthor of a paper on the benefits of deep-water running published in the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal. "There is a tendency to not work as hard in water," he says. One solution is to use a waterproof heart-rate monitor to ensure you're exercising within your target heart-rate zone, helping you achieve maximum benefits.
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