Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Compact Stationary Lap Pool

By Ned Dagostino

There are many aspects to swimming. For some it is a sport activity. Some people swim to relax, to dissolve their physical and mental tensions. Most of us swim just for personal enjoyment. But there is yet another aspect to this wonderful activity. More and more medical practitioners are recommending swimming as a part of therapy. They stress that the holistic nature of swimming includes two forms of exercise - resistance and cardiovascular. Resistance exercise improves the tone of the skeletal muscles. Cardiovascular exercise focuses on the heart and lungs to improve respiration and blood circulation. Cardiovascular exercise is important for people who have certain cardiovascular related medical conditions. Besides, swimming is a pleasant and safe form of exercise.

A problem arises when a person is prescribed swimming as a therapeutic activity. It is very inconvenient for such a person to make the trip to the swimming pool. Once there he'll need someone to look out for him, just in case he collapses. Faced with these inconveniences most patients become irregular at the pool, and the whole purpose of the exercise is defeated. So, such people do need a swimming pool at home. But that is prohibitively expensive! Building a swimming pool is not a trivial overnight project either. A swimming pool requires a lot of space, too. Most people just don't have that much space. Finally, water. Getting the water to fill a swimming pool can be a big problem for most people.

Some intelligent manufacturers have recognized this problem and have introduced what they call a stationary lap pool. In its essential form, the stationary lap pool has a swimming area large enough for a single adult swimmer. Water is pumped to the swimming area through a supply pipe, and the water exits the swimming area through a vent pipe. The swimmer stays in the swimming area and swims against the flow of water. The stationary lap pool is small in size, small on budget, but big on features.

The salient features of the stationary lap pool are that it saves you time, money, and space. You save time because stationary lap pools are available readymade and, once ordered, a stationary lap pool can be installed in a matter of hours! You save money because the stationary lap pool is attractively low-priced, far, far below the cost of a standard swimming pool. You save space because a stationary lap pool is basically about one and a half times as long as an adult and just about twice as wide. The stationary lap pool is so compact that you can install it in the ground, above the ground, outside the house or inside the house!

The basic concept of a stationary lap pool is to move the water, not the swimmer! So the swimmer swims in place against the flow of water that is circulated around the stationary lap pool. As mentioned at the outset of this article, swimming gives the swimmer both resistance exercise as well as cardiovascular exercise.

The stationary lap pool comes with controls to set the force and speed of the current to suit your physical condition. You'll feel like you're swimming in a real swimming pool, it's so realistic! The stationary lap pool comes in a variety of models, from the very basic to luxury models. Check out the features of each model, before you make up your mind to buy a particular model. One model has a hot-and-cold water feature so you can adjust the water temperature according to the time of day, the weather, or just your personal taste! Another model injects an alternating stream of hot and cold water to relax you like a full-body massage.

So you can see that the stationary lap pool is an ideal way to get your daily dose of swimming. Convenient, comfortable, compact, cost effective - it is the ultimate swimming pool product. Installation is a convenient half-a-day job, and the maintenance is as convenient.

In conclusion, a stationary lap pool is your best bet to a form of exercise which is deeply relaxing and pleasurable. All this is yours, at an extremely attractive price. If you like swimming, then just head out and get yourself a stationary lap pool!

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