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Take your exercise bike to the pool with the new Aqua Cycling craze

Apparently it's a marriage between cycling and yoga - or maybe it's just a splashy mess...

It's come from France, it's been to the States, and history dictates it won't be long till it's on these shores - but are you going to try Aqua Cycling? 

Already a craze in New York, it's nothing more than a spin class when you're up to your chest in water, but it's billed as having all sorts of health benefits not usually ascribed to cycling.

"Aqua cycling is a marriage between yoga and regular cycling," Esther Gauthier, who created New York's AQUA Studio after exporting the idea from France, told Business Insider.

"It's the intensity of cycling, but then there's something about the water that's so soothing and adds the relaxation of yoga."

 

Although enthusiasts say the downsides are the bike rocking about as you pedal, and not being able to hear the instructor over the splashing, they reckon it's great for people who usually find it hard to exercise, including the overweight, the pregnant and those who've suffered an injury.

Raynham Athletic Club in Massachusetts also offers the classes, with special rust-proof marine-grade stainless steel bikes.

“There’s less stress on the joints and back,” instructor Kerri Mathieu told the Taunton Gazette.

“Although you’re working really hard, just being in the water is very soothing,” she said.

 

 

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PhilRuss | 11 years ago
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[[[[ On a rainy day, you get all that on the road...
P.R.

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wmpmw02 | 11 years ago
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Where do you keep your drinks bottle  39

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jollygoodvelo | 11 years ago
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Ridiculous. You don't need 'extra support' once you've been on a bike for a few hours a week because your core holds you up.

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TeamCC | 11 years ago
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I think it looks like fun but nobody better pee in the pool!

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Petethepump | 11 years ago
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All that sweaty water.YUK !!!

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wheelsucker | 11 years ago
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tried down the beach the other day on my old MTB..nearly fracking drowned  13

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rich22222 | 11 years ago
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We'll I've tried road diving...

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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I'd drown on a recumbent....  19

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SideBurn | 11 years ago
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I just need to check... its not August fools day or something is it?

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StuayEd | 11 years ago
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What a load of bo*****ks!

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CarbonBreaker replied to StuayEd | 11 years ago
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StuayEd wrote:

What a load of bo*****ks!

Plus 1 on that.

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antonio | 11 years ago
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Sealed bearings I hope!

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