Archive for August 8th, 2006

Armchair with pedals?

Posted by Tobias | on August 8, 2006

in category: Exertainment, Workouts

Oh yeah, now this is cool. An inventor in Montreal has created an armchair that has a slide out set of pedals. Now that’s some recumbant cycling!
How cool is this? It would allow you to have a piece of exercise equipment that fits in with your decor.

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Water immersion training

Posted by Tobias | on August 8, 2006

in category: Workouts

Aquajogger’s website makes an interesting point about lung capacity when you are immersed in water:
The combined effect alters pulmonary function, increases the work of breathing and changes respiratory dynamics. In fact, expiratory reserve volumes decrease by 75 percent at neck immersion, with vital capacity decreasing only slightly.
Instead of ‘water jogging’ however, just plain swimming will [...]

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