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Labor Day Party
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It’s official…The Labor Day weekend is upon us! For most, Labor Day weekend signals thoughts of sadness, as it’s heralded as the “last official weekend of summer.” For others, Labor Day weekend is a time to celebrate the arrival of cooler temperatures and football! However you choose to spend the weekend, a backyard pool party Read More
Burning calories in your backyard pool
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Swimming burns around 3 calories a mile, per pound of bodyweight. This means that someone who weighs around 150 lbs. will need to swim around 30 minutes (or 1 mile) in order to burn around 900 calories. While this may seem like a long time, developing your endurance to be able to swim for that Read More
Burn Calories in your above ground pool
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When it comes down to the calories burned while swimming, swimming can be extremely beneficial when added to one’s workout plan. To get the most out of each stroke and maximize calories burned while swimming; try adding some weight lifting or other strength development exercises to your workout routine. Sometimes adding a few different types Read More
The History of Chlorine
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One of these natural compounds, sodium chloride, has been known since ancient times. Societies, through the use of rock salts and brine, used sodium chloride as early as 6,000 BCE. Chemists, starting in the later stages of the Renaissance, explored these chloride compounds; Jan Baptist van Helmont identified chlorine as a gas in 1630. Carl Read More
AGP Company swim spas
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The primary WOW factor of these swim spas is the fact that they create currents in which you can swim against for a total body workout. Many people are actually putting in swim spas in their yards instead of building new pools. Use your exercise swimming pool as a current lap pool to swim-in-place, walk, Read More
Swimming relieves stress!
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New international research commissioned by the world’s leading swimwear brand, Speedo, has revealed that swimmers agree that swimming helps to release stress and tension, makes them more confident about the way they look and leaves them feeling mentally refreshed. The fieldwork conducted by leading research specialists examined the psychological benefits of regular swimming. The results Read More
How Should I Apply Chlorine?
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Always read the directions that come with your swimming pool chlorine. Most chlorine comes in the form of tablets or granular chlorine (pictured right). Chlorine tablets typically come in tubs containing four pounds, eight pounds, 25 pounds and 50 pounds, while granular chlorine comes in tubs of two,five, eight pounds and 25 pounds. Regal Dy Chlor Read More
Why Choose an Above Ground Pool Company swim spa?
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SETTING THE STANDARD Our goal at AGP Company is simple: deliver the best swim spa experience possible. We have successfully helped redefine swim spa ownership by making the purchase and maintenance of a swim machine simpler and more affordable,while delivering models that set an industry standard for appealing features, quality construction and durability. Turn your backyard Read More
Why do you need your own backyard pool?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes a journal called Emerging Infectious Diseases. In the June 2008 issue, the CDC reported a study examining the safety of public swimming pool water in over 160 recreational water facilities. The purpose of the study was to determine how common two parasites occur in public swimming pools. Read More
v. swam (swm), swum (swm), swim·ming, swims v.intr. 1. To move through water by means of the limbs, fins, or tail. 2. To move as though gliding through water. 3. To float on water or another liquid. 4. a. To be covered or flooded with or as if with a liquid: chicken swimming in gravy. Read More