Fluid Running for Athletes
Fluid Running’s high-intensity workouts harness the power of water, pushing you past your limits without negative impact to your body.
Challenging and Effective
Fluid Running is not just for marathoners, triathletes and ultra-endurance athletes. It’s a game changer for any athlete, from sprinters, to football players, to soccer players, gymnasts and even ballerina’s, who want to maintain (and improve) their fitness through injury. Fluid Running will teach you proper form and our workouts will keep you motivated and challenged. Get your heartrate up, improve your Vo2 max and work every muscle in your body.
“I got my heart rate up to 170. 170 in the pool is really hard to do!
Level 3 Fluid Running Workout – Run with a Pro – Created for Nike Runner Vanessa Fraser
Why Fluid Run
Maintain Fitness while Injured
Don’t let an injury stop you. Studies show you can maintain or improve fitness levels.
Strength Building
- Get a full body workout including arms, legs and all core stabilizer muscles
Reduce Injury Risk
Increased training can often lead to a greater risk of injury. Water is safer than most others.
Improve Cardio and VO2 Max
Increased resistance in the water contributes to a great cardio workout and improved VO2 Max.
Recover Faster
Fluid Running is Active Recovery which is hard to achieve with many other workouts.
Reduce Training Limitations
Due to the no-impact nature, you can push yourself harder when training in water.
What People Are Saying
“As a professional athlete coming back from injury, I kept my mind open and instituted a few new components to my recovery and build back to full health.“
“Fluid Running is the perfect supplemental tool to add in the extra cardio work without impact. I plan to continue to use it 2-3 times per week even when I am completely healthy again.“
“Straight up, that was an honest workout.””
“At one point I checked my heart rate and it was 170. 170 in the pool is really hard to do.”
Latest Articles
Hal Higdon on Pool Running
With a long history writing marathon training plans, Hal Higdon has known the benefits of deep water running for many years. https://twitter.com/higdonmarathon/status/465931985177690112 Hal Higdon says that Water Running beats any other form of Cross Training. I agree...
Stronger After Injury with Deep Water Running
When Fluid Running founder, Jennifer Conroyd found out she had torn a calf muscle 6 weeks before the Chicago Marathon and wouldn't be able to run, she didn't accept that. She turned to the internet like many before her, and discovered deep water running. It...
Incorporate Fluid Running for Land Performance Improvement
Most runners believe that more miles are better, but running on land results in a ground force impact of 2-3 times your body weight. So a 150-pound runner will strike the ground with 300-450 pounds of force. Deep water running, when done correctly provides all of...