Outdoor swimming pools are multi-functional additions with opportunities for mental and physical health benefits. While simply gazing at water can reduce blood pressure and inspire inner peace, the most significant health benefits can be experienced due to physically getting into the pool and treating it as a pool gym. While this still takes some personal discipline, having a pool right outside … [Read More...] about Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 1
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X10 XX62A Outdoor Wireless Camera Offers Accuracy & Convenience, Part 1
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Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Dramatic Additions
From landscaping and decking to indulgent additions, the sky’s the limit when it comes to the ways you can add ambiance to your outdoor space. Today we’ll be focusing on the kinds of additions that will add some drama to your space in a way that’s particularly suitable for nighttime entertainment or relaxation. Lighting and mood music can be … Continue about Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Dramatic Additions
Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Little Additions with a Big Impact
If you want to up the ante when it comes to the entertainment potential of your pool and poolside oasis, there are many simple extras you can add to make a major splash! Offering a combination of conveniences and multi-sensory delights, these items will add to your existing swimming pool and surrounding space to create an entertainment-friendly … Continue about Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Little Additions with a Big Impact
Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Details, Details
Maybe your poolscape doesn’t need a huge overhaul this summer, but you want to add a few things to keep it fresh. With the landscaping, hardscaping, and decking you already have in place, these smaller details can help complete the look. Whether your main goal is relaxation, exercise, or family fun, you can quickly and easily update your pool and … Continue about Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Details, Details
Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Decking
When you think decking, think diversity! Just like landscaping and hardscaping, the decking you choose to surround your backyard swimming pool comes with plenty of possibilities. And from safety and comfort to aesthetics, there are many aspects of decking that you’ll want to consider before you make your decision. Safety Concerns From … Continue about Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Decking
Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Landscaping & Hardscaping
Current trends are making a splash in outdoor spaces, elevating the concept of outdoor living to an entirely new level. As outdoor furnishings and entertainment options become more mainstream, they also become more affordable and offer a greater amount of variety. While once upon a time, a changing cabana may have had to be custom ordered, you can … Continue about Create Your Outdoor Ambiance: Landscaping & Hardscaping
Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 4
If you’re looking for some innovative ways to spice up your existing water workouts, this post is for you! In previous posts in this series (see Parts 1, 2 & 3), we’ve considered the many unique benefits of aquatic workouts as well as some places to find lists of workouts and ways to plan and track your workouts. Today, we’ll look at some … Continue about Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 4
Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 3
Are you getting bored with your current water workout? Whether you’re looking for your very first water workout or training for a triathlon, there’s bound to be a workout option available for you! From helpful basic gear to high-tech innovations, we’ll help you maximize the potential health benefits of your swimming pool by giving you some … Continue about Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 3
Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 2
Your private pool gym offers so much potential in the way of health benefits! While any pool can give you the same kind of workout, your own backyard oasis offers unique opportunities for private, convenient aquatic workouts with the added bonus of delighting in the serene ambiance you’ve worked so hard to create in your outdoor space. In Part 1, … Continue about Pool Health Tips: Aquatic Workouts, Part 2