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Running under water can be an important exercise for fitness training as well as recovery and rehabilitation, because it puts less stress on the joints while offering increased resistance. AQx Sports have developed the AQx Aquatic Training Shoe, specifically designed to make running under water feel more natural. According to AQx Sports, the shoe “decreases the amount of pounding generally needed to enhance a runner’s performance(s), is an aid to recovery or an adjunct to normal training regimen, used as a method of rehabilitation from a running-related or musculoskeletal injury, enhances range of motion and proper mechanics of land-based running.”

The most important differences of the aquatic shoe compared to normal running shoes are its fins “for correct, subtle plane of motion resistance”, a sticky rubber sole for extra grip, as well as several drainage ports.