Catalina Channel swimmer Chris Dahowski of Paseo Aquatics understands swimming well from decades as a national-level age-group, high school and collegiate swimmer. The KAATSU Aqua-certified coach from Santa Clarita, California has a unique view of enabling his athletes to concurrently enjoy a tough workout and the camaraderie of their teammates. “We push our swimmers in […]

Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In Arizona during the 1990’s, two-time American High School Swimmer of the Year Misty Hyman started to put large rubber bands around her upper legs and upper arms under the guidance of her Hall of Fame coach Bob Gillette. Gillette was innovative and came up with the idea

Lee Boyce in Men’s Journal explains, “If you want to burn fat, you need workouts that are brutal, but short lived. Most metabolic conditioning workouts geared for fat loss allow the body to accumulate lactate (the “burn”), and keep the heart rate up. Cover these bases, and you burn fat — period.” While swimmers or

My coaching career has allowed me to chase my dreams and realize them; travel the world and learn new languages. Most importantly, and through a twist of fate, my travels inadvertently guided me to meet my best friend, my soul mate…my wife. I am fortunate and humbled by the athletes who I have worked with

Whether an elderly person is recovering from a knee replacement or an Olympic athlete is rehabilitating from a double patella tendon rupture, KAATSU can be comprehensively incorporated into their recovery. After the individual identifies their appropriate Base SKU, they can do a series of KAATSU 3-point exercises first on their arms and then on their

KAATSU Aqua Bands can be used differently depending on whether the bands are used for with masters swimmers or fitness swimmers or competitive elite swimmers. In general, the more competitive the swimmer, the higher the pressures. But finding the Optimal SKU (compression) is a function of many factors including whether the bands are on the

Sprint butterfly + pull-ups + pull-outs + push-ups with the pneumatic KAATSU Aqua Bands are notoriously difficult. 8 x 25 with 5 pull-ups and 10 push-ups are extraordinarily tough. Competitive swimmers, open water swimmers, water polo players, triathletes, surfers, and other watermen and waterwomen can use KAATSU Aqua leg bands to enhance speed, stamina, strength

Location: North Shore, Oahu in Hawaii. Some of the most monstrous and among the best-known waves for surfers crash onto the North Shore of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. With many surfers enjoying themselves in heavy surf while facing large waves over coral reefs at shallow depths while facing strong tidal pulls, rip tides

The KAATSU Aqua Burpees (arms) can include any number of swims and exercises to maximize intensity in the water. One version is shown above with a 54-year-old swimmer doing the following Burpee: 1st lap = 25 yards of butterfly + pull-ups off the diving board performed to muscular failure 2nd lap = 25 yards of

While basic core-strength exercises including planks, crunches, sit-ups, bridges, and abdominal presses can be done on land or in gyms, KAATSU users (especially competitive and fitness swimmers, water polo players, lifeguards and surfers) can also do a variety of core-strength exercises in the pool. Core exercises in the pool with a Bosu Ball and KAATSU