When 1500 school-age children were asked, “What do you think makes a happy family?” the answer they gave most was “doing things together,” according to the book Secrets of Strong Families, by Nick Stinnett and John Defrain.
With summertime drawing to a close, you might think that swimming pool season is over completely. But with average temperatures staying slightly higher well into September and October, there’s still plenty of fun to be had in an above ground swimming pool. What’s more, many swimming pool dealers (like Kayak Pools Midwest) offer attractive incentives as the busiest time of the year winds down.
If you’ve decided to purchase a swimming pool, then there’s plenty of fun waiting for you now, and in the future. And at first glance, it’s easy to imagine you, your friends and your family enjoying a game of water volleyball or sliding into a pool or divvying up sides for aqua basketball.
You’ve thought about it long enough during the long, hot days of summer, and you’ve finally given into the irresistible temptation of having your own backyard vacation in the form of a swimming pool.
When it comes to “leveling the playing field” for seniors looking to stay fit through exercise, the backyard swimming pool may be just the ticket for leaving that traditional field behind. That’s because exercise in a swimming pool—whether it’s aqua therapy, water aerobics or simply working through traditional land-based exercises—offers benefits to seniors that can’t be found anywhere else other than the pool.