Alan Tripp works out in 'a pool for all seasons'

"More and more, I'm coming to appreciate that it's good for much more than swimming."

Given Alan Tripp's background in the marketing and development of new products, and listening to him discuss the Endless Pool, he could have invented it. And he almost did, since he purchased one of the company's first prototypes in 1989.

Featured in our first promotional video praising the Endless Pool as genuinely life-giving, Alan's 20- to 30-minute workouts have expanded in both frequency and variety. Speaking from his winter residence in La Jolla, CA, the octogenarian Tripp noted: "You can have four or five different routines occupying the same 30 minutes, and rotate them. That's one of the reasons the Endless Pool is something you never get tired of."

In addition to water walking and jumping, he recommends a form of isometric pull-up by holding onto the aqua exercise bar and using the resistance of the current to soothe and work the shoulders. Alan's wife, Maggie, has found a form of hydrotherapy that helps eliminate cellulite by applying the Endless Pool's current at high speed, much the same principle employed by deep-tissue massage.

Alan says his Endless Pool "serves different purposes in different seasons." Enclosed in a solarium, it creates the sensation of swimming outdoors in winter, while the solarium's retractable cover prevents undesired exposure in summer. This has improved his attitude toward neighbors whose open pools he sees covered in the off-season. "Psychologically," he chuckles, "I lord it over them.

>>Next