Category Archives: Swim Spa

The swim spa is the evolution of the swimming pool and the spa pool, and provides a wealth of opportunities for hotels and health clubs looking to offer guests more. From a great facility for exercise and wellness through to somewhere that guests can relax and wind down, there are multiple good reasons why installing a swim spa in your hotel or health club is a sound decision.

Upgrade your amenities

Many guests now choose their health clubs or hotels on the basis of the amenities on offer, not just the rooms or the equipment. Being able to offer guests access to a swim spa is the ultimate luxury and will enhance every visit. The way the swim spa is used depends on your property but with a range of different features, it is a versatile amenity to have for your guests to enjoy.

A touch of luxury for any space

Swim spas can be installed into rooms with almost any dimensions. So, they are an option even for those properties that are short on additional room. If you’re looking to give your guests more every time they visit you, but you don’t have the space to expand to make room for extra facilities, then a swim spa is the ideal choice for space smart luxury.

Doubling up on facilities

The swim spa has the advantage of being both a pool and a hot tub. It has powerful jets that can provide a satisfying massage and a relaxing warm water environment. The swim spa is also fitted with equipment to create a current against which anyone can swim, whether for relaxation or for exercise. Thanks to the resistance of the current, your guests will get a great work out on the spot. The effectiveness of a swim spa workout is widely acknowledged – from learners through to professional swimmers, swim spas are frequently a first choice as a way to exercise and train.

Simple maintenance and upkeep

Swim spas are smaller than a pool and much easier to maintain. Guests will expect all your facilities to be spotlessly clean and working faultlessly – it’s much easier to achieve far higher standards when you have a swim spa. Replacement parts and repairs tend to be easier to source and fit, and the maintenance and cleaning obligations are much less onerous in order to achieve the same high quality results.

Supporting seasonal service

Swim spas can be placed anywhere on a property to ensure maximum enjoyment of the pool. If you’re making the investment of a swim spa for your hotel or health club – and you’re concerned about access to the swim spa in all weathers – then you have many more options in terms of location than you would do with a traditional pool design. For example, if you live somewhere that the winters are long and cold, installing the swim spa inside may make it more popular with your guests.

These are just a few of the reasons why a swim spa makes perfect sense for health clubs and hotels – call us to discuss your options today on 0208 300 4003.

Having a swim spa in your home is a great way to bring a wide range of exercise options to your back yard. As well as using a swim spa for swimming training and other activities, such as aqua aerobics, it’s also a better alternative to a traditional treadmill. Using a treadmill provides a way to get fitter, to burn calories and to tone and strengthen muscles. All of these advantages are available if you use your swim spa as a treadmill – with the added benefit of being much lower impact exercise.

Choose your own exercise level

When you use your swim spa as a treadmill you can choose the level of effort that you want to put into exercising. You might be looking for an intense workout to build muscle or something a little more relaxing that will help your body to stretch and tone. Either way, the jets in the swim spa can be adjusted so that you are always exercising in the way that is the most comfortable for you.

The support of the water

A regular treadmill can be an effective way to exercise but, in some situations, can also have negative impact on the body. For example, some people find it difficult to balance on a treadmill and so find themselves holding on to the supports while trying to exercise. You may also feel pain from the impact of running or walking on a treadmill. Using your swim spa as a treadmill enables you to avoid both of these negative effects. The natural buoyancy of the water makes it easy to balance – and you will build confidence because it doesn’t matter if you fall when you’re exercising, the water will catch you. Plus, working out in the water reduces the impact of gravity on your body, taking the strain off muscles and joints as you build muscles and burn calories.

A different kind of experience

A regular treadmill can create more aches and pains than it soothes – that’s simply not the case if you’re using your swim spa as a treadmill. The effect of the water provides a different kind of workout, one that leaves you feeling refreshed and energised, as opposed to exhausted and drained. You might feel soreness in your feet when using a regular treadmill or have stiffness and pain in muscles and joints as a result of the high impact. For most people, using the swim spa as a treadmill means that all of these negative effects are avoided.

The best way to use your swim spa as a treadmill

• Make sure you warm up first – just like any type of exercise you need to give your body time to build up to full capacity
• Cool down after your workout – even something like a gentle swim could be an effective cool down
• Keep it up – with regular exercise in your swim spa you could see great results

We can help you find the perfect swim spa for your home. Contact The Hot Tub and Swim Spa Company today on 0208 300 4003 to find out more.

You’ve made the decision to have a swim spa at home – it’s exciting and you’re looking forward to all the benefits that it will bring. But that’s not necessarily where the decision making process ends. Even if you already know exactly where to place the swim spa, what about the surroundings? There are many reasons why an enclosure could be a good idea for your swim spa, as well as considerations to bear in mind when you’re choosing the right one.

Why have an enclosure for your swim spa?

Looking forward to installing your swim spa in its new home? These are a few reasons why you might want to consider an enclosure to compliment the swim spa:

The weather

Depending on where you are, the weather could have a big impact on how much you’re able to enjoy your swim spa. Cold wind and rain can be very off-putting if you’re trying to motivate yourself to get fit and it’s not that easy to get the most out of a swim spa if you live in a cold climate. An enclosure provides protection from the weather, no matter if it’s a hot sun or freezing winter rain.

Privacy

You may have a perfect, secluded location for your swim spa or you might be feeling a little bit self conscious about how exposed you’re likely to be to prying eyes while in the water. Not all of us have the luxury of extensive grounds and high hedges so an enclosure for your swim spa can help to solve the problem of privacy and create a space in which you don’t feel like you’re being overlooked.

Luxury

A swim spa is, in itself, a luxury. However, the addition of an enclosure to your swim spa can make it even more of a luxurious experience. Perhaps you design an enclosure with changing rooms or a built in sauna or steam room so that you can go straight from swimming to winding down. Or maybe the right enclosure for you has a sound system and a fridge for drinks. If you’re looking for a way to enhance the swim spa experience then an enclosure could be it.

Considerations for choosing an enclosure

• The materials you use. It’s important to opt for materials that suit the space in which you’re going to place the swim spa – natural wood is often a good choice.
• The size of the enclosure. Avoid a structure that completely dominates the space in which you’re placing the swim spa or you could end up finding it overbearing.
• Light and openness. How much natural light do you want inside the enclosure and are you looking for open or closed sides to the enclosure?
• Durability and maintenance. Ideally, the enclosure should last at least as long as the swim spa and require only minimal maintenance. The design and the materials that are used will have a lot of influence over how long the enclosure lasts and what you have to do to keep it in good condition.

For more information about the ideal enclosure for your swim spa, get in touch with a member of The Hot Tub and Swim Spa Company team today.

The range of swim spas on the market today is very broad. However, there are some fairly significant differences between many of the different models and brands, some of which are not that easy to spot to the untrained eye. We make a point of only choosing the very best Hydropool Swim Spas because we believe that doing this ensures our customers enjoy a number of benefits.

Swim spas offer versatility

The best swim spas have many more uses than just one, from resistance workouts to post-exercise massage and as a place for fun activities with the family. So, whether you’re looking for an efficient way to exercise or you have blissful relaxation in mind, the right model will give you opportunities to enjoy both.

Energy efficiency

Investment in a swim spa doesn’t stop with the cost of buying your own pool for your home. The way that the swim spa consumes energy will have a big impact on how much it costs to enjoy this at-home luxury on an ongoing basis. Hydropool swim spas have a significant advantage over competitors when it comes to energy efficiency – the insulated design means the swim spa can reuse its own waste heat and its system is more efficient. For example, whereas some swim spa models take 6-8 hours to filter all the water, Hydropool swim spas take just 40 minutes.

Speed and resistance swim spa options

Those using a swim spa to meet fitness goals will find the Hydropool speed and resistance options incredibly useful. Aquaflex technology means that two wide stream jets release water at the same time – other models require each jet to be individually adjusted and this can create turbulence. The range of speed and resistance options is incredibly broad, whether you’re looking to teach your children how to swim or training yourself to compete.

Cleaning and maintenance

The process of cleaning is one of the less glamorous aspects of owning a swim spa. However, it’s necessary both to ensure a long life for the spa and also to make sure it’s clean and hygienic. The self-cleaning technology in Hydropool swim spas makes this process simple and fast, using up minimal energy, both yours and the energy that powers your home. There is no need to skim or vacuum when you have this type of swim spa and because Hydropool swim spas push water and debris, as opposed to pulling it, filtration is much faster.

Exceptionally designed swim spas

Many of the benefits of owning Hydropool swim spas come from the exceptional design that contributes to everything, from performance to energy efficiency. The shell has been designed to eliminate splash back, for example, while cutting edge insulation makes these models cheaper to run. Advanced pump design ensures the smoothest possible swim and a high quality jet system keeps turbulence to a minimum and creates the perfect conditions for enjoyable swimming.

If you’d like to find out more about why we choose Hydropool swim spas – and why you should too – contact a member of The Hot Tub and Swim Spa Company’s team today.

The swim spa is a relatively new option in the home pool market but its popularity is starting to peak. Compact, convenient and often offering a better workout than swimming in a full sized pool, the swim spa has lots of plus points for many people, from cost effectiveness through to being a luxury feature. So, what is a swim spa and why is it becoming such a popular choice?

What is a swim spa?

This type of pool was originally created for fitness. The most fundamental part of its design is the current mechanism that creates resistance against which to swim and offers the ideal way to get a customisable workout without leaving home. Swim spas vary in size and dimensions but most are around 12-19 feet long and 7-9 feet wide – this puts them somewhere in between the swimming pool and the hot tub in terms of size. When it comes to construction, a swim spa is much more like a hot tub in the interior, as it has hot tub style jets that are fitted into an acrylic shell. Water pumps and an electric heater complete the swim spa design.

Why are swim spas becoming so popular?

Swim spas are a better option for swimmers

With a traditional pool, a swimmer has to turn at the end of each length and this is often an uncomfortable moment that can slow down an exercise session. With a swim spa, there is a continuous current to swim against that doesn’t require any stops or turns.

Swim spas are a versatile choice for any space

The main issue for many people when it comes to somewhere to swim at home is often space. Few have room for a full sized swimming pool, especially one that will enable some serious training. Swim spas are much more compact and much smaller, meaning that they can be positioned just about anywhere – and are available as above ground or in-ground too.

Maintenance for swim spas is simpler and cheaper

The cleaning and maintenance on a home swim spa can be completed in a mater of minutes whereas a pool could take hours and may require a professional to do it. For those with busy lifestyles, the swim spa is by far the better choice.

Swim spas are more cost effective

Given their smaller dimensions and the insulated design of the swim spa they tend to be cost effective to run. Most operate at a fraction of the cost of a full sized swimming pool. They also tend to be more energy efficient, as the insulation in the shell is designed to trap the heat generated by the pumps and heater.

Your swim spa is a year-round asset

Whereas swimming pools are often out of action during the winter months, the swim spa is not. As the swim spa is so much smaller and easier to heat it can be used all year round, even when there is snow on the ground.

If you’d like to find the perfect swim spa for your home there are many models to choose from – contact The Hot Tub and Swim Spa Company today on 0208 300 4003 and we can help you to find the right one for you.

We are all accustomed to the idea of a swim spa or hot tub as a luxurious indulgence and a way to relax and unwind at home. However, that’s not the only way in which a swim spa can add something to your lifestyle. If you’re keen to get fit then a swim spa at home could help you to improve fitness levels, as well as overall health and wellbeing.

Jets and currents

The jets in the swim spa can be used to create a current that is ideal for helping to improve fitness. Set the strength of the current to one that suits how hard you want to train that day, from a relaxed pace, to a current that really makes you work. You can swim against the jets or – for something different or if you prefer to be upright – you can also opt to walk against the current to get a great workout.

Resistance training

Working out in the water provides resistance that will double the effectiveness of the exercise that you do. Thanks to this resistance you can see better results from your workout, achieving more with less effort because of the resistance of the water. Working out in a swim spa can not only make you fitter but also improve cardiovascular health too.

Low impact exercise

Working out is viewed as an essential way to get fitter but the reality is that it can take quite a toll on our bodies. Running or playing field sports, for example, can put a lot of pressure on joints and bones. When you’re working out in the water this isn’t the case. The buoyancy of the water provides a supported way to get much needed exercise, helping to improve fitness without any detrimental impact on the body. Across all demographics, working out in a swim spa is the best way to improve fitness levels without doing damage to the body as a result.

All the accessories

Many swim spas come with a range of accessories that you can use to work out in the water – and these are easy to purchase yourself if not. For example, you could use resistance bands or rowing equipment to find different ways to use the water to work out. Water weights are also very popular as they take much less of a toll on the body than lifting weights on dry land.

Getting more from your workout routines

For many people exercise can be a bit of a chore. You may be dreading going for that run or anticipating the discomfort of going to the gym. That’s often not the case when it comes to a water workout. A swim spa at home helps people to get fitter because it takes the dread out of the workout process. More comfortable workouts and a wider range of things to do make it much easier to get motivated.

To find the perfect swim spa to support your fitness journey, contact a member of our specialist team.

Swim spa or pool? This is often the question you’ll face if you’re looking for additional recreation or fitness amenities for your home or garden. Both can provide a fun space in which to play, as well as somewhere to cool off during the hotter months of the year. But which one is the right choice for you?

The pool

Bigger means better? Swimming pools have the advantage of being a larger size so if you have a big family and all are likely to want to use it at the same time, it might be the logical choice.

Pools may be more suited to children. Many of the benefits of a swim spa are focused on adult use, such as the opportunity to get fit and the use of the jets. So, if you’re looking for a watery space that’s specifically for the kids then the pool could be the one for you.

Maintenance and replacements. Pools are more common than swim spas so getting replacement parts tends to be cheaper and easier. You may also find that there is less maintenance to do as there are fewer moving parts when it comes to a pool.

The swim spa

Space efficiency. Swim spas require less room than a pool so if you’re short on space then the swim spa is obviously a better choice.

An intense workout. Despite the swim spa being smaller than the pool the workout you’ll get is no less intense – in fact it’s likely to be more so.  The water jets in the swim spa can be set to ensure much higher resistance so that you can do shorter workouts that achieve more.

Dual purpose. If you have a swim spa at home then you also have a hot tub – which is not something that can be said of a pool. So, on the days when you just want to chill out in a cloud of bubbles, just switch on the jets and sink back into the water and relax.

Easier installation. Swim spas tend to be much easier and quicker to install than a pool thanks to the positioning and design. This is particularly so if you’re looking to have a swim spa or pool indoors – indoor pool construction can cause huge disruption. Plus, a swim spa can be cheaper too – an above ground swim spa is always a cheaper option than a pool but still offers all of these great benefits.

Great for socialising. Swim spas are just that bit more glamorous than a pool and ideal for socialising, as they are a more compact space and can be made to bubble.

Warm all year round. If you’re keen to be outside all year round then the swim spa might be the better choice, as the temperature is consistent throughout the year.

If the idea of a swim spa is appealing we have a wide range of options suitable for virtually every home. Contact The Hot Tub and Swim Spa Company today on 0208 300 4003 to find out more.