Patent ID: 8210954

Claim:
A system for providing exercise, comprising: a body of water; a monitoring system for assessing a participant's exercise status throughout the system over a plurality of exercise stations, wherein the monitoring system assesses, during use, one or more vital signs of a participant; a processing unit to process, during use, information relating to exercise by a participant; a participant identifier coupled, during use, to a participant, wherein the participant identifier is electronically coupled to the monitoring system, and wherein the participant identifier in combination with the monitoring system assesses, during use, a status of the participant in the system, wherein the status of the participant comprises at least one or more of the vital signs of the participant; at least two exercise stations at least partially in the body of water; and a display to receive, during use, information from the processing unit and display the information to the participant while the participant is proximate at least one of the exercise stations.