Health Benefits of Swimming
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- Swimming is a good exercise. Swimming involves the use of almost all the muscles required for movement, without the weight of your body pounding you with each move like when you are walking or running.
- Water resistance is greater than air resistance, so that the muscles have to work harder.
- Regular swimming will build your muscle strength, endurance, and cardio-vascular fitness. The longer you swim, the more your endurance and speed will improve.
- Without overworking the heart, swimming improves the body’s use of oxygen and increases lung function.
- Swimming stimulates circulation.
- Swimming promotes proper breathing.
- Swimming helps to combat the aging process.
- Swimming burns calories at about 3 calories a mile per pound of bodyweight and improves one’s ability to control and maintain a healthy weight.
- Swimming is fantastic for toning the upper arms, shoulders and legs. The best strokes for whole body toning are the freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke.
- When you swim, cool water lower your body temperature, so that you don’t get hot and sticky as when you do other forms of exercise or sports.
- Swimming is more than a fun sport and a way to stay healthy.