Swimming and its health Benefits
admin on 01 4, 2010
You get a feeling of weightlessness when you’re swimming. It is because the human body is 90% water, its density is very similar to the density of water. There’s no doubt that swimming is a great form of exercise – it uses muscles throughout the body, and gives you a great cardio workout. It is low impact and works upper body, lower body, stomach, back etc. It can give you long and lean muscles, build up your endurance, lung capacity etc.
Benefits:
According to the U.S. Water Fitness Association (USWFA), swimming provides individuals with several physical, social and mental benefits. Some of them include improved strength and flexibility, enhanced muscular stamina and balance, a stronger heart, and better physique or figure. Apart from this, swimming also works as a fast and effective remedy for healing muscles.
Swimming helps maintain the blood pressure and cholesterol of a person, thus ensuring the well being of his/her heart.
Swimming enhances the flexibility of your joints and provides the scope for boosting your physical activity workout level. In other words, it helps a great deal in your weight loss program.
Swimming is extremely relaxing because it allows more oxygen to flow to your muscles and forces you to regulate your breathing. It’s also a great way to relieve stress.
Swimming can particularly be quite helpful for individuals who are obese, or individuals suffering from leg or lower back problems.
Swimming has been associated with relieving the joint pains, high blood pressure and discomfort that are often experienced during pregnancy.
There is a low risk for swimming injuries because there’s no stress on your bones, joints or connective tissues due to buoyancy and the fact that you weigh 1/10th less in water.
If you’re looking for a safe daily workout routine, swimming is ideal because you can rigorously work out with a reduced chance of swimming injuries.
It is found to have soothing effect on the mind as well as the body of a person, mainly by regulating breathing and stimulating circulation.
Research has proved that people who have a sedentary life seem to develop heart problems, joint problem and obesity when compared to those who swim regularly.
No matter your age, weight, skill level, or fitness level, swimming is an excellent choice for anyone including overweight people, people with disabilities , pregnant women and seniors.
