Consider swimming if you are looking for a sport that aids cardiovascular fitness, increases overall muscle strength, and causes few injuries.…
Competitive swimming requires an intense level of dedication. You have to force yourself to get out of your warm bed at 5:30 in the morning to put on a still-slightly-damp swimsuit and stand in 40 degree weather waiting for practice to start. You have to put up with limited lane space, jerks of lifeguards, and irritating swimmers who think they’re faster than you. So, in essence, you have to be hands-down devoted to it to stick with it.…
Physical activity is important as it has been proven that it increases life expectancy and decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Physical activity has benefits for physical, psychological and social. Inactive children are likely to become inactive adults. Physical activity helps with;…
Water resistance is about 800 times larger than air resistance, so swimming is like working out with small sandbags. A one-hour swim burns about 500 to 700 calories, which almost equals the calories burnt by walking 7 miles. Besides, when swimming, swimmers use every single muscle to go forward. The four main strokes of swimming (freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly) all have obvious effects on weight loss. However, freestyle and backstroke rely more on arms, while breaststroke and butterfly use more muscles on the waist. Girls can customize their workout plan according to their individual requirements. In a word, swimming is a good sport for girls to shape their…
The world around us is always changing. The generation gap is ever widening as new developments emerge, but health is one concern that affects any age group all the time. A decent diet and exercise regime is essential for everybody to maintain a healthy lifestyle. You can start neither too soon nor too late as young and old alike benefit equally. The question is what exercise is better and more effective in conditioning the entire body and not just one specific area. The answer is a common debate among athletes and doctors alike, is swimming or running a better work out. We will take a more in-depth look into exercise fun, fitness, and injury risks; you will then be able to…
Walking, to me, is the best possible exercise there is. Because it is low impact, almost anyone can partake in this “sport”, and the health benefits that are linked with walking are phenomenal. I aim to walk at least an hour each day. I also wear a pedometer daily. I put it on as soon as I wake up in the morning and don’t remove until I go to bed at night.…
Can you believe that some people think swimming isn’t a sport? Swimming has been around for centuries, but most people just do it for fun. Luckily people learn how to swim because it is a skill that is almost required in life and parents want them to be safe, but other people learn for different reasons. Some learn it because it is something you can do your entire life. Amazingly others do it because it is the sport they dream about and want to doing. Swimming is a difficult sport because we practice daily, compete fiercely, and have the most decorated olympian.…
Some may not realize that walking is a weight-bearing exercise that is also very affordable, the only thing you is a good pair of tennis shoes. A person can walk almost anywhere, whether it is taking a walk outdoors, around the neighborhood, on a treadmill indoors, or even walking around the mall. On an average, every minute a person walks extends their life by one and a half to two minutes. A much better aerobic exercise that a person can fit into their exercise routine is swimming. Swimming doesn’t stress a person’s joints, according to the CDC; it is also the second most popular activity in the United States.…
The breaststroke is the oldest known swimming stroke and is one of four strokes used in competitive swimming. This stroke is also very popular in leisure swimming because the head can be held up, making vision and breathing easy and because the swimmer can rest between strokes if needed. Swimmers can also use the breaststroke in survival swimming and in lifesaving situations. Since the breaststroke has many uses and is easy to learn, it is one of the best strokes to teach a beginning swimmer.…
Exercise is a good way to keep your body moving. There are many different types of exercises that work out many parts of the body such as push-ups, which works out your arms, and sit-ups, which works out your abdomen. Exercise is very good for working out the heart.…
swimming, jogging, and even jumping rope can be referred to as a “cardio workout” and…
Regular exercise is essential for good health. It tones the muscles, strengthens the bones and makes the heart and lungs work better. Exercise also helps to relieve stress. The most beneficial type of exercise is aerobics. Aerobic exercises, in the form of jogging, cycling and lap swimming, strengthens the heart. It is important to choose a form of exercise that we enjoy. It could be dancing or just walking. As long as we do it regularly, we will be fit. People who are fit enjoy life more because they can join in any kind of activity.…
Swimming was a part of my life even before it even began. My dad had worked as the local high school's swim coach for many years before I was born, not to mention that his dad (my grandpa) has also served as a swim coach before his retirement. Needless to say, I foreseeably grew up both in and around the pool. I learned to embrace the constant smell of chlorine, scream as loudly as the surrounding crowd during especially intense races, and tame the inevitable frizziness of my dry hair as naturally as I learned to breathe. Swimming, one might declare, was as much a part of me as my own blood from the get-go.…
There are various forms of physical exercise.Some of them are walking, running, swimming, rowing, riding, gymnastics, wrestling, jumping, cycling, boxing, yoga, etc.Games such as football,tennise,volley-ball,cricket,hockey,pole vault,water polo,basketball ha-du-du,etc are all forms of healthy exrecice.…
There’s no ground impact when you swim, and so you protect the joints from stress and strain. In fact, the Arthritis Foundation strongly recommends swimming and water activities for this reason, so much so that they sponsor water classes all over the country. Water aerobics classes are also desirable for this reason, because even if you do jump and hit the bottom of the pool, you do so with less force because you’re buoyant in the water. Not only that, but if you wear or hold a flotation devise during a water aerobics class, the impact is even less.…