10: The Ability to Do More with Less Swimming offers something no other aerobic exercise does: the ability to work your body without harsh impact to your skeletal system. When the human body is submerged in water‚ it automatically becomes lighter. When immersed to the waist‚ your body bears just 50 percent of its weight; dunk yourself to the chest and that number reduces to around 25 to 35 percent; with water all the way to the neck‚ you only have to bear 10 percent of your own weight. The other
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Gina Beach Evolution of Swimming Swimming was practiced by civilizations going back to the Egyptians. As long as there was a practice venue such as a river‚ stream‚ or pond‚ swimming is available to anyone willing to try (Clearly 52). Swimming has existed since the dawn of time for exercise and pleasure. Swimming has evolved into a popular fitness activity as well as a major competitive Olympic Sport‚ but what is some of the history behind this legendary sport? Swimming has been recorded since
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Emily Chuang Mechanics of Swimming The crawl‚ also known as freestyle‚ is often regarded as the fastest swimming style. The legs perform a fluttering movement called the flutter kick to propel the body from behind while the elbows take turns moving in a semicircle movement in the swimming direction. One arm relaxes while the other is driven forward. The head is to be kept down in the water when not breathing. To breathe‚ the head turns sideways out of the water and air is to be taken in by the mouth
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Sylvia Sarisly. I love swimming. April 1‚ 2009 Finally the warm days are here! Waiting for them meant an eternity for me‚ because I love swimming‚ but I don’t like to swim in the cold weather‚ and finding a pool‚ big enough for lap swimming‚ that is really WARM – 80 degrees at least- is very hard to find. Here in California‚ just few pools have warm (more then 80 degrees) water‚ and needles to say‚ the beach is a fridge-cold water place for me. I go to enjoy the sun‚ but nothing like the
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History of swimming One of the most unique characteristics of humans amongst most animals is our ability to adapt to our environment. And because of this ability‚ our species were able to survive since the beginning through the ice age and although out the internet age. And since time immemorial‚ we have known that humans already acquired the ability to swim. Although humans were not designed to move in the water‚ yet somehow we found ways for us to move ourselves from point A to point B in water
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Swimming Rejuvenating‚ the body mind and spirit…. Fitness development The fitness development of swimming can be classified into1 group and 2 sub-sections: Performing swimming regularly can help one in building cardio which is important for both weight loss and good cardiovascular health. When the workout is increased gradually by swimming strokes in the water‚ the heart rate and muscle activity is improved. This increases blood flow to your muscles‚ which results in more nutrients being delivered
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benefits of swimming. 1. Cardiovascular fitness. First of all‚ swimming can develop someone’s general strength‚ cardiovascular fitness and endurance. This is because swimming used practically all the muscles in the body. It involves your entire body in the movement – Every bit of you is working to get you forward in the water‚ from the soles of your feet to your arms and shoulders. This is a total body workout. The cardiovascular system in particular benefits because swimming improves your
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SWIMMING IN THE PHILIPPINES The Filipinos needed motivation to appreciate swimming as a competitive sport. This is due to the fact that their ancestors were sea-faring people owing to the more than 7‚100 islands which compose this country. The American military men introduced swimming as a comparative sport in the country. Through the pioneering efforts of YMCA leaders working among the American Military forces‚ the rudiments of
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The Challenges of Swimming Most everyone has been swimming at least once in their life‚ but competitive swimming is more than just floating in water. Competitive swimming‚ from the inception in 1896‚ has greatly evolved to the sport it is today. It includes four strokes which are; Front stroke‚ Back stroke‚ Breast stroke‚ and Butterfly. Swimming is one of the hardest sports in the world because of the mental and physical attributions. On the mental side of swimming‚ there are many factors
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HISTORY OF SWIMMING Competitive swimming in Britain started around 1830‚ mostly using breaststroke. Swimming was part of the first modernOlympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908‚ the world swimming association‚ Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)‚ was formed. Ancient times 10‚000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in southwestern Egypt. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or dog paddle‚ although it is also possible that the
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