Tuesday, 27 May 2014

HEALTH BENEFITS OF SWIMMING

Regular swimming can change the life of many people, especially the adults with deteriorating health by providing them with a lot of health benefits. With regular swimming the people may start to feel and look younger.

DOING MORE WITH LESS EFFORT
Out of all the exercise. that people do swimming is the only exercise. that helps you get fit without any harsh impact on your body. it is the only exercise. in which you don't have to bear your whole body weight.the body weight you gave to bear depends upon the parts of body up to which your body is submerged in water.If 50% of your body is submerged in water then you have to bear only 50% of your body weight,if 70% of you body is submerged in water then you have to bear only 30% of your body weight and the rest is for the pool to handle.

This quality of swimming is a blessing for all those patients of arthritis who are prescribed different workouts to help ease their pain but performing those workouts only increases their trauma especially in the beginning.water workouts done during swimming help ease the muscle pains and sore joints. A few laps in a pool can save arthritis from doing three different types of workouts such as stretch workout,strengthening workouts and aerobics.

A BLESSING FOR MUSCLE TONE AND STRENGTH.
A beautifully toned body always attracts the attention of people.Every fish one can see has a beautifully toned and proportionate body,this shows how the God has gifted this creature with such a beauty the main reason for this is swimming ,if human follow this type of exercise routine he can have tremendous zwemschool amsterdam muscle strength and tone.it is a common knowledge that resistance exercise. are best to tone up your muscles and strengthen them. Water is many a times more resistant then air. In swimming every stroke and kick becomes an exercise.

MORE FLEXIBILITY
unlike many other exercise machines that are used in a gym ,swimming puts the whole body in a wide range of motion ,increasing the flexibility of ligaments and fitness of joints.swimming helps you stretch your body from head to toe.
AN EFFICIENT HEART.
The heart is also a muscular organ that is affected a great deal with swimming,it helps strengthen the heart.swimming helps improve the pumping ability of the heart which in result supplies better blood to the body.studies show that half an hour swimming daily can reduce the risk of heart disease in women by upto 40%..

DIFFERENT SWIMMING TECHNIQUES

Alike all other sports, swimming also has different steps and techniques. A good swimmer is the one who is an expert in every technique of the game. Swimming becomes the overall body workout when a combination of different swimming strokes are performed together. Different swimming strokes have different effect on different body parts. There are different types of swimming stroke let`s have a bird’s eye view on some of them.

FREESTYLE OR FRONT CRAWL.
This is the type of stroke that is very common and is mostly used in swimming competitions. Using this stroke you can swim very fast, during this your whole body is stretched. This is a good all round exercise, but very difficult for those who have weak arm muscles. Once you build a stable speed it feels great to swim through water.

BREASTSTROKE
According to some people it is the hardest to perform stroke, but some people say that this concept is totally wrong, for them the breaststroke is very relaxing and easy to do as you can control your speed and use it as a workout. When you lack stamina during a competition, it is the best stroke to keep going at a low pace. it tones your thighs and pectorals, it assists increase your endurance. The negative point of this stroke is that it can aggravate the pains that persist due to backbone or knee injuries. You should not try this stroke unless your doctor gives you a green signal.

BACKSTROKE OR BACK CRAWL
This stroke is used to stretch your back and shoulder muscles that in result, improves your posture. This stroke is good for the people who want to breathe regularly during swimming. While doing this stroke always remember to look at the ceiling for the markers that indicate your position in the pool. Slow down your speed when you reach near the end to avoid head injury as it is really painful if your head bangs with the pool edge,

SIDESTROKE
This stroke is not very zwemschool amsterdam exacting, and is used as a rescue stroke, as it is usually used to rescue a drowning or injured person.

BUTTERFLY STROKE
Butterfly stroke is very hard to learn and exhausting to maintain.

DOG PADDLE
Dog Paddle is very easy to learn and simple stroke. it is so simple that you get bored in almost no time. It is usually used for a change in the regular swimming routine.

KICKBOARD LAPS

Kickboard laps are very good to help you become experts in your kick strokes. They can be used as a break between the difficult and speedy laps done without kickboard. They are a great way to start fitness swimming

Amazing Benefits of Swimming

Psychologically, people want to depend too much on medicine and discard the natural way to remain healthy. Swimming has lot of benefits to the people, if it can maintain properly. Most of the foreign people in developed nations remain healthy as they are going for regular swimming. Some of the benefits of swimming illustrated below:-

Burns calories- Swimming helps to burn calories approximately from 500- 650 per hour. The capacity of burning calories will depend on the efficiency of swimming.

Low impact- While swimming, there is no impact on the ground. There one can be free from strain and stress in the joint. There is no way that people will get injured while swimming.

Practice through lifetime- Swimming can practice throughout the lifetime.  Swimming is very helpful for a person to remain healthy and fitness. There is no age limit for swimming. In a developing country, swimming is not too much prevalent as United States and other developed countries. It is found in a survey, in the United States that the age of people between 100 to 104 years are swimming on a regular basis. There is another evident that another person age 93 swam in the pool and maintained a good fitness. He died in the year 2011.

Builds muscles- Swimming help to build muscles mass. According to a study found out that, there is a possibility of increasing 23.8% triceps muscle of men while swimming.

Relief from summer heat- Swimming helps to refresh you and give signs of relief from the summer heat. There is no alternative best way to get the relief from the summer heat. Through swimming, one can get a proper relief from the summer heat. Swimming allows a person to move their body and gesture while swimming thus by doing this one can get relief from the heat in hot season.

An attention zwemschool amsterdam to injuries- Swimming is an alternative medicine to injuries. If an athlete gets injured in their limbs or other lower parts, then the doctor are told them to go for swimming on a regular basis to continue a fitness. Swimming helps the injured athlete to maintain fitly. Swimming allows the injured muscle to work harder so that they can resist and gradually gets accused.

Recreational activities- Swimming is very useful for recreational activities. If someone’s mood is not so good than if he/she swims then it will freshen up their whole day and all anxiety and stress will reduce.


Thus, we do not get the importance of swimming unless we apply in our life and feel practical. Therefore in order to maintain fitness and healthy body we should swim every day.