Low Impact Exercise

One benefit of swimming:

Low-impact exercise

When you swim, your body is supported by the water. The water has a much greater density than air, and this limits the speed at which you can move in the water. These factors make swimming one of the best low-impact exercises than can even be practiced when other forms of exercise aren't possible:

• it can be practiced safely by elderly people
• swimming can be practiced during the pregnancy
• it can be practiced as an alternative exercise for injured athletes
• it can be practiced by overweight people

As the water resistance increases with speed, every swimmer can easily dose the intensity at which he wants to work out.

Dry-land alternative