Swimming is Safer

Article about swimming.

Swimming is safer than walking or jogging as it adds no stress to the knees, ankles, legs and back. During swimming, your body is in a situation of near weightlessness, which helps you to be more relaxed and strengthens the muscles of the whole body. As an aerobic exercise, swimming ensures the well being of your heart and lungs, enhances your immune system, and helps decrease problems associated with cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, allergies, diabetes, and more. Swimming can also strengthen the flexibility of your joints.

Swimming is suitable for people of nearly all ages and abilities. The buoyancy in the water helps minimize the risk of injuries that may often happen in other exercises. Many people who find weight bearing activities difficult, such as pregnant women and people with arthritis or back pain, discover that swimming is an excellent workout alternative. Swimming is also a good choice for the elderly, as the low impact nature of water exercise helps them avoid potential injury. And the earlier babies are introduced to the water, the better swimmers they will be. Water provides them with familiar circumstances, similar to their mother’s womb and helps them adjust to the world outside their mothers’ body quickly. It has been shown that babies can float underwater almost immediately after birth, and it seems that they really enjoy the activity. The most attractive thing about swimming is that it is a wonderful recreational activity for individuals and families alike, whether in a swimming pool, a river, or the sea. Aquatic exercise is the favorite pastime of many children. It helps them to develop the habit of incorporating regular exercise in their early lives. Teaching your child how to swim is one of the most enjoyable experiences a parent can have. Swimming develops confidence and a positive self-image in young people. Research indicates that early swimmers perform better on tests measuring social, academic, motor skills, and personality development.

Swimming is an ideal form of exercise for almost all people. Whether your goal is fun, relaxation or health, swimming will help you to achieve it. When Healthy Living returns, we will talk more about the health benefits of swimming. Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television.

Today we are exploring the benefits of swimming on our show. Swimming is a wonderful workout, which uses almost all the major muscle groups. It is a good sport for building muscle and increasing endurance. A major benefit of swimming is the improvement of the cardiovascular system. Regular swimming will improve the efficiency with which the body makes use of oxygen which in turn allows the heart to work less strenuously. Researchers found that when swimming in water, one’s heart rate decreases between 10 and 30 beats per minute because of the lower temperature and buoyancy of the water. While swimming, the heart pumps just as much blood as in other exercises, but more slowly.

Low water temperatures also stimulate blood circulation and metabolism. According to statistical analysis, most people’s hearts beat about 66-72 times per minute and pump about 60 ml of blood per heartbeat while the person is at rest. A long-term, regular swimmer at rest, however, has a heart rate of about 50 beats per minute, while each beat pumps about 90-120 ml of blood. Another major benefit of swimming is to enhance the functions of the respiratory system. Our body’s metabolism cannot function properly without a sufficient oxygen supply. When we are under water, the weight of the water exerts pressure on the chest and abdomen. This makes it somewhat difficult to breath. Studies indicate that the weight of water on the chest while swimming is equivalent to12-15 kg of pressure. In order to obtain enough oxygen, the respiratory muscles must exert themselves more than usual. In this way the respiratory system gains significant strength from regular swimming. Research shows that the lung capacity of people who swim regularly may reach 5000-6000 ml, while normal people only have 3000-4000ml. In the process of swimming, the stimulation of cool water leads to the constriction of the blood vessels in the skin. As the body increases the metabolism and creates more heat in order to guarantee sufficient normal body temperature, the blood supply to the skin blood vessels is improved. This is believed to make your skin healthier. Nowadays, swimming is regarded as a perfect way to build your body shape. It tones all the muscles of the body and ensures that almost all muscle groups get proper exercise. Swimming burns energy at a rate of about 500-650 calories per hour. According to research on swimming and calorie expenditure, speed swimming burns only slightly less calories than running or biking. So, by swimming for fitness one can achieve nearly the same beneficial effects that are offered by other exercises, without the bodily strain.

Swimming is a life-long activity that not only builds the body, but also has therapeutic physical and psychological effects. It can even help our best friends, the dogs. Stay tuned to Supreme Master Television to find out how.

Nowadays swimming is widely accepted as a great way to recover from injuries. The buoyancy of water allows the joints to be worked under far less pressure than they would be on land. With proper guidance, swimming can be part of an effective physical therapy program to deal with muscle and joint problems, such as arthritis and pack pain. Again, the water’s buoyancy makes it easy for muscles and joints to move in a wide range of motion, which can help your body to gradually and gently rehabilitate muscles and joints that have stiffened or atrophied. In many cases, swimming can be very effective in alleviating or even eliminating back pain. Back pain is a common problem affecting athletes and swimming is a great way to help them keep active. Many mammals take obvious delight in swimming, notably our good friend, the dog. The benefits of swimming for dogs are numerous and are almost the same as for humans.