What are the benefits of swimming?

As soon as summer comes, you will see swimming pools crowded with people. People of all ages flock to the swimming pools to enjoy the cleansing effect that swimming brings to their bodies. After swimming, the whole body feels very relaxed, which makes people feel happy involuntarily, and the benefits to our body are beyond doubt. So what are the benefits of swimming regularly? Regarding this issue, I would like to invite my friends to join me in today's discussion.

The benefits of swimming

Swimming is a sport that mainly involves relying on our own body to float on the water and using the movements of our own limbs and torso to move forward in the water.

Swimming can be divided into competitive swimming and practical swimming. Competitive swimming is the second largest event in the Olympic Games. It includes four swimming styles: butterfly stroke, backstroke (also known as backstroke), breaststroke and freestyle (also known as crawl/freestyle), as well as synchronized swimming.

Swimming exercises can improve muscle mass

As people age, they tend to lose muscle tissue gradually. Studies have shown that the older you are, the faster you lose muscle tissue. The loss of muscle tissue, on the one hand, leads to a decrease in muscle strength, and on the other hand, it leads to a decrease in the body's metabolic rate, a slowdown in energy consumption, and an increase in the proportion of fat. Swimming is a sport that involves the whole body. Compared with other sports, it can mobilize more muscles to participate in metabolic energy supply. Although swimming cannot shape thick and strong muscles, it can improve muscle strength and coordination, especially the trunk, shoulder girdle and upper limb muscles. Swimming in water requires overcoming greater resistance. Long-term swimming training can improve muscle strength, speed, endurance and joint flexibility. Swimming can achieve the same effect as resistance training in slowing down muscle tissue loss.

Swimming exercises can keep joints healthy

As we age, the cartilage in our bones and joints will slowly undergo degenerative changes. In severe cases, it will slowly develop into osteoarthritis, which is most common among the elderly.

When arthritis patients swim in the water, the water will produce a kind of mechanical stress on the human joints, which has a good massage effect and relaxes the stiff joints. When swimming, the joints do not have to exert force continuously as usual, and the impact force on the joints during exercise is much smaller than that of land sports. Therefore, each joint can relax and rest, which helps to reduce inflammation and restore function.

I believe that through the discussion of the above text, friends have a clearer answer to the various benefits of regular swimming. In fact, swimming, as an aerobic exercise in our lives, can not only strengthen the body, but also lose weight. It is also suitable for people of all ages. It can also allow friends to learn an extra escape skill and add another safety shackle to our lives.