Swimming is a popular sport for all ages and all levels, and one of those sports that more and more people enjoy these days, not just young people. Swimming is also a great way to stay fit, stay healthy and make friends. Swimming is a healthy activity that can last a lifetime. It is a low-impact and low-cost activity that has many physical and mental health benefits.

Why low impact and low cost?

Swimming is arguably the least expensive and most cost-effective of the many exercises that can have great results. All you need is a swimsuit and goggles, and if you want to swim better, you can add a swim cap, and swimming pools can be found everywhere, so as long as you are allowed in, you can swim. And the cost of swimwear + goggles + swim cap is very much cheaper than other sports professional sports equipment

Relaxation and stress reduction exercise

Swimming is a great recreational activity for people of all ages. Swimming provides you with a low-impact workout and is a great way to relax and de-stress. Common strokes are: breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and backstroke. Everyone basically starts with breaststroke and butterfly is relatively the hardest. When you learn to swim, you can let yourself float on the water to relax for a while

The benefits of swimming regularly

Can improve your mental health-Swimming gives your brain time to relax from the constant pace of life and the stresses of life. Regular exercise helps reduce anxiety and depression because it releases the "feel good" hormone

Improve sleep quality.The only thing that affects the quality of sleep in general, besides the physical state, is the irritability that comes with the high pressure of life. Steady swimming can lower stress levels, reduce anxiety and depression, and stop you from getting upset.

Weight loss.Swimming is the "nightmare" of obesity, it will effectively burn your calories quickly, when you swim normally for half an hour, you burn more calories than walking and running and other sports.

Reduce the risk of disease-Swimming is one of the best ways to get a cardiovascular workout, and swimming weekly can also help prevent other diseases such as heart disease and stroke.

Exercise physical coordination-Because swimming is a movement that requires coordination of all four limbs, it allows physical coordination, so one of the reasons many parents let their children swim from an early age is this

Promotes bone growth.Swimming will promote bone growth, regular swimming can make children grow taller.

Some tips on swimming

Warm up.It is well known that before starting any sport, it is necessary to do a good warm-up, and swimming is the same, so as to reduce the risk of injury

Tips-If you do not know how to swim or you are a beginner, it is advisable to find a coach to teach, and do not enter the deep water, even if you are tall enough can not. Beginners and do not know how to swim, before learning must only stay in the shallow water position, no matter how old you are. And if you have a coach, the posture and movement will be much more standard, so you will not be injured because of the wrong action

Do not overdo it.Swimming time of half an hour to an hour is the most ideal, when you exceed this time, you have to stop rest or end swimming.

Hydrate.Because swimming is also a very consuming exercise, so after exercise must be hydrated