Swimming

What comes to mind when people say swimming? I personally start to think of the hot summer days in mid June and July, splashing in the pool, playing with your friends and family. Yet I find it amazing that many people don't know that when you are in the pool splashing, swimming, and playing around, that swimming is a great activity that helps tone your entire body. It is also an even better way to get in some aerobic and cardiovascular exercise.

It has been proven that when swimming your heart muscle strengthens which improves the delivery of oxygen to your muscles. Surprisingly, you would think that swimming is mostly a lower-body exercise buy technically swimming is mostly an upper-body exercise, which uses the small muscles of the arms more than the large muscles of the legs. Swimming does little for bone strengthening plus is not a weight bearing exercise, but those who are overweight, pregnant, older, or suffer from back pain or arthritis may enjoy swimming since exercising in the water is good for you. People who are recovering from an injury, stiff joints as well as asthma find it good to exercise in the water because the buoyancy of the water relieves weight on the joints. In other words, the water lessens your weight about one tenth (1/10) of what you weigh on land, saying that it makes it much easier to lift your arm and leg in the water, which makes it easier for people to breath, like I mention before people suffering with asthma.

According to weightlossforall.com swimming experience is different from person to person. Some can swim well and others can only just get by. "This can make a big difference because someone who can't swim well will expend more energy thus pushing the exercise towards the anaerobic end of the spectrum. A good swimmer will be able to sustain an effective rhythm to help fat burning." But it goes further on saying that, "For those who are good swimmers and can glide through the water