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✔ Improved muscle tone
✔ Development of flexibility and mobility of joints
✔ Improve cardiovascular performance
✔ Improving the performance of the respiratory system
✔ Improving the performance of the nervous system
✔ Improving the performance of the immune system
✔ Weight Control
✔ Fighting stress and improving brain activity
✔ Strengthening other workouts and quick recovery
✔ Swimming is a sport for everyone
Swimming is a sport, the benefit of which extends to almost all body systems, increasing the overall tone of the body and helping it to relax. Exercises in the water are as effective as exercises on land, and in some situations, even more effective. An additional plus is a feeling of less stress during water training.
The benefits of swimming in the pool, as a type of physical activity, can not be overestimated, since water is a natural simulator that helps to evenly distribute the load on the human body.
1. Improve muscle tone
In the water, there is a full study of all muscles, regardless of the chosen style of swimming, which helps to significantly improve muscle tone and make them stronger. Especially if you compare swimming with other aerobic loads, during which there is such an obstacle to the body as air, the density of which is low. The density of water is 12 times greater - accordingly, any movement requires more effort, and training is more effective.
During swimming, the tension and relaxation of different muscles alternate, this increases their efficiency and strength. Swimming requires the coordination of all moving muscles. At the same time during swimming, the body is supported by water so that there is no excessive strain on any group of muscles or joints.
2. Development of flexibility and mobility of joints
During the voyage our joints and ligaments are in constant work: making circular rotations by hands, we train the shoulder joints; Movements of the legs strengthen the pelvic. In addition, invaluable benefits come from swimming to the spine: during training, it stretches, the vertebrae get in place - which generally improves flexibility and mobility in general.
Swimming helps the joints remain flexible, especially in the neck, shoulders and hips. The index of total mobility in swimmer's joints is much higher than that of athletes of other specializations.
3. Cardiovascular system
Regularly swimming people increase the strength of the heart muscles, increases the cardiac output (blood volume ejected by the heart in one cycle of its activity), the number of heartbeats per minute decreases.
The aerobic load that we receive during the exercises in the pool, strengthens the heart and helps it to function smoothly: shrink and relax. Which, in turn, leads to an improvement in blood flow throughout the body.
Floating favorably affects the circulatory system, reducing blood pressure, thereby provoking a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Corrects heart rhythms and blood circulation, improving the elasticity of the heart muscle and blood vessels.
4. Respiratory system
Swimming improves the strength of the respiratory muscles and increases their tone, strengthens the ventilation of the lungs, increases the vital volume of the lungs.
The swimmer's breathing is coordinated with the movements of his limbs. One cycle of hand movements is usually performed for one breath and exhale. Since a lot of energy is wasted while swimming, the need for oxygen is growing. That's why the swimmer aspires to fully use every breath. More complete exhalation is promoted by water pressure on the chest, it also promotes the development of muscles that expand the chest.
As a result of swimming, the vital capacity of the lungs increases and the functional capabilities of the respiratory system increase, the number and elasticity of the alveoli increases.
As a result of systematic swimming exercises, the maximum oxygen consumption is also increasing. Swimmers set a record of 5 liters of oxygen per minute.
During swimming in the pool, even the most remote regions of the lungs participate in the breath, which prevents the occurrence of stagnant phenomena in them. The use of swimming in the swimming pool for human breathing manifests itself even at the everyday level: after a quick walk or climbing the stairs several floors in people regularly engaged in swimming, breathing does not go astray.
So, we sum up, than swimming is useful for the respiratory system:
• breathing muscles are trained: the strength of the respiratory muscles rises, their tone increases;
• the respiratory rhythm is improved, deeper and sparse breathing is produced;
• pulmonary ventilation is intensified, YEL increases, IPC increases;
• the number of alveoli increases and their elasticity increases;
• poorly functioning lung tissues are included in the work;
• increases the body's resistance to hypoxia.