What kind of sport is swimming?

Looking at the beauties in swimsuits on the beach, do men swim because they want to have a romantic encounter? Women also want to wear beautiful swimsuits and get envious glances in the swimming pool. For various reasons, swimming is becoming more and more popular among people. This exercise can not only help us lose weight directly, but also help us strengthen our body. It’s an excellent sport.

Swimming is a form of exercise suitable for men, women, young and old. Swimming not only combines water bathing, air bathing and sun bathing, but also has its special and irreplaceable benefits. Therefore, it is highly favored by people. What benefits does it have on the human body?

1. When swimming, the water constantly slaps and massages the human skin, which can promote blood circulation.

2. Water creates a kind of pressure on the chest cavity, and the respiratory muscles must overcome this pressure to maintain normal breathing. Doing this frequently can increase the function of the respiratory muscles and increase lung capacity.

3. Swimming is a parallel exercise, which not only improves the heart's blood supply to the whole body, especially the brain, and improves blood circulation in tissues. Moreover, because the body is in a horizontal state, the entire spinal joint is in a completely relaxed state. All spinal nerves passing through the intervertebral foramen, including the autonomic nerves that control the internal organs, are also relaxed to the maximum extent, making their blood circulation smoother, nutrition more adequate, and promoting the functional adjustment of internal organs.

4. When swimming, all the joints of the body do not bear any gravity, and the joints of the body are in a relaxed state. It can still be done even for the elderly with joint diseases. Especially for some chronic lumbar diseases, it can also relieve nerve compression and alleviate pain.

5. The water temperature for swimming is lower than body temperature. The stimulation of cold water on the skin can enhance the body's ability to adapt to changes in temperature. Therefore, people who swim frequently are less likely to catch colds or suffer from respiratory infections.

The editor recommends that you do warm-up exercises before swimming. Because warm-up exercises are an essential and necessary task to help us relax our muscles and bones so that all muscles can enter the best condition. If this work is done well, it can greatly reduce the incidence of cramps and dizziness in the water, and ensure our own safety to a certain extent.