What are the benefits of swimming every day?

Nowadays, people's living conditions are very good, so in some cities swimming pools are full every day. As life is better, people naturally pay more attention to their physical health. Swimming is not only good for your health, but also can relieve your stress. It is one of the best sports. Some people go swimming every day without missing a day, so what are the benefits of swimming every day?

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.

Swimming exercise is good for cardiovascular health

As an aerobic exercise in water, swimming has the most obvious effect of stimulating the heartbeat and is the best exercise for the myocardium. During swimming, the human skin is cooled in the water, the blood vessels contract, causing a large amount of peripheral blood to enter the heart and deep tissues of the human body, dilating the blood vessels of the internal organs. The flow of blood in the lumen causes a greater impact than usual, significantly improving the elasticity of the blood vessel walls. In addition, the continuous breathing process while swimming strengthens the strength of the respiratory muscles and improves the lung ventilation function. Swimming can also increase the level of lipase in the blood, accelerate the decomposition of cholesterol, and thus reduce the accumulation of deposits on the blood vessel walls, which is good for preventing or alleviating arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Swimming also has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

Although swimming is a very good fitness exercise, it is recommended to do a systematic check of the whole body before swimming, because swimming is a very physically demanding sport. Therefore, if you suffer from heart disease, liver disease or kidney disease, it is better not to swim. Be sure to warm up before swimming, otherwise you will easily get cramps after entering the water.