What are the warm-up exercises before swimming?

Swimming is a sport that everyone loves very much. It can not only enhance myocardial function, but also enhance immunity, and even help lose weight and beautify the body. However, many people only think about getting into the water quickly to swim before swimming, and do not care about the warm-up exercises before swimming. But the preparation before swimming is very important. So do you know what the warm-up exercises before swimming are? Let’s refer to today’s content together.

1. Clapping your hands and legs can unclog your blood vessels

Stand naturally with your feet, first use your right hand to pat the biceps, triceps and shoulder joint of your left arm 100 times each, and count your breaths, 1-10 for inhalation, 11-20 for exhalation. After patting the left shoulder joint, switch to patting the right arm with your left hand, using the same method as before. After patting the right shoulder joint, bend over and use both hands to pat the inner and outer sides of the left and right calves from top to bottom and from bottom to top 100 times each, while counting your breaths as before.

2. Rotate your arms to loosen your shoulder joints

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms stretched out to the left and right. Circle from front to back while counting your breaths: 1-10 for inhalation and 11-20 for exhalation, for a total of 180 circles.

3. Squat and bend over to train your waist and abdomen

Stand with your feet parallel to the shoulders, stretch your arms forward at chest level, squat and stand up, count your breaths, inhale when squatting, exhale when standing up, do this 50 times in total, then turn your arms and stretch them to the left and right, squat and stand up again, count your breaths, do this 50 times as before, when standing up, slightly tilt your upper body back to press your abdomen, tighten your belly, then bend your head and waist into a bow shape. Bend your waist downward like a chicken pecking at rice. When bending downward, stretch your arms downward with your fingertips as close to your feet or the ground as possible. At the same time, count your breaths, inhale downward and exhale upward, for a total of 100 times.

Also remember to wash your chest, limbs and face with water before going into the water to allow your body to adapt. Do not go into the water when you are sweating.

Today, the editor will show you the correct postures for the very important warm-up exercises before swimming. These methods are very simple, but very beneficial for swimming. I hope you can apply this knowledge in the future. Swimming is a very good sport. It not only brings us health, but also brings us happiness. However, we must swim healthily to prevent accidents.