Swimming as an exercise is popular as an all-around body developer and is particularly useful in therapy and as exercise for physically handicapped persons.
Swimming is a great total body workout! When you swim, you engage almost every major muscle group, including your arms, legs and core.
If you need a low impact form of exercise, swimming is for you! Swimming increases your heart rate without putting excess stress on your joints.
Hitting the pool regularly builds strength, tones muscle, enhances fitness, and increases your metabolism.
Swimming can be one of the most challenging workouts (if you want it to be) and as a result, you can burn a massive amount of calories, which is ideal if weight loss is your focus. An elite swimmer can burn up to 1,000 calories per hour in the pool. More likely, you’ll burn anywhere from 300-500 calories per hour of swimming depending on your gender, body weight, and swimming intensity. Swimming also exercises your lungs and helps to keep you fit. One of the important parts of Learning how to swim is it will provide you with the ability to survive in water. You never know when there is a time where you will be around water, and swimming will end up saving your life. If you plan on going on a cruise, you need to know how to swim to prevent yourself from drowning.