Swimming as a way of staying fit?!


Question: I weigh 98LBs, 5'3 and am 16.
How effective will swimming be as a way to stay fit?
and how often will I have to swim for?


Answers: I weigh 98LBs, 5'3 and am 16.
How effective will swimming be as a way to stay fit?
and how often will I have to swim for?

A swimming workout can be a new and refreshing way to get or stay in shape. It can be an awesome full body aerobic sport that tones muscles, improves strength and flexibility, increases circulation, controls weight and enhances body contours.

Swimming workouts provide a low impact activity that can easily be tailored to match your abilities. These workouts can also be a good way to gain cardiovascular stamina.

The secret to a good swimming exercise program is to work with the water.

To accomplish this, you need to swim using your abs, hips and shoulders to propel yourself through the water.

To understand why water exercise works so well, you need to understand water's unique properties. In water, your body has almost no gravity. You're relieved of 90% of your body weight so you become buoyant.

You can float, bob and relax without feeling like you're putting out any effort. Yet water provides 12 to 14 percent more resistance than air, so moving through it is like having weights around you.

Swimming laps is good exercise in a swimming pool. Try different strokes to vary the muscles you work to keep your workout balanced.

Going vertical or upright is another very effective exercise in water. These types of water workouts include water walking, jogging, water aerobics, water toning, water therapy, water yoga and water flexibility training.

You can strengthen your muscles with these vertical water workouts because you experience 75% greater resistance than swimming horizontally. This vertical position maximizes the resistance of water against your movements.

If you are using swimming to stay fit you should workout for 30 minutes in the pool a minimum of 3 days a week.

swimming is really good. it works your entire body. i no a lt of swimmers who are on teams, and there in great shape

Swimminng is an amazing workout and very low impact on your body, I'd say try to swim atleast for 30 minutes

swimming is a GREAT way to stay fit. It works all the muscles of your body. If you swam, like, 3 times a week it would keep you in good shape

Its a great way to keep fit!
Just swim a few laps everyday, and add more laps as each day goes by.

I love to swim but it doesn't seem to tone muscles real well, I think it is an aerobic exercise good for the heart, but overall you need more than swimming to stay fit. I have swam laps for years, and although it helps with weight loss it didn't make me look toned, like I worked out. What a bummer cause I love it!

And if you want a really great body, take up diving. Check out the divers on Utube or other video.

Swimming is excellent as part of any ones exercise program.
It's also beneficial because of the very low impact on your bones
and joints where as running has an extremely high impact on your whole body in general.It's also a good cardio workout.





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