Want to stay fit during the summer holidays? Go Lifeguard training near me and swimming! This is not only relaxing, it is also very good for your body and health. It’s the best workout for you for the following reasons.
SWIMMING AND LOSING WEIGHT
You can lose weight with swimming. Swimming is a cardio workout, and cardio burns fat. Depending on the intensity of your training, this is about 500 to 750 calories per hour. This is also quite a lot for a sport that relatively does not tire you out at all. The reason? While swimming you use many different muscle groups. This ensures high combustion.
SWIMMING AND FITNESS
Do you think swimming lengths does nothing for your fitness? Think again! During a few laps of breaststroke you ask a lot of your lungs. This increases your lung capacity and improves your condition. The health of your heart and blood vessels also improves. Because you breathe irregularly while swimming, your body learns to use oxygen more efficiently, as less of it is pumped through your body. The same applies to pumping blood around, which has a positive effect on blood flow throughout your body.
FULLBODY WORKOUT
Swimming is more than just fitness training. It’s anything but a little ‘floating’. Water is 800% more compact than air, so swimming falls under resistance training. Unlike, for example, cycling or running – with which you mainly train your legs – swimming is a real full-body workout. You develop and strengthen your shoulder and arm muscles, while at the same time you have to tighten your core to lie horizontally in the water. Your body is ‘carried’ by the water, so that you train all muscles in a balanced way and you have less chance of injuries.
SWIMMING AND RELAXATION
Swimming is ideal for people who experience a lot of stress in everyday life. After fifteen minutes in the water, your muscles relax. Your body produces endorphins, just like with other physical activities. This will make you feel happy and joyful. In addition, swimming is also good for reducing stress. The People’s Journal of Scientific Research claims that swimming is comparable to yoga in reducing anxiety over a 12-week period. Bad mood or a lot of stress? Take a dip!
HOW DO YOU GET EVERYTHING OUT OF IT?
Swimming is an extremely healthy sport. But how do you make the most of it? Very simple: make sure you do it with some regularity. An hour of breaststroke every few weeks is not enough. Schedule one or two fixed appointments in your calendar and you can’t avoid it. Don’t feel like going alone? Meet up with a friend or join one of our lessons in our swimming pool (not in Almere).
