Swimming is the best sport!

At the beginning of the year, many people aim to do more sports. It is one of the most common goals on the first day of January. However, about 80% of these targets fail by February.
It's never too late to start doing sports. Adapt your workouts to your exercise capacity and health issues in order to maintain your good habit in the long run. There is a sport that works all parts of your body, bringing a number of health benefits. It's about swimming.

Swimming is the sport that gives the movement of people moving through the water, usually without any assistance. The swimming procedures are: craul, bras, butterfly or back, but also certain derivatives of them, for example craul sliding, bras sliding.
The spread of swimming in the world is influenced by people's concerns, geographical conditions and climatic conditions. They were very good swimmers in the African tribes who lived on the shores of the lakes, and the Polynesians are the ones from whom the technique of swimming and the art of surfing come. In some peoples, such as the pre-Columbian American Indians, swimming was commonly known and practiced, even in religious ceremonies.

Sports, competitive, or performance swimming is a water sport that consists of covering certain distances in the shortest possible time in a sport swimming process, in specially designed swimming pools. The competitive activity is regulated and carried out under the tutelage of FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Performance swimming is practiced by both amateurs and professional athletes and is present at all editions of the Modern Olympic Games.

The Olympic pools are 50 m long, 21 m wide, the water depth must be at least 1.80 m. The Olympic swimming pool is the type of pool used at the Olympic Games. It is also called "long swimming pool". The "short" swimming pools, also called semi-Olympic pools, are 25 m long.
The 8 colors are installed on the longest side of the pool, with a width of 2.5 m between them. At a distance of 5 m from each end of the pool, the color of the floats must be white or red, distinct from the rest of the length. . Favorite middle lane (4) is marked in yellow. Sometimes 2 color, no. 4 and 5, are marked favorites, in yellow.


Although it is a common sport, which we have practiced since childhood, for pleasure, it has been scientifically proven that swimming is one of the most complex and effective workouts.
We all learned to swim, willingly or unwillingly, on sunny vacations, or on grandparent vacations, when swimming was one of the main summer fun activities.
I learned to swim with my grandparents, in a kind of pond that was right next to their house, and where we gathered several children of all ages, for fun.


2 hours of swimming a week relieves you of snoring and helps you breathe better during the day. Swimming can also be practiced by people who have asthmatic problems and cannot practice other sports. Moisture and good movements can help them breathe better.

Due to the fact that the human body is in the aquatic environment while swimming, the weight of the body feels different, as well as the external forces acting on it.
Therefore, the impact of swimming on the body is much smaller than in other sports, such as running.
The benefit of swimming compared to other sports is felt more strongly by people with an above average weight, whom swimming helps to control their weight.

Swimming is the sport most recommended by doctors for children. The explanations are simple: in addition to the benefits for physical and mental development, water is a safe environment for children and is the environment that gives them the greatest freedom of movement. This is because water supports the baby's weight, thus reducing any risk of injury.

The benefits of swimming can be enjoyed by anyone, even the elderly or pregnant women. Practically practiced, it will bring positive changes, both in the short and long term.