“A healthy mind in a healthy body” is what the ancients used to say. For your body to be healthy, it needs sports training. Probably no one will argue with this.

“He can neither read nor swim” – so in Ancient Greece they could say about a person who was unworthy to be called a citizen. As you can see, even in those distant times, civilized people were well aware of the importance and usefulness of swimming.

The benefits of swimming in the pool as a type of physical activity can hardly be overestimated: swimming in the pool can seriously improve your health, restore the body after various physical and psychological injuries, and also reduce / maintain weight. The benefits of swimming in the pool are manifested in its beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. For those who are constantly engaged in swimming, there is a decrease in heart rate to 60 beats per minute or less. Accordingly, the heart muscle in such people works much more powerfully and economically than in others. While swimming in the pool, even the most distant parts of the lungs are involved in breathing, which prevents the occurrence of stagnation in them. The benefits of swimming in a pool for human breathing are manifested even at the household level: after a quick walk or climbing stairs for several floors, people who regularly go in for swimming do not lose their breath.

When swimming in the pool, you lose a lot of calories (at distances of 100 – 1500 m, the calorie consumption is from 100 to 500 kcal) – hence the benefits of swimming in the pool for weight loss / maintenance. Such a powerful burning of calories in the body occurs for several reasons: firstly, the density of water is approximately 775 times higher than the density of air, respectively, performing the simplest movements in water is associated with serious energy costs, and secondly, when swimming, breathing becomes deeper and more rapid – as a result, your whole body is more saturated with oxygen (aerobic exercise), and thirdly, in water, the human body emits 50-80% more heat, respectively, in order to restore such losses, the metabolism in the body is significantly accelerated.

The undoubted benefit of swimming in the pool is that it is a very gentle form of physical activity. When swimming, the risk of any injury is minimal. Therefore, swimming is often recommended as a restorative therapy for people with injuries of muscles, joints, etc. When swimming, the body is almost constantly in a horizontal position – this contributes to the rapid achievement of a state of relaxation. Among other things, do not forget that there is another, absolutely applied, but no less important aspect of the benefits of swimming in the pool – the development of swimming skills. It is known that in Russia many more people drown every year than die in the most serious local conflicts. By swimming in the pool, you will be able to feel more confident in the summer on the river or at the sea, and you will also be able to help your loved ones in case of emergency.