Health benefits of swimming
Swimming is a good all-round activity because it:
keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body
builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs
tones muscles and builds strength
provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.
Swimming has many other benefits including:
being a relaxing and peaceful form of exercise
improving coordination, balance and posture
providing good low-impact therapy for some injuries and conditions
providing a pleasant way to cool down on a hot day
being available in many places – you can swim in swimming pools, sea, lakes, dams and rivers. Make sure that the environment you choose to swim in is safe.