Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one’s entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools . Competitive swimming is one of the most popular sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.
Health benefits of swimming
Swimming is a great workout because you need to move your whole body against the resistance of the water.
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.