These four health benefits make swimming something you should be doing to get in shape or stay fit.
Swimming is one of the best forms of exercise you can do, but don’t just take our word for it. Here are four reasons why you should be getting in the water if you want to get in shape and stay fit.
The most common New Year’s resolutions include becoming healthier and exercising more, but about 80 percent of these goals fall through by February, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Swimming might be the best way for these goal-setters to stay on their targets.
“The enjoyment in activity is extremely important in terms of continuing to engage in those activities,” says Hirofumi Tanaka, a professor in the University of Texas’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education.
Tanaka points to a study of minimally to moderately obese young women done by Grant Gwinup and published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 1987. Participants reported that they enjoyed swimming much more than running and cycling.
Swimming is also the third-most popular exercise, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, meaning you’ll have someone to work out with. Continue reading from United States Masters Swimming
How to Swim to Get a Good Workout (Dummies)
Different Swimming Strokes and Their Benefits (All American Swim)
How to Swim: Instructions and Tips for Kids and Adults (Healthline)
How to be a Better Swimmer (Experience Life)
The History of Competitive Swimming (Live Strong)
Competitive Swimming (Westport Weston Family YMCA)
From Past to Present: The Evolution and History Of Olympic Swimming (Swimming World)
