Swimming will help you improve your endurance and build up your muscle tone, without any aggressive training.
It's also the perfect sport to calm your mind, wind down and just feel good!

... health and well-being

Swimming is a risk-free sport. It is often recommended as therapy, for example for sufferers of lower back pain and joint problems, following operations and for pregnant women. Swimming does not impact the joints and is the only sport which protects them: when submerged in a fluid, your body effectively weighs 80% less. Doing sport helps to relieve the stresses and strains of work and everyday worries.

... endurance and cardio training

Swimming is an endurance sport like running or cycling, and is particularly beneficial for your cardio-vascular and respiratory systems. Swimming is in fact recommended for asthmatics. Swimming regulates your breathing, and water pressure stimulates blood circulation.

... muscle building and calorie burning

Swimming gives all your muscles a workout and sculpts your figure. The natural resistance of water means movements are intensified, which helps to build muscle tone. Effort is distributed to the whole body: legs, buttocks, and also waist, shoulders, back and arms. One hour of swimming expends between 500 and 700 calories. In addition, water pressure stimulates your skin and directly combats cellulite.

Front crawl works on arm muscles, especially the shoulders, and also on the buttocks and calves when you use fins. This stroke is perfect for slimming and lengthening your figure.

This technique improves inner thigh tone and firms the bust (or pecs) and arm muscles. Breaststroke should be avoided if you have back problems (lower back or neck), and by pregnant women.

This stroke tones back muscles, abs and the chest, and also the buttocks through the leg kicks. Recommended by doctors, it's the perfect technique for pregnant women and people with lower back and spinal pain.

This is a very technical stroke, requiring coordination of your movements and breathing. Butterfly works on the whole upper body (abs, shoulders, trapezius, chest and arms), and can sculpt your figure; it builds up physical strength and suppleness.

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