The most contemptuous thing that the ancient Greeks could say about a man is "he can neither read nor swim." Naturally, people with such ignorance in the square could not be called citizens and did not have the right to vote. Perhaps, this is the first argument in favor of swimming in the pool - to be able to swim.
While we continue to be afraid of sharks and lightning, although both of these phenomena can not compete with slaughter with the amount of drowned people, it seems that it is really time for us to learn to be in the water environment.
The use of the pool for the figure
We will not dissemble, really the majority of people dare to swim because of the benefits of the pool for weight loss. To have a beneficial effect on the body and the disastrous effect on fat cells was realized even more, we will voice what is happening to us in the water:
- When overcoming the distance to 1500 m, the calorie consumption is about 500 kcal.
- Water resistance is 75 times greater than air, which means that any action performed in this environment requires 75 times more effort than on land. In this regard, and starts the process of fat burning.
- Another benefit of the pool and swimming (after all, it is in the pool - it is not yet to swim) is that breathing is significantly accelerating, even those parts of the lungs that "rest" during ordinary life are involved. This is very good and useful, because the oxygenated blood still keeps metabolism for a long time at an accelerated rate.
- But, perhaps, the most decisive blow to excess weight is caused by heat transfer, increasing in water by 80%. A person inherent in such a thing as homeostasis - the desire of the body for consistency. This also applies to temperature - water constantly cools, and the body burns more and more calories to increase the temperature.
Swimming is a very gentle sport, and not even a sport, but a pastime. Swimming is much safer than walking, because you really need to put a lot of effort into the water in order to hurt yourself, and while walking, you can simply stumble, and then everything, as usual - "fell, woke up, plaster."
In water, you are constantly in a horizontal position - and this 100% relieves stress from the entire spine.
Perhaps, after listing all the vast benefits of the pool, one should also mention harm. It is minimal, but without it anywhere.
The water in the pools is chlorinated, so try to swim so that as little water as possible penetrates inside of you. After the pool (as, indeed, before) you need to take a shower to wash off this bleach from the skin.
The pool is a place of congestion of a large number of people, which means infections, fungi and other infections. Walk in slippers that you wear only in the pool , do not forget to put on a hat (although this does not increase the chance to get acquainted with a beautiful stranger).
Well, in the end, enter and leave the pool carefully, because everything is wet and slippery. It would be foolish to spend time in the most safe environment for the body - water, and then turn the leg out.