Health Fitness Components of Swimming Flashcards
it involves continuous movement of large muscle mass in a low-to-zero gravity environment, which makes it easy on your joints. Swimming for at least 20 minutes, three times a week can help you achieve a healthier life because it gets your heart rate up, burns fat and improves your body’s ability to pump oxygen-rich blood to your working muscles.
Cardiovascular Fitness
Exercising in water adds natural resistance to your workout, which helps build stronger muscles. Unlike running or riding a bike, swimming builds muscle in both the upper and lower body. It also boosts endurance, enabling you to swim longer and further before muscles are fatigued.
Muscular Endurance and Muscular Strength
Another benefit of the strength training aspect of swimming is injury prevention. One of the leading causes of injury is weakness of an improperly conditioned muscle or weak joints, both of which can be improved through strength training. Swimming improves flexibility, a factor that allows you to continue swimming even when you’re unable to participate in other sports.
Flexibility
Lower body fat and higher muscle mass leads to improved flexibility and more calories burned during a workout. Because swimming burns calories while also building strength and endurance, it is an excellent fitness activity for achieving a healthy body composition and fabulous tone
Body Composition