Healthy living Swimming is the all-round sport

Healthy living: swimming - the perfect all-round sport

03/19/2015

Sport promotes good health: most experts agree on that. Swimming is perfect for that. With hardly any other sport do the body so much good. But here, too, it is important not to overdo it.

Healthy and fit through exercise
Actually, it is known to all that you need exercise if you want to stay healthy and fit. In our hectic everyday life with work, family and household, however, many simply do not find enough time to work several times a week. In this case, you need a sport that addresses as many physical functions and motor skills - and it is also gentle. „Swimming fulfills all these requirements“, Elisabeth Graser, lecturer at the German University for Prevention and Health Management / BSA Academy in Saarbrücken, told the news agency dpa.

Hardly any other sport is so good for the body
With hardly any other sport do the body so much good: „The cardiovascular system is strengthened, the circulation stimulated, the muscles of the whole body strengthened and the coordination trained.“ Gentle endurance training burns calories and prevents obesity and obesity. In addition, it reduces the risk of diabetes, atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis) and other diseases. Since the joints are not unnecessarily burdened by the carrying water, there is also a very low risk of injury. „For this reason, this sport is also suitable for people who want to lose weight and tighten their body“, explained the fitness specialist.

For beginners, a swimming course offers
At the beginning, it is secondary to which swimming style you choose: „For beginners especially the backstroke is recommended.“ This style is also ideal for people who suffer from back tension, for example. „As with any other sport, it is important to start slowly and gradually increase“, so graters. To learn the right technique, a swim course is recommended especially for beginners. In order to increase your health and fitness in the long term, you have to stay tuned regularly. It should also be expected no miracles. You should go swimming twice a week.

No sports with a flu-like infection
Other experts, however, are a bit more critical about swimming. For example, the sports expert Professor Ingo Froböse of the Center for Health of the German Sport University Cologne explained years ago that the water pressure on the vessels is pressing and the pressure on the heart. Experts agree in general that one should exaggerate it despite health promoting effect with any sport. And in diseases such as a cold sport should be renounced anyway. For example, you should take a break of at least three days after a fever with a flu infection, because the infection can otherwise spread to the heart. And with serious consequences such as palpitations, chest pain and Herzrhytmusstörungen. (Ad)