The front crawl helps to strengthen the muscles in our arms and our shoulders. It is a faster stroke that helps build endurance.
The backstroke is known by the pro’s as “the elegant stroke.” It helps to improve our posture, it strengthens our back muscles and our chest muscles, and shapes our back and thighs.
The butterfly is the stroke that helps us lose weight. It helps us burn those unwanted calories that tend to stay with us when we sit in front of the computer at work. The butterfly also strengthens our legs and shoulder muscles.
Experts tell us that mixing up our strokes will help strengthen all of our body. Learn how to perfect your strokes and spend a little time performing these strokes so your body will get a full workout.
Don’t worry about getting a babysitter when you go swimming. Take the kids along and teach them to swim too. At The University of Australia a study was performed on 7,000 kids who went swimming on a regular basis. They were compared to kids who didn’t swim hardly at all. The kids who swam had better motor skills than those who didn’t swim. Their intelligence levels were higher too. Take your kids swimming. Take yourself swimming. You’ll be glad you did.
