Swimming is not just exercise, but also for the hobby, and maybe you use it as part of recreation when spending time with family.
And not just that when we should also consider benefits that make it look superior than most activity.
First anyone can do it, since swimming obviously is not restricted to certain gender or age group.
Swimming can help those with health problem like obesity, rheumatic, or problem with body muscle.
People who have certain condition that limit their movement can use this activity. When you swim, the body actually feels lighter though.
The water can help the body fit improved without giving the pain, like running.
Of course when looking for activity to make whole body active then swimming will be your top five choice.
The upper body to lower will be trained as you are moving with swimming.
When you move forward while swimming, it's not just muscle but also the balance of back bone you can train.
Same with benefit you get from doing cardio, with swimming you improve the health of heart even strengthen the lungs.
According to research conducted in 2016, it shows that swimmers, compared to athletes from other sports, have stronger lungs.
With the activity, burn calories, and it looks good way for weight loss.
With swimming, you can dramatically reduce the injury, with the same reason above as water "reduces" you weight.
The right comparison is with running, where the joints could be affected since the body parts are being used to "hold" the weight.
While when you swim, the condition will help protect the joints since no impact hitting them directly.
That said, professional swimmers are prone with injury like shoulder injury because the repeated movement they do with intense.
So for this case, find right instruction and avoid such risk.
Yes if you have trouble with sleeping then try this for the routine, and of course swimming is not only about becoming fit.
Research once conducted at 2010 to those who suffered from insomnia.
And the result shows not only their sleep quality but also their quality life in general becomes better.
And of course, swimming is not only about your health physically, but also the mental. It is proven that by swimming it can affect the mood, and even better, help lose your stress, and also the depression risk to lower.
The health of brain can be improved too, and slow down the dementia.
So ultimately find swimming as the fun way for exercise with tons benefit, mind and body.
If you don't want to do it as exercise, then you can do vacation while including it as part of it.
