Swimming
Take part in one of the most beneficial exercises of all time. Use the avenue of aquatics for your enjoyment as well as a means to enhance your present level of physical fitness. Proceed with caution... you can make it difficult and uncomfortable for yourself unless you learn the proper mechanics of each of the swimming strokes that you intend to perform.
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The
All-American Aquatic Handbook: Your Passport to Your Fitness
is an excellent introduction to the wonderful world of swimming,
I would like to recommend this book, by Jane Katz, as a starter
for your aquatic library: |
Want to know what
is available?Click on the following link merchandise
and be prepared to spend a lot of time just getting acquainted
with your new activity...swimming, swimming and more swimming,
supplies, videos, books, etc. |
Once you have learned the basic fundamentals,
you are ready to incorporate them into a Swimming
workout. If you don't see something that interests you in this
book, take a few minutes to look at the following web site Workouts
in order to create the "perfect" swim workout for yourself. Take the
opportunity to browse a swimming store or two in order to familiarize
yourself with what is available.
| In order to prepare for your first swim workout you should have the following swimming equipment and apparel |
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Kenneth
Cooper's Aerobics Program for Total Well Being
Before going to the pool, be sure that you understand what you are trying
to accomplish. You should be concerned with doing something that is
beneficial that has a low risk of injury. Learn how to monitor one of
the basic components of cardio-vascular fitness...the number of your
heartbeats in one minute. Take the time to learn an accurate method
of monitoring your pulse rate. Research the formula for establishing
a pulse rate that will be of benefit and not a detriment to your well-being.
The formula will include your age and current level of physical conditioning.
One of the originators of aerobic fitness is Dr. Kenneth Cooper...reading his book will give you a very good understanding of what you should and should not do relative to overworking your cardio-respiratory systems.
Be sure that you can establish appropriate pulse rate bondaries for yourself.
Once you have identified the boundaries
of your "target zone" or "training pulse" rate you are ready to begin
your rewarding adventure in aquatics...lap swimming.
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to the pool with a PLAN-----:Swimming
workouts or design your own Workout |
| Include dry land stretching prior to an in-the-pool warmup. You can decide what works best for you as you experiment with a variety of five to ten minute warm up swims. Remember that it is more important that you swim for a minimum of 20 to 30 minutes per session with your pulse elevated into your personalized "target zone" rather than being concerned about how far you swam. Cool down: every swim workout should conclude with a minimum of five minutes of relaxed swimming. Sometimes varying the strokes during the cool down puts final activity to a variety of muscle groups. |
Swimming for Fitness
If you are ready to make a commitment to a three time a week program,
you have to find a place to swim. places
to swim, health clubs, YMCA,
or your best bang for your buck...your local community college.
Now that you are hooked on swimming, you might be interested in doing
some research onyour own Councilman,
the New Science of Swimming
Don't swim on an empty stomach. You have to fuel your energy output.
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