What is swimming?

Swimming is the fact of “moving in the water, helping itself with the necessary movements, and without touching either the soil or another support ".

In the swimming there are several styles of swimming, these they are some of them:

Freestyle because, in the tests like that called, the swimmer can swim any style (crawl, fathom, back, butterfly, little dog, of side, etc.)

Style of back: In this style the swimmer is in dorsal or supine position and consists, as the crawl abreast, of a complete and alternative action of both arms (arm-stroke) and a variable number of batters of legs (kick).

Style of chest: It is the most ancient of all since his movements and position are more natural. In spite of the fact that his technology has evolved more rapid than the rest of the styles, it is a question of the slowest of the four. In this style the swimmer is in position ventral and realizes movements of arms and simultaneous and symmetrical legs.

Butterfly stroke: It is one of the most difficult to learn since it is required high places levels of force and coordination.

Accessories:

Swimsuit

Caps since they offer less resistance to the advance because of the hair, slipping much better across the water.

The glasses have several functions, most important it is to avoid the irritation of the eyes produced by the chlorine of the swimming pools or the salt of the sea, motive by which his use becomes very advisable for all the ages.

Sandals

Socks of latex: They are the surest measure to anticipate infections as the athlete's famous foot. Nevertheless, and in spite of the fact that some manufacturers assure that they are non-slipping.

Stoppers for the ears: They are very useful if we have some problem with the ears. They are in the habit of adapting to the form of the ear in order that the water not between in him, though you will have to search most adapted to your ears.

Some swimmers:

Mireia Belmonte García (Spain): It started swimming 4 years as medical advice to correct his curvature of the spine.

Rafael Muñoz Perez (Spain): Also it took part in 100 m butterfly of the Olympic Games of Pekin, not obtaining prominent results. Before finishing the year, in December, the medal of bronze obtained in them 50m butterfly of the European Championship of Swimming in Short Swimming pool of 2008.

Benefits ;)

 1. Your quality of life improves. The swimming allows you to delay the stage of the aging; your motive capacity increases, as your memory, since major concentration and coordination is needed.

2. It does that you are more alert, with more balance and that you have a more efficient complex and rapid time of reaction; the wounds are late less in recovering.

3. You burn major number of calories. At the water your muscles are employed from five to six times more than in firm land.

4. It favors the activity of the cardiorespiratory system.

5. It increases the flexibility of the column and eliminates the pains.

6. It improves your traffic. When you swim, you give him a massage to every organ of your body, the blood is activated and you feel better.