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Showing posts with label benefits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benefits. Show all posts

Friday, September 13, 2013

Psychological benefits of swimming

Swimming is a fun activity and it provides a multitude of mental and physical benefits. Adults who engage in swimming are healthier and happier than people who live a sedentary life. Swimming may prolong life. According to research, swimmers have lower mortality rates than runners, walkers and those with sedentary lifestyles. A sedentary lifestyle increases the risk for developing life threatening health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. So, what can senior and younger swimmers can gain mentally from swimming?

Monday, March 4, 2013

Aqua cycling


Aqua cycling is quite a new trend in the world of aqua fitness. As most of the aqua fitness programmes, it started from fitness studios but with more benefits than the original and with more categories of population to be able to use it. We all know that cycling and spinning classes help you improve your fitness levels as well as strengthen your legs, abs, and buttocks. However, people with back or joint issues will be hard to keep up with the rest of the group.