Obviously it’s no magic bullet, but if you’re looking to manage a flare-up of sciatica (pain in the legs originating from the lower back) or joint pain, a swim can do wonders. I’ve never known any other injuries in the pool, really.” 4. You can pick up tendonitis in the shoulder areas but that’s really rare, and the injury will be low-grade.
“It’s the only sport which is completely non weight-bearing so it is really hard to injure yourself in the pool.
With the water supporting your bodyweight, swimming is a great way for anyone to work out without putting stress on your joints. You work your core and legs as well as your upper body.” But what you will find is that swimming strengthens muscles from top to bottom quite quickly. “Some people have body types where they pack muscle on quicker than others, but you have to swim a lot of miles to significantly change your shape and bulk up. While a few laps of the local lido every week is unlikely to result in equivalent changes to your torso, swimming will quickly make muscles all over your body bigger and stronger. We’ve all gazed in slack-jawed admiration at the bodies of Olympic swimmers. “It’s true to say that the better your technique is, the more that you’re going to get out of swimming in terms of fitness, but the benefits are massive whatever level you’re at,” says Emmerson. It Will Improve Your Cardiovascular FitnessĪn obvious place to start is that swimming will make you fitter, especially if you do it frequently and get your technique nailed down. With winter fast approaching, a COVID-secure indoor exercise option is a benefit of prime importance – we just hope this benefit ceases to be relevant as soon as possible. Leisure centres are also able to use booking systems to control the number of households in changing rooms. Swim England’s head of facilities says the available evidence points to coronavirus quickly becoming inactive once it comes in contact with the chlorine in pools. But don’t just take our word for it: we spoke to former international triathlete and Speedo coach Annie Emmerson, psychological consultant Dr Chris Shambrook at Believe Perform who is also working with Speedo, and chiropractic care expert at ProBack Dr Nathanael Bogedain to get the experts’ take on the main benefits of swimming.Īnother topical benefit we must mention is that indoor pools pose a comparatively minimal and manageable risk when it comes to catching and spreading COVID-19. On top of all that, swimming provides a full-body workout with minimal risk of injury, which makes it an excellent choice for cross-training. If you consider the main aims of most fitness regimes – to lose weight, improve fitness, build muscles and benefit your state of mind – there are few sports that tick all the boxes as emphatically as swimming.
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