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5 Swimming Exercises To Keep Your Body And Mind Fit
By: Priyanka Maheshwari Wed, 15 Apr 2020 2:55:31
Swimming is a great exercise for the body and mind. It relaxes you, strengthens your body and sheds off a lot of unnecessary weight. It is also a fun activity and people of all ages seem to enjoy swimming very much. But to become a good swimmer, you must also exercise. Because exercise is something that develops your core muscles and endurance. It will teach you to be a better performer and take your swimming skills to an advanced level only within a year’s time. Most people are worried about what kind of swimming exercises should they do to reach there. But you have no reason to worry because this article has shared the 5 best swimming exercises just for you.
* Freestyle
To be a better swimmer, you should practice about 500 freestyle strokes every day just for a warm up. Do a combination of breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly to keep yourself charged up and to also prepare yourself for the upcoming races.
* Sprint And Rest
Sprint freestyle five times within 50 meters first. You can change strokes if you like. Rest for 20 seconds after that. Sprint for another five times but make sure its 100 meters this time. Rest for another 50 seconds and repeat. After this you can swim at a regular pace nonstop for about 15-30 minutes.
* Sprint with Dolphin Kicks
Sprint for 100 metres first. Do it for about five times. After this you may rest and do some flutter kicks. Next sprint for another 100 meters and then rest by doing some breast or dolphin kicks.
* Swimming And Push Ups
Swim for 100-200 meters in a very normal pace. Then spend 30 seconds on push ups. You can do 20 to 40 reps; all depending upon your level of fitness. Then work out on your abs. By this we mean crunches, set ups, leg levels and flutter kicks.
* Swimming And Exercising
For this you must swim for 100-200 meters. Then do about 10-20 push ups. After that you can do about 20 to 30 crunches. 10 to 20 bicep curls are next. Finish it off with 5 Military presses. Don’t use dumbbells more than 5 lbs.
