Swimming has always been considered the most complete and healthy sport, it is recommended for everyone : people with disabilities, children, pregnant women and the elderly.

It uses muscles that usually are never involved from other sports, such as neck or back, swimming avoids overloading joints and it can be practiced at any age, even when you are overweight.

It’s the perfect sport to reshape your body and to contrast cellulite, it is also indicated for arthritis and osteoporosis, it is suitable for back pain because when you swim you don't feel your body weight.

Swimming increases your lean body mass and it decreases your fat mass, in addition, you will tone your arms, legs and belly, it is also perfect for children because it helps to develop the bone structure.

Swimming also stimulates the cardiovascular system, it is good for concentration and gives self-esteem and self-confidence. In competitive swimming there are four major styles :

- Butterfly

- Backstroke

- Breaststroke

- Freestyle

It is very important to practice stretching before a swimming session, as well as improve an adequate joint mobility and is appropriate to start training with caution.

Starting with 2/3 weekly sessions (of about 40 minutes) and then move gradually to longer and more frequent sessions; The lessons, however, should always be spaced from each other by at least 24/36 hours. Swimming is a low-impact exercise that can use several muscle groups and greatly improve athletic ability, it can provide entertainment and significant improvement in health and fitness throughout life.

A suggestion if you attend pools: it is always advisable to use power strips both in the locker room, to prevent the proliferation of annoying fungal skin diseases.