Feel like swimming a few laps after watching the Olympics?
While most people appreciate the health benefits that come from running, cycling, or lifting weights, fewer people realize the benefits that come from a good swim.
"Swimming provides a number of specific benefits such as improving the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, improving muscle strength and endurance, improving lean body mass and improving mental health and well-being," says Mitch Lomax, a pulmonologist and exercise physiologist in the UK. United.
This sport has the added advantage of being available to people of all ages and to those with physical limitations - individuals for whom activities such as running or cycling may be more challenging.
