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What are the benefits of swimming?

Relax body and mind

Relaxing body and mind is one of the great benefits of swimming. The impact of water on the body will relax the whole body, wash away all the negative emotions of the body and calm the impetuous mood.

Improve skin quality

Swimming can promote the blood circulation of the body and help improve the skin quality. If you travel to an open-air swimming pool with strong sunshine, you must take good sun protection measures.

Burning fat

Swimming needs the cooperation of the whole body, which can make the body fully active. During swimming, the muscles of the whole body are exercised and really burn calories.

What should I pay attention to when swimming?

Warm up before swimming.

The water temperature in the swimming pool is lower than the human body temperature, so proper warm-up exercises should be carried out before swimming to avoid adverse reactions such as numbness and cramps in hands and feet due to the low water temperature after entering the water.

Avoid being too full or hungry.

Don’t swim immediately on an empty stomach, or you will feel exhausted. Don’t go swimming immediately if you are too full, it will make your stomach feel uncomfortable and easily cause vomiting.

Don’t swim too long.

Swimming time should not be too long. Generally, swimming for two hours is the upper limit. If the human body is soaked in water for too long, it will become dizzy and cold.

The necessity of taking a shower before swimming

Adapt to the water temperature in advance

When swimming, the water temperature is generally lower than the body temperature, so take a shower before entering the water to make your body fully adapt to the water temperature. Shower can give off some body heat, and then do some warm-up preparations to go swimming and fitness.

Reduce the adsorption of chlorine

Chlorine is the product of disinfection products volatilization in swimming pools, which can be adsorbed on the skin and hair, and it is harmful to people’s health in some cases. If you take a shower before swimming, make your hair and skin fully absorb water with tap water before entering the swimming pool, the adsorption of chlorine will be significantly reduced. On the contrary, if you enter the pool directly without taking a shower, the pool water with chlorine content 2-10 times that of tap water will be adsorbed on your skin and hair. At the same time, wearing a swimming cap is also an effective way to prevent chlorine.

Wash away sweat, dirt, cosmetics, etc.

Taking a shower before entering the water can not only wash away the sweat on your body, but also effectively prevent germs in the swimming pool. Cosmetics and sunscreens themselves belong to chemical industry products, which can easily affect the water quality of swimming pools.

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