Category Archives: Swimming and your Health

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Toning Exercises you can do in the Jacuzzi!

Yes you heard correct! You don’t have to limit your ‘on holiday’ exercises to the hotel swimming pool or the sea

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Swimming to Increase Flexibility

For women who have not exercised in a while due to the birth of a baby, or following injury or an operation swimming is the perfect low-impact form of exercise for regaining lost flexibility.

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Swimming to prevent and relieve headaches

One of the main benefits of regular exercise, aside from a healthier and fitter body, is the release of a chemical called ‘endorphins’, which act as the body’s natural pain killers! The word ‘endorphin’ is an amalgamation of ‘endogenous’ (or … Continue reading

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Swimming; Excellent Exercise for Ladies with a Large Bust!

While you cannot physically change your breasts’ shape or size with exercise, like you can with your muscles, you can strengthen your chest wall to improve the appearance of your bust. Swimming is one of the best ways of working … Continue reading

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Tummy Toning Techniques for the Easily Bored!

There is no doubt that swimming is excellent at toning, strengthening and shaping the body, especially the tummy muscles. But for some, swimming lengths can become a little tedious to say the least. Some swimmers thrive on the repetitive action … Continue reading

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Swim Away Those Winter Blues

Now that the cold dull days and long nights of winter are well and truly with us, many people will be suffering from a dip in their cheerfulness and energy levels, and will be feeling more interested in sleeping (and … Continue reading

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The many benefits of Aqua Fitness!

Aqua fitness has never been more popular, whether it is in the form of aqua aerobics, water walking or the brand new and super fashionable Aqua Zumba! This popularity is due in no small part to the vast benefits that … Continue reading

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Aqua Zumba; The next big craze in aqua fitness!

Whoever said: ‘if it’s good, it must be bad for you’ couldn’t have been more wrong. Well, at least in the case of Aqua Zumba anyway! If you haven’t heard about this brand new aqua fitness craze yet read on…

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Train like Rebecca Adlington

So you reckon you could be the next Rebecca Adlington? To get where she is Rebecca has had to remain focused, work hard, sacrifice other aspects of her life and push her body to the limit. Rebecca’s story is one … Continue reading

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Swimathon Weekend for Marie Curie

The last weekend in April 2012 is Swimathon Weekend! Swimathon is the world’s biggest fundraising swim and has been organised to raise much needed funds for the Marie Curie cancer charity. This blog post discusses how we can all get … Continue reading