Swimming

Many people swim for fun, so do it just to stay alive, but I do it competitively. Swimming is a very a very good way to exercise, because the density of water is similar to the density of a human so you float in water. If you have joint problems the water helps support your joints. Swimming is mainly an aerobic exercise; it requires constant oxygen to the muscles. Some benefits to swimming are it relives stress, it improves one posture, and it helps you build a strong lean body.

There is all ways a down side to every thing. What people have to be careful with swimming is drowning, chemicals in the water like to much chlorine, objects in the water, bad water conditions, for example currents, swimming incorrectly, infection, and aquatic life such as sharks or jellyfish.

There are four main strokes in competitive swimming. They are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. There are also many different things you can do with those four stokes. You can combine them all to make the individual medley, or the medley relay, or you can just make the race very long like the 500 freestyle. The strokes I do are backstroke, individual medley, and 500 freestyle. I swam at Maine East High school for four years, I believe I got a many of good things out of it, such as many new friends, a better posture, and a healthier body.