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Benefits of swimming and fitness
1, lose weight and shape, and improve physical fitness. Swimming is a kind of physical exertion, which can promote human metabolism and effectively consume body heat. At the same time, the role of water pressure during swimming makes fat evenly distributed to all parts of the body, which can shape the body.

2. Improve lung capacity. Constantly adjusting breathing during swimming is of great help to exercise and improve vital capacity. Water resistance makes people in the best aerobic metabolism range and maximum oxygen uptake. This kind of aerobic exercise is very effective for the exercise of cardiopulmonary function.

3, adjust mental state, frequent swimming can make people energetic, happy, improve the quality of sleep, and to some extent avoid the occurrence of mental diseases such as anxiety and depression.

4. Adjust blood pressure and blood lipid to prevent chronic diseases. Swimming can promote the metabolism of cholesterol in the body, reduce the level of blood lipid in the body and prevent hyperlipidemia; It can exercise the elasticity and flexibility of blood vessels and reduce the probability of hypertension.

5. Improve joint mobility. When swimming, the bearing pressure of the big joints of the body is relatively small, especially the knee joint and hip joint. Compared with running, swimming has less friction on joints, which is beneficial to exercise the flexibility of joints.