Publisher's Synopsis
Swimming is one of the most popular sports. Hundreds of thousands of people in large and small US cities master its secrets, participate in various competitions, improve their health. No sport has as much value for health and improvement as swimming. Classes in water harden the human body, help fight colds. Regulates the activity of the cardiac, respiratory and nervous systems, activates metabolic processes. Improve excretory function, promote harmonious development. Swimming is believed by many doctors to be an effective treatment for atherosclerosis, asthma, hypertension, scoliosis, and microcardiac dystrophy. As one of the most prestigious sports, swimming is part of many complex competitions (modern pentathlon, freestyle, multiathlon, etc.) and is a mandatory discipline in the combat and physical preparation system of all military branches of the Armed Forces. Swimming has a complete and profound effect on the human body. The aquatic environment itself and the physical, mechanical, biological and thermal effects it creates are the cause of many favorable reactions in the body that stimulate the functional development of each system. A person's body floats in a horizontal position, and this has a beneficial effect on the work of the cardiovascular system. At the same time, the forces of gravity are significantly reduced, which relieves the load on the musculoskeletal system and has a beneficial effect on the human body.
