Spanish freediver Aleix Segura Vendell can hold his breath
for 24 minutes and 3 seconds. Freediving is an underwater diving method that
forgoes a breathing apparatus. Instead of an oxygen tank, freedivers merely
rely on the oxygen in their lungs. This guy kills it at birthday parties.
2. Sweat Underwater
Do you know swimmers sweat underwater? Sweating is the
biological function of the body to cool itself. During intense workouts, the
body will perspire even in the water. However, it’s barely noticeable even to
the swimmers themselves since the water washes the sweat off.
3. Use Of Body Muscle
Swimming is a total body workout that engages all the major
muscles in the body such as the chest, back, arm, foot, and leg muscles. The
latissimus dorsi muscle or “lats” are the muscles in your middle back. Push
your hands together in front of the lower part of your chest, and you’ll flex
your latissimus dorsi muscles. Lats are vital to your ability to pull and
swivel through the water to take breaths.
Tricep muscles are the muscles behind your upper arm. These muscles give your pull the final push and allow you to complete a stroke to your hips. This lets you maximize your stroke at the best speed. The pectoral muscles or chest muscles are more commonly known as “pecs.” Your chest muscles are the deciding factor for freestyle stroke and breaststroke. These muscles stabilize your movements for a more efficient and long-lasting stroke.
The core muscles or abs also stabilize your body and keep you buoyant. Your “quads” or quadricep muscles give your motions an extra kick – literally. The muscles in front of your thighs are vital during starts and turns and help you propel yourself further and faster.
4. Longest Distance Swam In The Water
5. Who Won The Most Olympic Medals?
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6. Do You Know How Many People Don’t Know To Swim?
More than half of the global population does not know how to
swim, so you don’t need to feel too bad about yourself. However, it could be a
handy life skill. Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury
deaths worldwide.
Some Fun Facts About Swimming
- Swimming is a competitive or recreational activity where a person uses their entire body to move through the water.
- There are 4 recognized swimming strokes.
- The “stroke” is the style or the way a person manoeuvres through the water.
- People swam as early as 10,000 years ago.
- The earliest known evidence of swimming was in Stone Age paintings.
- Polyester is the ideal material for regular swimming.
- Water is still underneath.
- It gets harder to manoeuvre the closer you are to the surface.
- Competitive swimmers propel themselves against air and water.
- “Drag” in swimming terms means the resistance of your body against the water.
- Competitive swimming emerged as a recreational activity in 1830s England.
- The first indoor swimming pool (St. George’s Baths) was opened to the public in 1828.
- Swimming was included in the Olympics in 1896 as a men’s sport.
- Swimming is a low-impact workout, meaning it is easy on the joints unlike high-impact workouts such as running or jumping rope.
- It improves your cardiovascular fitness, burns fat, and builds muscle.
- Swimming is a meditation sport – increased blood flow to the brain has a therapeutic effect and helps eliminate stressors.
- Swimming can help improve a dementia patient’s memory.
- Freshly-shaven skin has less resistance to water.
- The earliest written evidence of swimming in literature was in 2000 B.C. (The Bible and Quran being the two religious texts to feature it).
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