Swimming: Important health benefits of this fitness activity

Swimming is considered as one of best workout forms that provide overall fitness. Being a resistance exercise, swimming enables you to increase body's strength, mobility, muscular capacity and thus help in resculpting body. Even Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar swears by this form of workout. 'Khiladi' Kumar is kwn to be a fitness enthusiast where health and fitness form an important part of his daily routine. Akshay Kumar says that swimming is a great leg exercise as well as works wonders for cores as well. Take a look at Housefull 4 star's swimming routine in a glimpse. 

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Benefits of swimming

• one can disagree that swimming is an excellent form of workout as it works on entire body along with cardiovascular system as well as muscular system. 
• Swimming is  fourth most popular activity done in United States of America, according to several online portals.
• Swimming helps man your stress, mood, and improves sleep as it works on muscles and makes you feel tired eugh to get sleepy after doing this aerobic exercise.
• Swimming is also a good choice for people suffering from low back pain, it aids for most types of arthritis, for people suffering from diabetes and helps in keeping blood sugar and high cholesterol in control as well.

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Swimming inspiration from legend, Michael Phelps

If you need any inspiration to kick start your swimming routine, focus on most decorated Olympian swimming champion of all times Michael Phelps. Michael holds title of having 28 medals at Olympics. Many kids who want to start ir Olympics career in swimming take inspiration and coaching from ace swimming legend. According to interviews given by Olympian, he never took any holidays in five-year span, he surrounded himself with people who supported his skill and he never let any failures stop him from being top legend in his career. Michael Phelps is a living example of what consistency looks like with respect to your career, fitness or just in general.

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