Published 15:42 IST, November 25th 2019

Swimming workout to try for overall fitness - 3 best swimming strokes to try

Swimming is one of the best exercises for overall fitness. Here are a few swimming workouts to try for everyday routine. Check out 3 different strokes here

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Swimming is one of best full-body exercises. It provides something or exercise does. Every jump and arm movement becomes a resistance exercise, which is best way to increase overall fitness, strength, mobility and muscular capacity, allowing you to re-sculpt your body. Here are a few swimming workouts to try:

Swimming workouts for overall fitness

Breaststroke and butterfly drill

Full-body movements such as butterfly and breaststroke require core muscles and increase strength and speed. According to Men’s Journal, for every three leg kicks, breaststroke swimmers will take one hand. For every three dolphin kicks, butterfly swimmers should use one arm pull." Focus on tightening your core muscles and using m to help get your arms out of water. Professional swimmers with 15-second rest periods between each can perform 10-25 meter swimming.

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Water running

This workout, also kwn as aqua jogging, includes high-intensity aerobic component of running without suffering hard surface effect of kicking. water should be just around your shoulders, and you can use hand paddles to touch your triceps and biceps if you want to hit your sides, according to Men’s Journal. Essentially, you run through water just as you would outdoors. Your back is supposed to be straight; your legs are supposed to be bent at wrist, and your palms swell when you push m through mud. Push as hard as possible. Perform 3 running periods of 5 minutes.

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Legs and core toners

Lean against side of pool with your back, with your arms stretched horizontally supporting eir side of edge of pool. n raise your legs up to surface, keeping m toger until y are stretched out straight in front of you. n move your legs to a V-position and n back toger. Hold m toger and go back to starting position. Hold your movements under control, work your abs and glutes to complete each move. For 3 sets of 20 reps, continue to pull m up, down, in and down.

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13:02 IST, November 25th 2019