Swimming for Cardio

Top Three Swim Drills

Learn how to use "slow arm recovery," "quick catch" and "high swingers" to improve your swim stroke.

Swimming Techniques

Swimming is a very good workout - low intensity and it involves a large number of muscles. Here are some good swimming techniques



Grant Hackett's front crawl technique



Alexandre Popov's swimming technique (Popov Phases)

Swimming

Swimming is an excellent form of exercise. Because the density of the human body is approximately similar to that of water, the body is supported by the water and less stress is therefore placed on joints and bones.

Swimming is primarily an aerobic exercise due to the long exercise time, requiring a constant oxygen supply to the muscles, except for short sprints where the muscles work anaerobically. As with most aerobic exercise it is believed to reduce the harmful effects of stress.

(Wikipedia)