Schedule Time To Go For A Swim!
It's day 9 of the Building Your Strength Challenge, powered by Humana.
Yesterday we raved about the health benefits of resistance training. Today, we’ve got another resistance exercise for you: swimming.
Water acts as the perfect resistance for our muscles, making it an ideal strength-building workout. Swimming is a low-impact workout that’s easy on the joints and muscles. Plus, there are so many water activities that are not only fun, they’re also good exercise.
Today, schedule some time to go for a swim. Focus on moving your muscles with activities like swimming laps or treading water. Make it fun by racing your friends or family members or turning the exercise into a contest.
If you need more ideas for exercising in a pool, combine these 8 options for a full-body workout.
See how some of our #healthynurses, including Latonia Ford and Barbara Happ, swim as one of their many healthy habits to stay well.
Tell us how it goes or better yet show us! Post a photo in the updates section here, in our private Facebook group, or on Twitter, or Instagram. Tag us with #healthynurse.
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