Swimming: A healthy way to stay fit

 

 

 

 Swimming is one exercise that very many people are afraid of because of their phobia for water.  Phobia aside, it is one of the best and most effective exercise for weight loss. Swimming is a great workout because it requires you to move your whole body against the resistance of the water. It is a great recreational activity for people of all ages.

When the human body is submerged in water, it automatically becomes lighter.

BEFORE YOU DIVE IN:

1) Be sure you know how to swim

2) Exercise your muscles

3) Make sure you have a life guard close by if you don’t know how to swim very well

4) Drink a lot of liquids.

BENEFITS OF SWIMMING:

1)      Helps maintain body weight. Once you start swimming regularly, it won't take long before you start losing all those extra pounds.

2)      Reduces stress

3)      Enhances flexibility

4)      Swimming is a great way to increase muscular strength and muscle tone

5)      Swimming is a strenuous activity that will make your heart healthy. It makes the heart  more efficient in pumping ,which leads to better blood flow throughout your body

 

11 reasons you should be smiling all the time

    Smiling is the second best thing you can do with your lips after eating. A genuine smile involves the lips and the eyes, while fake smiles involve just the lips. Endorphins are responsible for making us feel happy, and they are released when we smile or laugh, they also help lower stress levels. Faking a smile or laugh works as well as the real thing, the brain doesn’t differentiate between real or fake as it interprets the positioning of the facial muscles in the same way. Women generally smile more than men, although this still depends on the situation. Smiling improves your health, your stress level, and your attractiveness.

Benefits of smiling

1)      Smiling is one of the ways  to reduce distress caused by an upsetting situation.

2)      A smile helps us to hide what we really think about someone or a situation.

3)      Smiling makes you appear more approachable. Interaction with others is easier and more enjoyable.

4)      Smiling makes us attractive. We are naturally  drawn to people who smile.

5)      Smiling Is Contagious, a smiling person brings happiness with them , they lighten up the room and change the moods of others.

6)      Smiling makes us feel good which also increases our attentional flexibility and our ability to think holistically.

7)      Smiling makes a person look younger. The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger.

8)      Smiling slows the heart and relaxes the body. This lets the heart work without overworking. People who smile and laugh often are less likely to develop heart disease.

9)      Smiling helps to change our mood. your mood will change for the better when you start smiling.

10)  Smiling is just one fun way to live longer as it improves your stress level and health.

11)  Smiling helps in blood pressure reduction by calming our nerves down.