After nine years of working as an analyst, Jason Damon is now a self-employed trader in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Outside of work, Jason Damon’s hobbies include swimming and participating in triathlons in and around Pittsburgh.
Swimming, which is one event in a triathlon, is one of the best exercises for getting a low-impact workout as it includes cardio and works all of the muscles.
Water makes a person buoyant (it holds the person up), so they naturally will float (if not flailing around wildly). Moreover, because the person is not pounding on the pavement or jumping up and down while swimming, they reduce the impact, and thus stress, on their knees and other joints.
Swimming requires the use of the majority of the muscles in the body. In addition to using the arms and legs in the water, the latissimus dorsi muscle (also known as the swimmer’s muscle) extending from the back to the side of the body assists the person with moving through the water as well.
Finally, swimming is a great cardio workout. It requires the person master breathing by teaching the body to adapt and learn to take in more oxygen while expelling carbon dioxide upon exhalation. The culmination of better breathing is a lower resting heart rate and blood pressure.
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