Abstract
The present study reviews all data that establish swimming as an everyday lifestyle and recreational activity for women, since it promotes wellness, well-being and longevity. Swimming as a natural, physical activity is one of the most effective ways of exercise, since it affects and work outs the whole body. It is the most suitable sport for all age groups, because it combines beneficial results, for both body and soul and is also a low-risk-injury physical exercise. Aim of this study is to record the effect of recreational swimming in physical condition indexes and in quality of life in women. In particular to record the benefits, since studies have shown that swimming can help in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and improves quality of life, of well-being and longevity. Results of all studies showed that swimming, as a great natural recreational activity has multiple beneficial effects on the female body that are not limited to the physical characteristics but are extended to the mental ones. Challenges for the application and development fields of this particular method of exercise, are the quality of service provided and the staffing of departments and programs in multiple carriers, private or public. Researchers and writers agree that there are great prospects for growth for women through partnerships, with programs and systematic research in the field of recreational swimming.
Highlights
The history of swimming is connected with the story of life itself, as the first living creatures of our planet appeared in the primeval oceans before they set foot on land
Data related to swimming date back to in ancient times through archaeological findings, proving that in ancient Greece swimming was a part of the basic education of children and part of their military education, as well
The aim of the present study is to review existing articles of the benefits of recreational swimming in women, as well as the motives that lead women to choose this type of exercise
Summary
Maria Yfanti, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Anastasia Samara, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Pantelis Kazantzidis, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Anastasia Hasiotou, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Serafeim Alexiou, Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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