The benefits of winter swimming

Winter swimming can enhance the adaptability to cold stimulation. Winter swimming can improve one's immunity. The contraction of capillaries on the body surface stimulated by cold water can enhance the flexibility of the nervous system to control the contraction and relaxation of skin blood vessels, which greatly strengthens the human body's ability to adapt to temperature changes and resist cold. Improve the quality of life, energetic, quick thinking, rarely catch a cold, and less suffer from other diseases.

Like vascular gymnastics, winter swimming can increase blood vessel elasticity and speed up blood flow, reduce and sprint fat particles and cholesterol deposited on blood vessel walls, reduce and delay arteriosclerosis, and prevent thrombosis and coronary artery infarction. It is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. After winter swimming, the myocardial contractility is enhanced and the blood circulation is accelerated. People who have been swimming for a long time have better cardiopulmonary function.

Winter swimming enhances the function of digestive system. Due to the excessive consumption of heat energy, the digestion ability is enhanced, the appetite is greatly increased, and the metabolic function of the whole body is generally enhanced.

Matters needing attention in winter swimming

Everything has two sides. As a special exercise, winter swimming is no exception. Correct winter swimming and scientific winter swimming can make this exercise achieve miraculous results. Even if people with good physique want to go swimming in winter, there should be a gradual process, preferably starting from autumn, so that the body can gradually adapt. Continuous swimming is not harmful to body form, but winter swimming is not allowed in foggy days, windy days and thunderstorm days.

Before swimming in winter, you should get ready for activities, move your muscles before going into the water, then change clothes to adapt to the cold temperature, and then go into the water. Have enough activity to raise body temperature, but not cause fatigue.

Practice has proved that many people have cramps, dizziness, sudden increase in heart rate, etc. when swimming, all of which are related to sudden entry into the water. Therefore, it is necessary to gradually enter the water, because the human body needs a transition from static to violent movement, so that all parts of the body can adapt to the needs of exercise.

The time of winter swimming should vary according to the temperature, water temperature and people's physique. If you swim for too long, you will often feel numb and shivering after landing, which is very easy to damage some organs. The correct way is to relax in the water after intense swimming and adjust your breathing before you go out. However, if you have dizziness, nausea, chills or cramps during swimming, you should get out of the water in time.

Dry the water immediately after coming out of the water, get dressed to keep warm, and then take proper exercise to bring the body temperature back to normal, instead of warming yourself by fire. As long as you adhere to the above principles, winter swimming can definitely benefit you.

Disadvantages of winter swimming

Not everyone is suitable for winter swimming, so you should choose your own exercise method according to the actual situation. People who take part in winter swimming have to face the freezing cold water every day, especially when they get into the water. The taste is absolutely unpleasant, and the psychological depression is huge and long. Some people bite their teeth and hold their breath when they get into the water. Some people swim like a hundred meters in winter, in order to escape from the cold scene quickly. In fact, people who exercise like this are still afraid of the cold. If they can't treat it correctly, they will have a fear of winter swimming.

The whole body is exposed to cold wind and cold water. If you are not careful, you will catch a cold and get frostbite. Many young people, relying on their strong bodies, swim for a long time and are unaware of it after swimming. In fact, the cold has already been forced into the body, and this cold has sneaked into the human body unconsciously. After winter swimming, don't think that people who take part in winter swimming are not afraid of the cold. In fact, they should pay special attention to wearing warm clothes, and combine winter swimming with activities to make people sweat and restore their normal body temperature as soon as possible.

Therefore, no matter what exercise method, it is very important to master the correct exercise methods and principles, and choosing the exercise method that suits you is beneficial to you.