You avoid going to the pool during the cold season for fear of colds? But doctors believe that the overall recovery of the body, which occurs in this case, is stronger than possible hypothermia and the ensuing consequences.. You just need to do it right.

The Five Gifts of Water Water has unique properties that affect our body in a variety of ways, but always beneficially..

Gift one: Reduction of the earth's gravity. When we dive into the water element, it serves as an excellent support for our body, reduces its weight, removing the load from the joints that falls on them on land, especially during running and jumping..

Gift two: Involvement of all the muscles of the body. With any method of swimming, even if it's just moving through the water afloat without any style, muscles, and the heart, and breathing, and blood vessels are trained at the same time.. The whole secret is that when swimming, a large number of muscles are covered, literally the entire skeletal muscle.

If the body is completely weakened and any infection sticks to you, then before going to the pool, it’s a good idea to do hardening procedures for a month. A good tempering effect gives a cool shower with a water temperature of 25 to 37? °C taken after a bath. Gradually lower the water temperature and switch to a contrast shower, alternating cool or cold and warm or hot water.. Such procedures are good in the morning, they bring vigor and maintain a cheerful mood throughout the working day.. In addition to the contrast shower, contrast foot baths are very effective: dip your feet in water with a temperature of about 40? °C, after five minutes - into water at room temperature, alternate baths 3-4 times.

Gift three: Reducing stress and improving the functioning of the nervous system and brain. Immersion in water has been proven to reduce the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, thereby relieving the stress associated with thinking and making important decisions.. The feeling of floating freely in the water acts as a powerful anti-stress factor in itself.. All worries, fatigue, vanity of vanities fly away from you. The buoyancy of the water relieves muscle tension, allowing the body to move freely and easily..

Gift Four: Activation of the kidneys and reduction of edema. Physical exercises in water, unlike exercises on land, cause an improvement, activation of the kidneys.. This explains the need to visit the toilet after exercising in the pool. Excess water is literally squeezed out of the body. Activation of the kidneys is especially beneficial for those people who have a tendency to fluid retention in tissues, to swelling..

Gift Five: Cholesterol Reduction. Movement in water for 20 minutes leads to the fact that the level of “good” fatty substances in the blood, which can remove excess cholesterol from cells and arteries, increases to a greater extent than after intense training. In the process of systematic exercises with a weak and moderate load, the state of the heart improves significantly, muscle mass increases while reducing fat mass..

Pool according to the rules Head - into the water and out of the water! When you are in the pool, the water seems to massage every part of the surface of the body, stimulating the blood supply.. And only the head often " When swimming, women often throw their heads far back..

And it should be like this: be sure to immerse your head in water with each exhalation, while a light massage of the face and neck takes place.. Intermittent water pressure massages the eardrum.

Don't overwork. Is it necessary to give yourself heavy loads in order to improve heart activity and overall health? Not at all. Recent studies by American scientists have shown that moderate exercise, slow swimming with pleasure, throwing a ball to each other, and various games in the water for your own pleasure are more effective..

Don't rush to lose weight. Art Mollen, founder and medical director of the Arizona State Institute of Health in the United States, proved that swimming in the pool helps to control weight.. You can reduce it due to fat mass, while muscle mass and strength only increase.. Just 30 minutes of activity per day provides a higher rate of calorie use throughout the day. In addition, thanks to the physical exercises in the pool, the calories will be used all the following night..

However, do not flatter yourself with weight loss immediately after exercising in the pool.. This is not true fat loss.. Weight is reduced due to a decrease in body water.

Don't reject group classes. When we do water aerobics in a group or just swim and swim in the pool, our blood levels increase the level of endorphins, substances that give us a feeling of happiness.. They are produced in the body. This feeling of " And this has a huge impact on our psychological state and, ultimately, on our appearance..

Don't Forget Your Belly. Being in the water, you can massage the stomach well, preventing it from swimming with fat.. To do this, you need to lower your hands down, interlacing your fingers into the lock and vigorously move this lock up and down along your body without touching it.. This will give your figure an extra slenderness..

How to Prevent a Cold Dry Your Hair Thoroughly After Swimming. It’s good if you don’t have to carry a hairdryer with you and the pool is located in a fitness club, where you can go to the sauna for 5–10 minutes after class to warm up.

Pay special attention to dry the water in the ears. And always rest for about ten minutes after you are completely dry before you go outside..

Take care for the first time. For weakened immunity, the first two weeks of classes, take an infusion of echinacea:

pour 1 tablespoon of flowers or root with a glass of boiling water, insist in a water bath for 15 minutes, then hold for half an hour in a thermos and drink a quarter cup 3 times a day before meals.

Add vitamins. To invigorate the immune system at the end of winter, drink an infusion of viburnum berries, wild rose and hawthorn in the evening. Pour 500 ml of boiling water over 1 tablespoon of berries and insist in a thermos overnight. Take half a glass before meals, adding a teaspoon of honey to the warm infusion.

Alina Pogodina.

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