TACKLING AQUAPHOBIA 2

Fear of water is a problem faced by thousands of people who want to learn the art of swimming. The people who have strong will power do overcome this problem.

5) At this point you have to learn that it is normal to have water touching your nostrils and even entering the nose, as long as you are holding your breath and your head is in the upright position. God has created the human body in such a way that you are in an upright position water of a shallow pool can't get high enough to enter the respiratory track. The water feels unpleasant only when it gets into the sinuses. An experienced swimmer has water flowing into and out of his nostrils in each stroke cycle but he hardly notices it.

6) Holding your breath, squat down until your nose is underwater; the water surface is between your eyes and nose. Keep your ears from dipping in water by tilting your head a bit. In this position you will notice that water does enter you nose, but does not go high enough to give you any trouble, as you are holding your breath. Stay in this position for a few seconds get up to breath.

7)Tilting you head backwards ,hold your breath and try to slide down the surface of water, move down until your nose and ear are zwemschool rotterdam under water, but your eyes are still out of water.in this position water does not enter your mouth but a little bit of it enters your nose. You can hear muffled up voices when water enters your ears. You should stay in this position for some times.

8)Now is the time for you to thank God for giving you a strong eardrum ,in the presence of which water can't damage your ear and all the water that enters your ear comes out when you come out of water. Water can’t hurt your ears.

9) While wearing swim goggles, hold your breath and slide down the water to the point where your eyes are also submerged under water. Your goggles won’t let water enter your eyes. Try to hold this position for a few seconds before standing up .If you think you arse comfortable with the feel of water in this drill, you can squat some more to explore the world under the surface of water. 

10) Now if you have made friends with water try to exercise some playful dips by rhythmically submerging into the water and again emerging out of it. This drill will later on help you in learning swimming and its different strokes.

TACKLING AQUAPHOBIA

There is one psychological problem that works as a hurdle in learning to swim for many people, it is called 'Aqua phobia' .Today am trying to discuss with you some methods of handling the Aqua phobic swimmers and how you can help them learn swimming. Here are some exercises that can help the swimmer get a better feel of water, thus ignoring the water in a relaxed manner.

1)Go to the shallow water area of the pool, try to sit across the edge of the pool, and let both the legs hang down in the water, and play with water sweeping it back and forth with your feet. Take as much time as you like to enjoy the sensation of water flowing around your legs as you like.

2) Take some water in the palm of your hand and apply it on your face as if you are washing your face. This is done to make you get used to your face being wet.

3) Make a cup of both your hands, take some water and hold your breath and splash the water into your face. During this drill you will see that wearing goggles is good as you can keep your eyes open, will notice that during drill holding your breath and sitting in upright position helps keep the water from entering your mouth and nose.

4) Now slowly try to enter the shallow pool by using the ladder situated at almost all the poolside. Don’t rush, do everything in an enjoyable manner. Enter the water, keeping in mind to choose an area where the water stays below your chest. Make yourself comfortable, and strode in water for some time, just to relax.

IMMERSING YOUR HEAD

Here are some exercises that will help you gradually immerse your head in the water for as long as you are comfortable with it. This drill is also done in shallow water.

1) Holding your breath, and keeping zwemschool rotterdam your back straight, squat down till the water is hardly touching your lips. How this sensation feel? Notice your level of comfort in this position and stand up.

2) Close your mouth, hold your breath, and with straight back slide down the water till your nose is above the surface of water and mouth under water, you will notice that the water does not enter the mouth.

3) After some time, with your nose still above the water surface, try to breath with your mouth closed and underwater, feel how easily you can breathe with your nose while your mouth is still underwater. Then, repeat this to practice breathing with nose close to water.

4)Holding your breath, slowly start sinking down with you back straight ,go down till your mouth touches the water surface, then do down more so the mouth goes underwater, then go deeper so that your nostrils touch the water, hold this position for a few seconds and then stand up to breath.

SWIMMING ----A BLESSING.

Almost everybody knows that the most important muscle in our body that is vital for life is the heart. Swimming does not only tone the visible muscles like triceps and pectorals but also improves the health of our heart. Being an aerobic exercise swimming helps increase the size of the heart and makes the pumping of the blood more quick ,that results in better flow of blood to our body. Swimming can be very helpful in combating the inflammatory response of our bodies that always in considered one of the main reasons of heart disease. According to some studies conducted by American heart association half an hour of daily swimming in routine can decrease coronary heart disease in women to up to 30%..

SWIM TO LOSE WEIGHT

In older times people had this misconception in their minds that one cannot lose weight by swimming, as water temperature is lower than our body temperature. Like many other old concepts this one has also been proven wrong and according to the latest research swimming is the biggest calorie burner available nowadays. It works wonders to keep the weight under control .Some experts say that it may vary from person to person, but in general for every 10 minutes of swimming the backstroke will burn 80 calories, the breast stroke can help one burn 60 calories, the freestyle burns up to 100 calories and the butterfly works amazingly and burns up to 150 calories.

ASTHMA AND SWIMMING

Swimming is known to improve the capacity of the lungs, and so can be very helpful in controlling asthma .Exercising in dry surroundings of the gym is very hard for an asthma patient, same is the case with frigid winters, but swimming gives you the chance to work out in a moist place .This helps a lot to control the zwemschool rotterdam symptoms of exercise –induced asthma .Swimming helps control the symptoms of not only one type of the disease, but overall breathing problems are reduced.

SWIMMING IMPROVES CHOLESTEROL

There are mainly two types of cholesterol one in known as HDL or good cholesterol and the other as LDL or bad cholesterol. A healthy person should have higher levels of HDL and lower level of LDL in blood, but if there is an imbalance the person cannot be considered healthy. Swimming helps a great deal in balancing these levels. Swimming is a type of aerobic exercise, and aerobic exercises have the power to expand and contract the arteries, thus making them strong. People who swim have a heart as healthy as that of a 30 years younger person.