Your water workout gives your body and heart all the benefit of an aerobic workout without impact on the joints. But another amazing perk of swimming is that it’s great for your brain! President of SWIMkids USA Lana Whitehead holds degrees in exercise physiology, special education and she’s a member
How do you think it sounds when someone is drowning? That drowning victims make a lot of noise is only one of the false-assumptions around water safety, which keep drowning tragedies too often at the top of the daily news. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – in the
The same night as the Parade of Nations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Rio’s Maracanã Stadium was going on, a second Parade of Nations was happening in Mesa at SWIMkids USA. The Rio parade was awe-inspiring as it featured top athletes from across the globe marching together
There are surprising benefits to year-round swim lessons. As the weather turns cooler and summer ends, keep ’em swimming! It can make their learning easier. Research out of Australia (https://app.griffith.edu.au/news/2013/08/13/swimming-a-smart-move-for-children/shows) proves that children, who were taught to swim by 5 years, had statistically higher IQs. Turns out, some of what