Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong.

I'm the Get Fit Guy.

And you know what?

There are plenty, and I do mean plenty, of reasons why going for a dip is a great idea.

Some reasons are more obvious than others, but today we are going to take a deeper

dive into some of the more surprising benefits that you can get when you go for a swim.

As you may know, I was born and raised in the cold, landlocked prairies of Canada, but I still managed to be a pretty avid swimmer for my

entire life. You might actually say that I'm truly a fish out of water, unless, of course, you

count the numerous slews and frozen ponds of Alberta as bodies of water, but in any case,

I am grateful to my parents for having allowed me to be

a bit of a pool rat when I was a kid. If you weren't so lucky, though, you can still get the

benefits of swimming by getting yourself to a swimming pool, ASAP. Now, a while ago, I wrote about

a report that was produced by the Swimming and Health Commission

called The Health and Well-Being Benefits of Swimming, which I encourage you to go back and

check out, and I'll link to in the show notes for this episode.

But in that study, it was estimated that those who swim for recreation or for competition

are eight times more likely to meet

the general physical activity guidelines, which means that they were active for at least

150 minutes per week. The authors estimated that long-term swim training will also improve

cardiorespiratory fitness or endurance in everyone,

including but not limited to pregnant women, children with asthma, and adults with osteoarthritis.

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