What are the advantages and disadvantages of swimming?

Question

can swimming help grow taller and loose weight,also will it result in tanned skin?????

Answer 1

actually there are no  disadvantages, it depends how you take it.

Answer 2

swimming makes your body comfortable and flexible. the contaminated water makes your skin dirt....

Answer 3

The advantages of swimming:

1.  Healthy activity that can be continued for a lifetime.

2.  It cools you off.

3.  A great exercise without the weight pounding you.

4.  It calms you

5.  Builds endurance, cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength.  Can also be used as crosstraining with other sports.

6.  Builds character such as sportsmanship, discipline, time management.

7.  A good recreational activity.

Disadvantage:

1.  Tanned body (if you do mind having darker skin)

2.  Does a little to lose weight, since swimming is a water-based exercise, you stop burning calories once you leave water because of its cooling effect.  So it is important to alternate other sports such as running to sustain weight loss.

3.  Damaged hair.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Swimming is good for your heart, good for muscle tone, good for promoting healthy joints, it's also good for your mental health.   It does help you lose weight.  Another obvious advantage, it greatly reduces your risk of drowning.  Disadvantages...I suppose if you tried to swim without actually learning how first it might result in death by drowning.   Swimmers ear maybe a disadvantage.   Cutting your foot on a loose tile in the pool or a shell/rock in open water....There really aren't any major disadvantages here.

Answer 5

Swimming will cause a tan if the pool you practice in is outdoors. It helps you lead a healthier lifestyle and its just fun!!!  

So NO disadvantages there.

Plus I find this sport ti be the least likely to get injured.

Answer 6

advantages:

weight loss

toned muscles

general fitness

social aspects (swimmign with friends)

low/no impact (as opposed to running for eg)

perving on semi naked guys/girls

disadvantages:

blonde hair sometimes goes green because of the chlorine

pool water tends to dry skin out

pools without heating