Swimming provides numerous physical and mental health benefits such as building lean muscles, increasing flexibility, and strengthening the core while boosting metabolism and burning calories. It is also a social activity that can foster relationships and offers stress relief by allowing one to escape from daily pressures in a technology-free environment.

1. Why you should swim
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2. Balance your build
- Swimming builds longer, leaner muscles.
- Compliments shorter denser muscles.
- These muscles can boost metabolism.
- Results to burning calories longer.

3. Increased Flexibility
- Heated pool relaxes muscles.
- Swimming flushes out toxins.
- Prevents muscle tightness.
- Prevents soreness the following day.

4. Strengthen Your Core
- Swimming develops core body strength.
- Utilizes all body muscles simultaneously.

5. Social Outlet
- Meeting significant other with swimsuit.
- Romance fueled by mutual interests.
- Team programs offer peer motivation.
- Coaching provides performance results.

6. Weight Loss
- Swimming builds confidence and self-reliance.
- Improves performance at the gym.
- Maximizes your cardio.

7. Refreshing
- Swimming is refreshing!
- Enjoy being in the water!
- Regardless, you receive a tan!

8. Clean
- Swimmers are the cleanest athletes.
- Swimming in abrasive disinfectants.
- Age does not matter!

9. Freedom
- Swimming is the ultimate escape!
- Nice respite from the world.
- Technology free zone!

10. Release
- Swimming is like flying.
- Enjoy weightless freedom and liberation.
- Helps relieve stress.
- Boost immune system.

11. Improving Your Body
- Swimming improves coordination.
- Swimming improves posture.
- Improves spinal column positioning.