Discover the benefits of swimming for your brain!
That is what all swimmers ought to know, so if you do not swim get started right now!
As well as the physical benefits you will feel from swimming, it will also improve your mental health and brain capacity.
THE EFFECTS ON OUR BRAIN
To begin with, I suggest swimming at least 40 minutes three times a week to activate the brain circuits you will reutilise for learning purposes or just for performing all the various “dryland” activities to the best of your ability.
Sport – and swimming in particular – will make you smarter: it will develop different areas of your brain, thereby improving, for example, your coordination and proprioceptive skills.
It will also have an indirect effect on your cognitive functions and help control your emotions.
IN GREATER DETAIL
1. Less stress.
Swimming will increase the norepinephrine and noradrenalin levels in your brain, a hormone that affects your circadian rhythms, such as sleep and wakefulness.
This will help you react positively to psychophysically stressful situations, lowering your cortisone levels, the hormone that controls this annoying emotional state.
2. Memory boost.
The increasing blood flow deriving from the aerobic activity you will perform when…
