Swimming is one life sport or fitness activity that seems more like play than anything else that is meant to be.

The best part about swimming is, it has no age bar and no side effects.

Swimming works on every muscle in the body. Swimming can develop a swimmer's general strength, cardiovascular fitness and endurance.

Swimming can help you with cross-training, with your regular workout regimes.

After a land workout, swimming a few laps can help you cool-down, move blood through your muscles to help them recover, and help you relax as you glide through the water.

Swimming exercises almost the entire body - heart, lungs, and muscles - with very little joint strain.

Swimming has been found to help us indirectly too. It helps to develop life skills such as sportsmanship, time-management, self-discipline, goal-setting, and an increased sense of self-worth through participation in the sport. Swimmers seem to do better in school, in general terms, than non- swimmers.

Swimming does help in shedding some kilos. But, if you are looking for losing weight with swimming, then you have to get a professional trainer.

So many benefits tied up with fun! Swim on girls!

- Radha Krishnaveni