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THE TECHNIQUES AND BENEFITS
OF FREESTYLE SWIMMING
FREESTYLE TECHNIQUE
Freestyle is also known as the front crawl.
When swimming this stroke, your body will be
in a prone position on your stomach and face
toward the water. Both your arms and legs will
pull you through the water, while your torso
remains stable. Your arms will move in an
alternating fashion. One arm will arc up out of
the water while the other is on the downswing,
close to your torso in the water. Each arm will
reenter the water at an angle, ingers held
straight and together, to minimize resistance.

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FREESTYLE TECHNIQUE
-While your arms pull you forward through the water, your legs will be hard at work too. You will
use the lutter kick to complete the freestyle stroke technique. The lutter kick is achieved by
constantly moving your legs in a tight, scissor-like movement beneath the water. Your knees
will bend slightly, but your legs will remain relatively parallel to the surface beneath you at all
times. You can adjust the number of kicks per complete cycle of arm movement depending on
how quickly you want to swim. Your legs are an important part of freestyle, but keep in mind
that they provide just about 10 percent propulsion in the bodies of practiced
swimmers.Freestyle often looks intimidating to inexperienced swimmers because it requires
you to put your face in the water. Once you get used to putting your face in the water, adding
breathing to the freestyle cycles is relatively easy. As one arm swings up and out of the water,
you simply turn your face to the side and take a breath. As the arm comes down, lower your
face back into the water. Some swimmers alternate sides when it comes to breathing while
others stick to one side.
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BENEFITS
-You can burn hundreds of calories with just a half an hour of swimming freestyle.

-Freestyle, favored by long-distance swimmers, is considered the most e icient stroke.

Freestyle takes you farther than other strokes without expending more energy. If you like
to set your swimming workouts to a lap count, this will help you reach your goal faster.

-Freestyle also gives you a full body workout. It works the muscles in your arms, legs, core
and back. If you are looking for a particular swimming stroke to tone your back muscles,
freestyle is de initely the way to go.

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HEALTH BENEFITS
-keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the
impact stress o your body

-builds endurance, muscle strength and

cardiovascular itness

-helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart

and lungstones muscles and builds strength

-provides an all-over body workout, as nearly

all of your muscles are used during swimming.
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