Beginners

What Utah Masters Can Offer:

Utah Masters Swim Team provides important health and social benefits. Utah Masters embraces adult swimmers of all levels including swimmers new to the sport. Coaching staff and other team members provide excellent support and instruction to help develop your skills in swimming. Coaches and teammates are devoted to bringing out the personal best in each other, fostering social relationships, and furthering progress within the sport. 

Health Benefits of Swimming:

Swimming is a low-impact aerobic exercise which uses all the major muscle groups in the body. One hour of swimming burns approximately 790 calories leading to weight loss and production of lean muscle mass. Swimming is a great conditioning exercise that stimulates the cardiovascular system increasing endurance and stamina.

If that doesn't convince you to join…

Top Ten Reasons to Exercise

By Dennis Tesch , Utah Masters Chair and Coach

1. Exercise dissipates the hormones that cause the stress response. Constant high levels of these hormones lads to the breakdown of the body.
2. Exercise strengthens your circulatory system and the efficiency of your body's use of oxygen, increasing your stamina.
3. Lowers your blood pressure decreasing the potential for strokes and heart failure.
4. Exercise increases the efficiency of insulin production and usage by cells decreasing the possibility of diabetes mellitus.
5. Improves the quality and ability to sleep.
6. Exercise allows you to eat more food by increasing your metabolism, maintaining weight and often causing weight loss.
7. Exercise stimulates and strengthens the immune system.
8. Exercise improves digestion and regularity of bowel movements.
9. Exercise causes the release of endorphins in the brain increasing self-confidence and a sense of well-being.
10. Exercise can decrease and even prevent depression

United States Masters Swimming: Getting Started
http://usms.org/fitness/gettingstarted.shtml

Pool and Lane Etiquette
http://usms.org/fitness/pooletiquette.shtml

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Or for more information contact Cathy Philpot ca_philpot@msn.com