When can we practice it?

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 It is possible to practice swimming in any season of the year since in Canary Islands there will always be a pleasant temperature to swim, but equally you must have precaution since in the winter evenings the temperature usually lowers very much, and also you must pay attention to it is very windy.


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Swimming Equipment:  If we talk about the equipment, there are differences between the equipment of an amateur swimmer and the one of a professional swimmer.  The swimsuits of an amateur swimmer can cost arround 10-20 euros and the googles costs from 4-15 euros, in contrast with the equipment of a profesional swimmer. This equipment is too expensive compared to any other sport I know, the swimsuits of a swimmer that compete, are divided on one hand by the training suits that costs like the amateur ones depending on the brand the buy the suit because Speedo or Arena are the most expensive brands and the ones that have better materials and on the other hand the competition suits that can cost from 150-300 euros the masculine suits but the femenine suits costs from 200- 475 euros. If we talk about the competition googles, are a bit expesive, this can cost even 40 euros.  Normally, swimmers have to use extra swimming equipment to trains different parts of the body, this equipme
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Swimming

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 Swimming is one of the most recommended sport in the Canary Islands, not only for its healthfuls funtions but also because as we are surounded by water, it is very helpful.        Advantages of swimming:  Your quality of life improves. Swimming allows you to delay the aging stage; your motor capacity increases, as does your memory, as it requires greater concentration and coordination.  It makes you more alert, more balanced and has a more efficient and faster complex reaction time; wounds take less time to heal.  You burn more calories. In water your muscles work five to six times more than on land.  Swimming increases your muscle mass and tones it; it lengthens your muscles and improves your silhouette. One hour of this exercise allows you to burn up to 600 calories.  Your organism acquires greater mobility and elasticity. Swimming allows you to exercise your joints, increasing their flexibility and range of motion.  It favours the activity of the cardioresp
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Michael Phelps

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                                        Michael Fred Phelps  is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most successful and  most decorated Olympian of all time,  with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for  Olympic gold medals,   Olympic gold medals in individual events , and  Olympic medals in individual events.  When he won eight gold medals at the  2008 Beijing Games , Phelps broke fellow American swimmer  Mark Spitz 's 1972 record of seven  first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games . At the  2004 Summer Olympics  in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the  2012 Summer Olympics  in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the  2016 Summer Olympics  in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the  most successful  athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.      
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