Swimming is the easiest way we earthlings can escape the relentless force of gravity. Because water is denser than flesh, the body floats. Moving through water uses all the muscles in the body and avoids continuous jarring contact with terra firma.
That’s why swimming is the single best physical therapy for injured bodies.
It is also an excellent form of lifetime exercise. As an organized activity it is called Masters Swimming. This international body has over 25,000 U.S. members and offers competition within 5-year age brackets from the twenties clear into the nineties. Fully half of the members never compete and swim only for the exercise. Masters Swimming offers access to pools, instruction for