Thứ Bảy, 27 tháng 8, 2016

How to Tie Your Hair in a Tight Bun for Swimming Caps

How to Tie Your Hair in a Tight Bun for Swimming Caps
A tight bun holds hair in place underneath a swimming cap. Photo CreditJupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images
Swimming caps come in a variety of materials, including Lycra Spandex, latex, and even silicone, and serve a variety of purposes; they can help increase your swim speed by providing a streamlined silhouette, keep your hair protected from the chemicals in the water, and make you visible to other swimmers. If you have long hair, putting your hair in a tight bun before putting on a swimming cap makes the cap easier to put on and keeps your hair in place while you’re swimming.

Step 1

Dampen your hair with water. Wetting your hair allows for better control and makes the hair stay in place better.

Step 2

Run a comb or brush through the hair to remove any knots or tangles. Tie your hair up in a ponytail with an elastic hair band. You can place the ponytail high, mid-level or low on your head, depending on your own personal preference.

Step 3

Hold the hair at the bottom tip of the ponytail with your thumb and forefinger. Use your thumb, forefinger and middle finger to twirl the hair tightly until a snug coil forms.

Step 4

Spin the coiled hair clockwise around the ponytail base to form a bun. Wrap another elastic hair band around the base of the ponytail to hold the bun in place.

Step 5

Place the thumbs of each hand on the inside of the swimming cap to hold it open widely. Tilt your neck down and put the front part of the swimming cap on your forehead. Pull the swimming cap back over the rest of your head. The back part of the cap should be below your hairline.

Warnings

  • Avoid using barrettes, pins or hair clips to keep the bun in place. The material used for swimming caps is delicate and can easily be torn by hair accessories.
  • Even if your bun feels loose, once you put on the snug swimming cap, it should stay in place.

Things You'll Need

  • Comb or brush
  • 2 elastic hair bands
Resource: livestrong.com
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Thứ Sáu, 26 tháng 8, 2016

What Are the Health Benefits of Swimming in Sea Water?

What Are the Health Benefits of Swimming in Sea Water?
Swimming in seawater can benefit your skin and health. Photo Credit Peter Ginter/Digital Vision/Getty Images
A swim in the sea may improve your mood and health. Hippocrates first used the word “thalassotherapy” to describe the healing effects of seawater, according to Pacific Naturopathic. Ancient Greeks appreciated the health and beauty benefits of this mineral-rich water and bathed and soaked in seawater-filled pools and hot tubs. Among several benefits, swimming in seawater can help increase your immune system function, improve circulation, promote overall well-being and hydrate your skin.

Immune

Seawater contains vital elements, vitamins, mineral salts, trace elements, amino acids and living microorganisms that can produce antibiotic and antibacterial effects to help promote a healthy immune system. Reportedly, the components of seawater, similar to human blood plasma, are easily absorbed and utilized by your body while swimming. Inhaling a sea mist filled with negatively charged ions, or molecules that attach to your lungs also boosts your immune system, according to naturopathic doctor Connie Hernandez. In addition, proponents claim that swimming in seawater opens pores in the skin to allow the absorption of sea minerals and the expulsion of disease-causing toxins from the body.

Circulation

Swimming in seawater may help facilitate the circulation of blood in your body. Your circulatory system -- made up of the heart, capillaries, arteries and veins -- carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body, then returns blood to your heart again. The main purpose of thalassotherapy, or seawater therapy, is to increase blood circulation. Swimming or bathing in warm seawater improves circulation by restoring essential minerals depleted by stress, a poor diet and environmental poisons, according to the Thalasso Experience website.

Well-being

Seawater is used by many for overall improved health and well-being. Swimming in warm seawater purportedly activates the body’s healing mechanisms to fight conditions such as asthma, arthritis, bronchitis and inflammatory diseases, as well as common aches and pains. Magnesium-rich seawater purportedly can also relax your muscles, reduce stress and help induce sleep. Magnesium depresses nerves to relieve nervous irritability for an increased sense of calmness, according to wellness pioneer and author J.I. Rondale.

Skin

The magnesium in seawater may also help hydrate and improve the appearance of your skin. According to a study in the February 2005 edition of the “International Journal of Dermatology,” bathing in a magnesium-rich Dead Sea salt solution helps promote skin moisture. People with atopic dry skin, or dryness on the skin’s surface, submerged one forearm for 15 minutes in a bath solution containing 5 percent Dead Sea salt and the other forearm in regular tap water. Researchers discovered that the salt solution improved skin hydration and significantly reduced skin inflammation symptoms such as redness and roughness when compared to tap water. Observed skin benefits were attributed to the high magnesium content of the Dead Sea salt.
Resource: livestrong.com
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How to Train for Swimming Without a Pool

How to Train for Swimming Without a Pool
You can train your swimming muscles with dumbbells. Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
Swimming is a sport that requires a lot of endurance and uses muscles throughout your body. Spending as much time in the pool as possible working on different strokes is a key to faster times. For times when you can’t get to the pool, or just want to mix up your routine, you can work on your swimming muscles and endurance outside the pool, too. Various weight training movements and calisthenics will strengthen and condition your body for swimming, so you won’t have to miss a beat when a pool isn’t available.

Step 1

Hold a barbell or dumbbells with an overhand grip and bend over at the waist with your feet around shoulder width apart. Bend your knees slightly and keep your back straight. Pull the weight up to the middle of your chest, squeezing your back muscles. Lower the weight and repeat.

Step 2

Grasp a pull-up bar with an overhand grip and your hands a little bit wider than shoulder width. Pull your body weight up to the bar, stopping when the bar is even with the top of your chest. Lower yourself slowly and repeat. Do the exercise with an underhand grip, as well.

Step 3

Lie on your back with your arms at your sides or hands behind your head. Straighten your legs in front of you and quickly flutter kick your feet up and down. Keep your feet off the ground during the entire exercise.

Step 4

Stand in a shoulder width stance with a light dumbbell in each hand. Lift the dumbbells out in front of you with your palms facing down, and slowly simulate a breaststroke movement.

Step 5

Position yourself in a standard pushup stance with your hands about double the width of your shoulders. Lower your body until your arms are at 90 degrees, the push back up and repeat.

Step 6

Stand on one leg, with the other leg slightly bent and out in front of your body. Squat down as far as you can go, or until your thigh is parallel to the floor. Push back up to the start and repeat. Hold your arms out for balance as necessary and do both legs.

Warnings

  • Check with your health-care provider before beginning an exercise program for the first time or if you have been away from fitness programs for a while, or if you have any chronic health issues.

Tips

  • Use light weights on all exercises using resistance, and at least 15 reps on all exercises to help build endurance.

Things You'll Need

  • Dumbbells
  • Barbell
Resource: livestrong.com
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