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Swimming

Swimming is good exercise. It is a lifetime sport that benefits the body and the whole person!

Regular swimming builds endurance, muscle strength and cardio-vascular fitness. It can serve as a cross-training element to your regular workouts. Before a workout in the gym or a fitness class, you can use the pool for a warm-up session. Swimming with increasing effort to gradually increase your heart rate and stimulate your muscle activity is easily accomplished in the water.

After a workout, swimming a few laps can help you cool-down, move blood through your muscles to help them recover, and help you relax as you glide through the water.


Make a splash!

Grab your goggles and lean to swim. Whatever your age we'll help you, or your children, to gain the know-how to swim with confidence in the water.


Take a look at the variety of sessions you can enjoy in one of Swansea's pools.

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Choose your local centre to swim...
 
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Learn to swim at your Active Swansea Leisure Centre
 
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Free swimming for under 16s and over 60s
 
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Parents and their young children get the chance to take part in special pool sessions at Penlan and Penyrheol.
 
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Learn to swim: Children with Disabilities
 
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Find out more about staying safe in the pool and how to become a lifeguard
 
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