By Lynne Rominger Gone are the warm breezes of summer where you relaxed in temperate waters and swam leisurely. Instead the wind whips by in chilling blasts. Just because the thermometer shows cold fronts coming through, it doesn't mean you must give up on a swimming workout.
Swimming remains a wonderful exercise regardless of the wind-chill factor.
It's low impact, aerobic, easy on your joints, works several or all muscle groups at the same time, and the motion of the water lapping against you as you workout actually provides a gentle all-over body massage. So get on your Speedo, we're offering you the know-how to enjoy winter swimming fun. Just because you don't own a pool, doesn't mean you can't swim in one. Besides, chances are good that even if you do own a pool, the cost to heat it during the winter would prove prohibitive. What you need to begin your winter swim odyssey is an indoor pool.