“I’m too old”

You are never too old to swim-the enormous health gains that swimming offers are available to everyone, irrespective of age. The warmth, buoyancy and support offered by the water make swimming a great form of exercise in later life. It is a wonderful activity for those physical complaints that are so common as you get older, including joint pain, decreased flexibility and strength and osteoporosis (low born mineral density). You may need alter the amount of swimming you do as you get older, but that’s easy to do because you can regulate how hard, how long and  how often you swim in order to optimise the benefits. So keep on swimming to enhance both your physical and mental health and to help enable you to enjoy life for as long as possible.