Owner Anita Killmier has a passion for swimming as a life long sport so unlike many other squad programmes, H2O not only focuses on developing younger swimmers, it also focuses on promoting and developing swimming amongst adults. H2O can cater to all adult swimmers irrespective of age, ability and goals.
HEALTH BENEFITS
Swimming is universally regarded as one of the best forms of exercise and one of the few activities that can be enjoyed for life. The properties of water are such that it is low impact hence many people who find land based sports difficult can participate.
According to a survey on Australians and sport, 34% of the population personally participate in the sport of swimming, making it the most participated in sport in Australia.
Swimming regularly improves your circulation, respiratory capacity, flexibility, muscle tone, posture and general physical appearance. It lowers your blood pressure, reduces stress and helps to resist coronary artery disease and stroke.
Regular swimming may also reduce your appetite, burn up energy and help you lose weight.
The psychological benefits flow from the physical ones. You feel positive about your health and appearance. You feel fit, alert, refreshed and relaxed. And you can justify eating the things you love!
There is also increasing evidence to support the theory that regular exercise can ward off brain disease and dementia - or at least slow its progress lending weight to the cliché: Healthy Body = Healthy Mind
Because your body is supported by water, you put less stress on your bones than running or other strenuous forms of exercise, and therefore have less risk of injury. This makes it ideal as a sport for all, for life!
Private lessons with H2O team of industry qualified coaches and teachers are available to fine tune technique and skills,and training programmes are individualised according to goals.
TESTIMONIALS
Hi Anita, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you for all of your help. You have a real passion for swimming and in particular stroke perfection. It has helped me tremendously and I hope that I do not lose it! From the outset I found yourself and your group very welcoming. I recall my first attendance and naturally one was nervous. However this soon disappeared as I was trying to hang onto peoples’ feet
Your passion for the sport you love exudes from you every session. Even as left to go to work post squad, I would look across and see the intensity of your gaze at the 7.30 squad. It was a picture of how coaching should be – focused, committed, looking for the slightest improvement.
Kelly Duhig, Triathlete, Ultra Marathons
Swimming is universally regarded as one of the best forms of exercise and one of the few activities that can be enjoyed for life. The properties of water are such that it is low impact hence many people who find land based sports difficult can participate.
According to a survey on Australians and sport, 34% of the population personally participate in the sport of swimming, making it the most participated in sport in Australia.
Swimming regularly improves your circulation, respiratory capacity, flexibility, muscle tone, posture and general physical appearance. It lowers your blood pressure, reduces stress and helps to resist coronary artery disease and stroke.
Regular swimming may also reduce your appetite, burn up energy and help you lose weight.
The psychological benefits flow from the physical ones. You feel positive about your health and appearance. You feel fit, alert, refreshed and relaxed. And you can justify eating the things you love!
There is also increasing evidence to support the theory that regular exercise can ward off brain disease and dementia - or at least slow its progress lending weight to the cliché: Healthy Body = Healthy Mind
Because your body is supported by water, you put less stress on your bones than running or other strenuous forms of exercise, and therefore have less risk of injury. This makes it ideal as a sport for all, for life!
Private lessons with H2O team of industry qualified coaches and teachers are available to fine tune technique and skills,and training programmes are individualised according to goals.
TESTIMONIALS
Hi Anita, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you for all of your help. You have a real passion for swimming and in particular stroke perfection. It has helped me tremendously and I hope that I do not lose it! From the outset I found yourself and your group very welcoming. I recall my first attendance and naturally one was nervous. However this soon disappeared as I was trying to hang onto peoples’ feet
Your passion for the sport you love exudes from you every session. Even as left to go to work post squad, I would look across and see the intensity of your gaze at the 7.30 squad. It was a picture of how coaching should be – focused, committed, looking for the slightest improvement.
Kelly Duhig, Triathlete, Ultra Marathons
The Water In You
The USGS Water Science School
Think of what you need to survive, really just survive. Food? Water? Air? Facebook? Naturally, I'm going to concentrate on water here. Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.
According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, and even the bones are watery: 31%. Water helps digest our food so it can provide us with energy, it helps to transport waste out of the body, and it is important in controlling body temperature.
Each day humans must consume a certain amount of water to survive. Of course, this varies according to age and gender, and also by where someone lives. Generally, an adult male needs about 3 liters per day while an adult female needs about 2.2 liters per day. Some of this water is gotten in food.
According to Dr. Jeffrey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Allegheny University, different people have different percentages of their bodies made up of water. Babies have the most, being born at about 78%. By one year of age, that amount drops to about 65%. In adult men, about 60% of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue. In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of their bodies made of water. Thus:
Water's "stickiness" (from surface tension) plays a part in our body's ability to transport these materials all through ourselves. The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream. No less important is the ability of water to transport waste material out of our bodies.
The USGS Water Science School
Think of what you need to survive, really just survive. Food? Water? Air? Facebook? Naturally, I'm going to concentrate on water here. Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.
According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, and even the bones are watery: 31%. Water helps digest our food so it can provide us with energy, it helps to transport waste out of the body, and it is important in controlling body temperature.
Each day humans must consume a certain amount of water to survive. Of course, this varies according to age and gender, and also by where someone lives. Generally, an adult male needs about 3 liters per day while an adult female needs about 2.2 liters per day. Some of this water is gotten in food.
According to Dr. Jeffrey Utz, Neuroscience, pediatrics, Allegheny University, different people have different percentages of their bodies made up of water. Babies have the most, being born at about 78%. By one year of age, that amount drops to about 65%. In adult men, about 60% of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue. In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of their bodies made of water. Thus:
- Babies and kids have more water (as a percentage) than adults.
- Women have less water than men (as a percentage).
- People with more fatty tissue have less water than people with less fatty tissue (as a percentage).
Water's "stickiness" (from surface tension) plays a part in our body's ability to transport these materials all through ourselves. The carbohydrates and proteins that our bodies use as food are metabolized and transported by water in the bloodstream. No less important is the ability of water to transport waste material out of our bodies.