Swimming is a Sport with Numerous Benefits that Last a Lifetime.

Invest in your children…give them the gift of swimming.

Swimming is a sport with numerous benefits that last a lifetime.

 






HEALTHY ACTIVITY

Swimming provides a total body, low impact, high resistance workout that once learned, children will keep with them for life. Everybody from one to 100 years of age can enjoy all the health benefits of a good swim. 

RECREATIONAL

Besides being a great physical workout, swimming is also a wonderful recreational activity. Swimming provides hours of fun in family pools, water-parks and lakes, with friends and family.

SAFETY

The most important benefit of swimming is learning lifesaving skills.  In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury deaths among children one to four years of age and the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years. (http://www.lifesavingsociety.com/who’s-drowning.aspx)

By enrolling your child in swim lessons, you will be arming them with essential tools that could potentially save your child’s life.

The City of Waterloo Swimplex is a great place for all your family members to learn to swim and enjoy all the wonderful benefits swimming has to offer.






 

 

Experience the joy of water together with your child (3 months to 5 years) in parent and tot classes.









Increase your children’s safety skills and confidence by enrolling them in one of many Learn to Swim classes.

 

Enjoy the water together as a family with drop-in programs like Family Swim and Kidsplash.

 

 

 

 

Moms and dads can also benefit from a water workout with Waterfit classes like Pre and Post Natal classes (pre-registration required), AquaZumba, Kick-boxing, Run Fit and Boot Camp classes. These are great group exercise classes that are easy on the joints, yet provide a high resistance workout! Most classes are available on a drop-in basis. Visit www.waterloo.ca/swim for more information.

 

Registration opens for all City of Waterloo aquatic programs on September 5, 2012. Register online or in person at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex (101 Father David Bauer Drive), RIM Park (2001 University Ave East), or Albert McCormick Community Centre (500 Parkside Drive).

To view all City of Waterloo aquatic programs and swim schedules visit www.waterloo.ca/programguide.