The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras has put in place during the months of July and August, a swimming program and healthy activities for older people in the locality.
The initiative consists of specialized programs of aerobics, and swimming aquarelax therapy involving more than one hundred people over the municipality.
The councilman of Deportes, José Aragón, said "These water activities are of particular interest, since they represent an alternative for leisure and sports to do during the summer months.
They also serve to start this type of programs that are beneficial to the health of older people. "
Specifically, this year has launched a program that fuses Aquagym aquatic activity to physical fitness "and offers excellent healthy outcomes for all people who practice it because when working in immersion reduces the risk of injury, stimulates the blood circulation, exercise all the joints, strengthens the respiratory system and ultimately improving the strengthening, toning and increased flexibility. "
In addition to aerobics, this year offering therapeutic swimming program for the elderly.
The facility, located in the Municipal Sports Centre, open to the public in hour from 12:00 to 20:00 every day and stay open until the first half of September.
Puerto Lumbreras has three pools, one for children, other water activities aimed at children between 0 and 6 years and one third larger pool aimed at adults.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras