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7 Reasons Why You Should Buy A Swimming Pool

by Trish



When you were young and dreamt about your ideal home, the chances are that you always had a swimming pool in those images. It sets off a luxury home nicely and really comes in handy on those hot summer afternoons. In reality, the swimming pool is an incredibly useful commodity to have in your family home. If you were thinking about the pros and cons of having a pool installed, please read this article for some factual information.


Home Value

Adding value to your home is never a bad thing, but it should be considered when you are worried about the initial cost of your chosen pool. There are some home buyers that will only consider looking at houses with attached swimming pools. They tend to have more money available for their next purchase, why not include your address on their ‘must see’ list?

Beauty

If you are not thinking about moving anytime soon, you will still have the added benefit of living in a beautiful and luxurious property. Just relaxing next to the pool is enough to left your spirits on a hard day. Every time you look out of the window for some inspiration…there it is!

Fitness

Swimming is one of the best ways to keep in shape, and this has been proven many times. Instead of driving down to the busy gym, why not strip off and do a few lengths of your very own pool? You are much less likely to get injured in this ‘soft’ environment and will be able to relax without worrying about getting in someone’s way.

Family Bonding

A happy family is a healthy family, and you get the best of both worlds with your own swimming pool. As well as the exercise option, you can have a fun game of water polo and top up on your tans. You will never get bored of the pool as it can be used for so many activities.

Children’s Health And Safety

Your children’s health is one of the most important concerns in any parent’s life. With your own swimming pool, you can help them to stay fit, with the added bonus of ensuring they learn how to swim properly. Exercise can often be tiresome, but swimming is always thought of as an opportunity to have some fun with your loved ones and friends. You never know when your children may need their swimming skills in the future.

Entertainment

If you fancy inviting some friends and family over for a party, why not base it around your pool? Just fire up the barbeque and get some lively sounds blasting out, you could re-enact your last tropical holiday together! Get some decent lights installed and you could be throwing some memorable evening poolside events for the whole neighborhood.

Balance And Stress

If you add a daily swim to your daily routine, you will be adding a very healthy factor to your lives. You can de-stress after a hectic day at the office, or massage your partner in the relaxing luxury of your own swimming pool.

 

Rod Tuckers provides swimming pool service in Westport CT. A complete family man, he understands fully well the value that a swimming pool adds to family bonding. You can avail to more useful tips on home improvement and family issues on his blog.

Filed Under: Home Improvement, House and Home, The yard Tagged With: Beauty, cons, entertainment, Family Bonding, fitness, Health, Home Value, Pros, reasons, safety, swimming pool

Time to hit the bike trails

by The Diva

Now that September has arrived it’s really cooled off dramatically! I can’t believe how cool it’s getting at night. We actually turned our furnace on for the first time this season this evening. It was just too cool in our house.

One thing I do like about the cooler weather is that it’s nice to get out and either take long walks or go for bike rides. Working out or being active is important year round, but I find it much easier in the spring and fall when the temperature outside is much more moderate to cool. I just get too hot in the summer if I really exert myself and well, sometimes here in the winter it’s just too cold to go outside for a long time.

Perhaps tomorrow if the weather is nice we’ll get out the thule bike rack and load up the bikes and go to a bike trail for a nice long ride.

Do you enjoy doing outdoor activities like biking, walking and running year round, or are you like me and prefer to do some of those activities when the weather is slightly cooler like during the Spring and Fall?

Filed Under: Health and Fitness, Home and family, Items to Try, Womens health Tagged With: bike rack, bike trails, biking, cool nights, cool weather, fitness, long ride, running, September, walking

I have to start working out

by The Diva

I have to start getting in better shape. Now that the weather is getting better I want to start getting out for a long walk every day at the very least.

Consider that I’m home on medical leave and that I suffer from chronic pain it’s hard for me to plan a regular fitness regime because I just don’t feel well every day … in fact I barely ever feel well. So … I guess I just need to plan to do something daily that I should be able to do most days even if I don’t feel all that well. I figure that if I start feeling somewhat better after I begin walking regularly I could always add more workouts to my schedule if I can handle it.

Someone told me I should think about taking optimum nutrition pro complex but I think I’ll hold off talking any supplement for now until I see if I can just stick to walking regularly and also check out supplement with my doctor.

Do you have trouble getting into a regular fitness schedule? I know it’s probably a little harder for me since I’m in chronic pain, but I have to try.

Filed Under: Health and Fitness, Items to Try, Recreation Tagged With: chronic pain, diet, fitness, fitness schedule, medical leave, regular walk, walk, work out

How do you stay active when it’s really hot outside?

by The Diva

I have to find a way to get more active! As I was just saying on one of my other blogs … it’s been very hot here in Toronto lately and as a result I’ve been trapped indoors where it’s cool for the last couple of weeks.

I’m feeling the lack of activity! If the heat doesn’t let up soon I think I might start getting out of shape (not that I’m in the best shape anyway, mind you) and gaining weight. I might have to look into getting some Lipovox! Just kidding.

I think what I’m going to do is try to get outside in the early morning or in the late evening when it should be a little cooler outside. I can at least take a long walk or a bike ride in order to increase my activity level and not feel so house bound.

How do you stay in shape when it’s too hot for outdoor activities?

Filed Under: Health and Fitness, Home and family, Items to Try Tagged With: active, bike ride, diet pills, early morning, fitness, gain weight, hot, late evening, long walks, out of shape, too hot, walk, warm, weather

Winter stir crazy

by The Diva

It’s winter here in Toronto and I’m starting to go a little stir crazy. I think I always do come winter since I’m stuck inside due to my illness (Crohns).

I guess I really can’t complain too much this year. We barely have any snow and we’ve spent most of the winter snowless. We don’t tend to get a lot of snow here in Toronto, but we have much less than usual this year! So yes, I could get out more often if I wanted too .. but it’s still kind of cold.

I think I’m going to pull out my old ellipticals that’s stored in one of our spare bedrooms and start trying to use it daily. At least I’ll be getting a little exercise and it will help take away the winter blahs.

Do you work out indoors during the winter – whether you really need to or not?

Filed Under: Health and Fitness, Home and family, Items to Try, Recreation, Womens World Tagged With: crohns, exercise, fitness, no snow, sick, snowless, stir crazy, stuck indoors, Toronto, weather, winter

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