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Infinity Edge Pool at Palacio Del Mar

Ancient Greeks and Romans built artificial pools for athletic training in the palaestras, for nautical games and for military exercises. Roman emperors had private swimming pools in which fish were also kept, hence one of the Latin words for a pool, “piscina”. The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the first century BC.

Swimming pools became popular in Britain in the mid 19th century. By 1837, six indoor pools with diving boards were built in London, England. After the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 and included swimming races, the popularity of swimming pools began to spread In 1839, Oxford had its first major public indoor pool at Temple Cowley, and swimming began to take off. The presence of indoor baths in the cobbled area of Merton Street, London may have persuaded the less hardy of the aquatic brigade to join. So, bathers gradually became swimmers, and bathing pools swimming pools.

After World War I and the departure of “long John” style swimming costumes, interest in competitive swimming grew. Standards improved and training became essential.

Home swimming pools became popular in the USA after World War II and the publicity given to swimming sports by Hollywood films like Esther Williams “Million Dollar Mermaid” made a home pool a desirable status symbol. More than 50 years later, you can find in Rosarito Beach, Baja California Mexico, the only luxury ocean front development that offers two swimming pools for the residents, an infinity edge outdoor pool and an indoor heated lap pool, this place is called Palacio del Mar Condos & Spa and is located only 35 minutes south of the border.

Many Palacio del Mar homeowners enjoy the Club house pools for recreation, sports, exercise, therapeutics and just plain fun.
An indoor pool offers many substantial benefits:

• Swimming is widely regarded as the best overall exercise.
• Swimming uses more muscles than any other exercise.
• Water provides gentle resistance to body movement, which helps build muscle.
• Buoyancy allows safer, low-impact aerobic exercise and helps avoid injury.
• Water cools the body more efficiently than air during exercise.  This allows those with medical problems such as Multiple Sclerosis, to exercise without raising the body temperature to intolerable levels.
• Simply floating in water helps reduce stress with a naturally calming effect.
• An indoor pool allows year round enjoyment of the aquatic experience in a controlled environment.

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