Did you know that some benefits of swimming are: One hour of vigorous swimming will burn up to 650 calories, Burns more calories than walking or biking, Swimming strengthens the heart and lungs, swimming works all the main muscles of the body. Swimming helps reduce stress, the buoyancy of water makes swimming the ideal exercise for physical therapy and rehabilitation or for anyone looking for a low-impact exercise, and swimming is a great cardiovascular exercise because you move against the resistance of water, which is over ten times that of swimming. the air.Since the 1990s Tom C. Clark High School, a school in the North Independent School District, aquatic athletes have had to attend practices early in the morning and late at night. This inconvenience for coaches, students and parents could be solved by adding an aquatics gym at Clark High School. The reasons for this proposal range from overcrowding to financial reasons, the benefits are in fact infinite. Overcrowding at the Northside Natatorium is due to the fact that it is shared with John Marshall High School, William H. Taft High School, William J. Brenenan High School, Louis D. Brandies High School and Sandra Day O'Conner High School. An advantage is that they sometimes get to argue with each other, but most of the time they remain secluded with closed training sessions. A Clark Aquatics sophomore explains that it would be much more convenient if the school had its own place for swimmers. here in Clark. Daily rides to and from the Northside Independent School District natatorium cost more than they earn. Just think of the gas prices in the buses and coaches that go to the natatorium before school during the 1st period and then arrive in Clark for the second period with the swimmers or...... middle of paper ......dell 'building B dedicated to the room space lockers. And what more perfect moment then after having redone the parking lot and built a track around the football field. Sure, it might be inconvenient to have all the trucks and people for construction, but they can raise money until the end of the year and do it over the summer like they did a while back with parking. So you wonder what the purpose of this was? So what? The goal is to convince the school board to invest time and money in an aquatic gym in Clark, Texas, much like the time, money, gas that coaches and schools put into athletes, along with time, money , gas, from students and parents, and time gas and money from the district's already spent money. Why? If swimming is such a good, generally cheap and healthy addition to a school, then schools should have it.