Gabriel said:
hi Gabriel
Swimming makes me very toned, tightens everything up but does tend to build my legs.
i tend to combine it with running for more fat burning...
not a scientific answer, just a personal experience.
i_s
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Gabriel said:I got this from some place on the internet (I did not save the source (gulp!):
"Swimming improves heart and lung efficiency, enhances muscle strength and endurance, improves flexibility, and reduces stress. It's easy on the joints, and uses more muscles than most other forms of exercise. Although swimming burns a great deal of calories, recreational swimmers tend to lose less weight than would be expected from other types of aerobic activity. Scientists say that cold water removes heat from the body, stimulating appetite to keep the body warm. Exposure to cold water may encourage the body to maintain fat stores for insulation. To lose weight by swimming, it’s necessary to cut down on the calories you eat, and to swim fast enough and long enough.
Swimming can burn more than 660 calories an hour when performed correctly and causes fewer injuries to joints and muscles than aerobics or jogging. It takes only three hours a week of strenuous swimming to improve flexibility, increase strength and build cardiovascular endurance. Swimming provides a good aerobic workout if 25% of the total laps are performed at maximum intensity. However, only 5% of those who swim do so at an aerobic pace.
Gabriel
fcallagy said:I lost a lot of weight through swimming at any rate and have since that started adjusting to a healthier diet. Seems as the body improves it starts to crave more of the right things instead of the junk.
island_sands said:yeah i get really hungry after swimming but crave apples and juicy foods.. the crave for chocolate goes away and i feel like a healthy dinner
the only thing i find is that the pool water gives me an upset stomach(no, i don't swallow heaps of it!) rofl
Yeah right! A good ole pork pie does it for me every time, fresh out of the oven with some HP brown sauce! Now thats what I call healthy eating YUM!subaquaticus said:I agree with you : doing apnea or generally sport orientates your body towards healthy food...
joanna said:I was a competitive swimmer for ten years and I can just say that it helped me a lot for freediving. I was never as good in dynamic as when I was training 6x2h a week. I think that it is the best sport to practice beside freediving. It brings you a good endurance and moreover a knowledge of your body in water, something that no other sport brings you (except synchronised swimming).
About the fat theory, I'm afraid it is right. There are very few "dry" swimmers, and these tend to freeze in water. Most of the swimmers, although thin, have a very thin layer of fat all over their body. It is also true, that when you stop swimming you tend to take weight. But it is the case if you still eat as much as when you were spending 20h a week in water. So if you stop progressively you should not become a whale.
Then the best time to eat after a swimming session is just after it (30-40min), this is when your body will use this food intake to rebuild its energy stores (glycogen). If you eat later, the regeneration won't be as efficient and you might store on the belly as well :hmm Many swimmers will just eat a banana right after the training. It contains a lot of carbohydrates but also important nutrients such as magnesium (lost with perspiration, yes, we perspire a lot while in water! don't forget to drink during training). This will calm down your hunger and is healthier than french fries
So my advice is first to learn swimming properly (technique!) and to enjoy the training sessions. Ask an experienced swimmer to write you some trainings (series, different styles), as there is nothing more boring than swimming 2km in a row.
Donna said:Subaquaticus - I used to drink diluted fresh fruit juice i.e one third fresh squeezed orange juice, two thirds water.....
Donna said:I to used to be a competitive swimmer and, when in full training, used to swim 100,000m per week! Its a very scary thought these days!!! But that must be what's made me fatter than I'd like to be - yes I have had 2 kids now as well which hasn't helped, but even so, when I gave up swimming, I gained weight very quickly and never really lost it again. I'm now definately more on the cuddly sidebut it doesn't stop me freediving, I just need more weight.....
Subaquaticus - I used to drink diluted fresh fruit juice i.e one third fresh squeezed orange juice, two thirds water.....
Donna
Funny and interesting remark, which makes me think of a French jokeOldsarge said:I hate to point this out to the ladies but being really thin will only impress your girlfriends. Men (as opposed to boys!) prefer enough to hold onto, thank-you very much.
Oldsarge said:Push come to shove, "overweight" people are generally healthier and live longer than "underweight" folks or even those whose BMI is with the US gov't's recommended guidelines.
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