Are high yardage/slow aerobic swims a good method? Even the best method?
Sorry, I'm sure this topic has been covered numerous times. I've been away from the forums and the pool for a while. And I've packed on some pounds.
I just got back in the pool the other day after a 6-9 month layoff and have no immediate ambition to compete again. I'm thinking a realistic goal is to complete a 5k this summer and just focus on getting back in shape and not worry so much about the clock and sets and such. Figure I will get too frustrated and just want to swim just to swim for now.
When I was training and competing for a few years in Masters I never got too far above 2000 yards but would do hard sets (for me) of 15x100, etc.. Would I actually lose more weight if I instead swam 3-4k yards of just lap swimming?
....Also, I just read in my swimmer that Leslie Livingston has given up weights and dryland. Isn't that a complete 180?
Haha! Yes, I guess we are all different both in the realm of weight loss success and pleasure derived from exercise.
The latter is actually a much bigger reason for my swimming. I've battled severe depression most of my life and swimming is my alternative to being on anti-depressants. And in saying that, I remember that 'Hey! My depression affects my ability to lose weight!', so there's another factor. That plus genetics are really working against me. But the fact that my mother, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother all had hypertension, and diabetes runs on both sides of my family, leads me to believe that regardless of whether I EVER shed those extra pounds, I NEED to keep swimming in order to stay healthy.
That's interesting about birth weight and maternal weight having an impact on the child's projected weight later in life.
Haha! Yes, I guess we are all different both in the realm of weight loss success and pleasure derived from exercise.
The latter is actually a much bigger reason for my swimming. I've battled severe depression most of my life and swimming is my alternative to being on anti-depressants. And in saying that, I remember that 'Hey! My depression affects my ability to lose weight!', so there's another factor. That plus genetics are really working against me. But the fact that my mother, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother all had hypertension, and diabetes runs on both sides of my family, leads me to believe that regardless of whether I EVER shed those extra pounds, I NEED to keep swimming in order to stay healthy.
That's interesting about birth weight and maternal weight having an impact on the child's projected weight later in life.
