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?
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That's why the stats on recidivism--i.e., people successfully lose weight, only to regain it all back--are so grim.
When it comes to losing weight and keeping it off, there is a short-term, easy part and a long-term, hard part. People often get confused about that. People say things like "The last five pounds are the hardest!" or other seriously destructive nonsense.
I'm convinced that slow weight loss is the way to go. Why make the short, easy part faster at the expense of the truly difficult part?
I reviewed the medical literature on weight loss. All I found was utter trash.
Typical weight loss studies last 6 months -that isn't weight loss, that's just doing tricks with your body. "Long term" weight loss studies are usually one year long - not quite long enough for me to consider it temporary weight loss.
If you need evidence that American physicians are money-grubbing hacks with no concern for your health, the medical journal weight loss articles are good place to find it. Right up there with elective cosmetic surgery literature. (I don't believe that about physicians, but the evidence is there.)
I'm within a pound or two of my 2 year weight loss goals.
Attitude? ATTITUDE??? I don't have any ATTITUDE, punk. Why do you ask?
That's why the stats on recidivism--i.e., people successfully lose weight, only to regain it all back--are so grim.
When it comes to losing weight and keeping it off, there is a short-term, easy part and a long-term, hard part. People often get confused about that. People say things like "The last five pounds are the hardest!" or other seriously destructive nonsense.
I'm convinced that slow weight loss is the way to go. Why make the short, easy part faster at the expense of the truly difficult part?
I reviewed the medical literature on weight loss. All I found was utter trash.
Typical weight loss studies last 6 months -that isn't weight loss, that's just doing tricks with your body. "Long term" weight loss studies are usually one year long - not quite long enough for me to consider it temporary weight loss.
If you need evidence that American physicians are money-grubbing hacks with no concern for your health, the medical journal weight loss articles are good place to find it. Right up there with elective cosmetic surgery literature. (I don't believe that about physicians, but the evidence is there.)
I'm within a pound or two of my 2 year weight loss goals.
Attitude? ATTITUDE??? I don't have any ATTITUDE, punk. Why do you ask?
