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?
I think higher fat/protein and lower carb than what is standardly recommended helps most people who can't lose weight "conventionally." Like 50% cho instead of 65%
Again, whether you respond better to the high protein, low carbs--Atkins-y approach, or the low fat, high carbs Ornish approach, may have more to do with your specific genes that most people realize:
Dozens of other genes and polygenes have been discovered that strongly influence an individual’s response to diet and exercise interventions. FTO, arguably the most common gene associated with fat mass and obesity, comes in a variety of subtypes known as alleles. Last November, researchers reported in the journal Diabetes that those with one FTO--the rs1558902 variant!--are much more likely than other people to benefit from a high protein diet—giving hope, at least, that diet prescriptions tailored to individual genetics will one day work better than today’s one-size-fits-all approach.
I think higher fat/protein and lower carb than what is standardly recommended helps most people who can't lose weight "conventionally." Like 50% cho instead of 65%
Again, whether you respond better to the high protein, low carbs--Atkins-y approach, or the low fat, high carbs Ornish approach, may have more to do with your specific genes that most people realize:
Dozens of other genes and polygenes have been discovered that strongly influence an individual’s response to diet and exercise interventions. FTO, arguably the most common gene associated with fat mass and obesity, comes in a variety of subtypes known as alleles. Last November, researchers reported in the journal Diabetes that those with one FTO--the rs1558902 variant!--are much more likely than other people to benefit from a high protein diet—giving hope, at least, that diet prescriptions tailored to individual genetics will one day work better than today’s one-size-fits-all approach.
