one of the benefits i received after getting into masters after a 20 year retirement was meeting a new doc (not only does he swim he's placed at nats) and getting a solid understanding of my triglycerides and cholesterol.
with my current shoulder issue i've been unable to train at all. while i have cut back my diet some prevent becoming a balloon, i still love my Blue Bell ice cream.
however, even taking the best meds like Tricore 150 and Crestor, my blood work from last week showed that
*N O T H I N G* !!!
beats going 4k a day 6 days a week.
taking the meds exactly as i should (i cant even remember the last time i missed just 1 day) my levels are right back up to where they were.
my cholesterol is borderline bad. between 195 and 205.
my triglycerides are another story. always have been. think of a number that is high and well double that. or triple it.
but with swimming, i seem to burn it all off. both the cholesterol and the triglycerides.
with swimming my numbers are low. 150chol and 120tri
i have now direct proof that swimming is good for me! well, at least my blood and heart. i kinda seem to tear up other parts of my body as i train to race these other guys that arent as short as i am. :D
steve
Mental and physical health are much better with swimming. Then again, it helped to cause my malnutrition/5 day hospital stint/6 weeks on TPN because I was chasing the Olympic title against the men in a challenge our center had. LOL. Everybody deserves to do something crazy in their life. Hee hee. The thing is, I've found the mental and physical rewards overall to be so much better with swimming than without. My HDL (the good cholesterol) is higher than my weight. No joke ... but then again my diet to support what I do in the pool (and a few other things) is very different than the stuff I ate 2 years ago. I can zone out in the water, you can't hear, so I can do fitness runs and just think, pray, do whatever. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Then again, the smack we have against each other on our masters' group is something fun to live for. The banter can make it worth it too! I don't think our coach would agree though. LOL. Poor thing!
Mental and physical health are much better with swimming. Then again, it helped to cause my malnutrition/5 day hospital stint/6 weeks on TPN because I was chasing the Olympic title against the men in a challenge our center had. LOL. Everybody deserves to do something crazy in their life. Hee hee. The thing is, I've found the mental and physical rewards overall to be so much better with swimming than without. My HDL (the good cholesterol) is higher than my weight. No joke ... but then again my diet to support what I do in the pool (and a few other things) is very different than the stuff I ate 2 years ago. I can zone out in the water, you can't hear, so I can do fitness runs and just think, pray, do whatever. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Then again, the smack we have against each other on our masters' group is something fun to live for. The banter can make it worth it too! I don't think our coach would agree though. LOL. Poor thing!
