I swam for years and always kept in great shape.
I quit for 2 years. After turning 41, which was 7 months ago, I started back up again. I swim 5 days a week for an hour, mostly freestyle. I'm in great shape again everywhere except for this stomach fat I can't seem to lose. Can anyone recommend any good workouts that can get rid of this?
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I'm a flyer who trains 365 x 5, every age-group. However, I only get REAL intense for the last 6 months of the age-group and the first 2 or so years of the next. That is all I can stomache of the rigors of training really, really hard.
I notice that swimming, by itself, does not seem to attack the belly problem. Oh, by the way, for Val: it is not a matter of weight, it is all about fat vs muscle and the distribution thereof.
So-when I start to notice that my toes are harder to see in the shower, I know it is time for something supplemental to swimming.
A friend, Bill Muter, who is an ex-Marine, once told me that the key to swimming fitness is in the core of the torso, specifically the abdomen.
I believe it. I hate to do it and I hate to prescribe it, but crunches, sitting cycles, bends and twists, and my old Ab-Slide machine have worked very well for me in getting rid of MOST of my built up tummy flab.
Interesting note: when I am in REALLY good shape, I weigh quite a bit more than when I am not.
Sure hope this helps ! Bert
I'm a flyer who trains 365 x 5, every age-group. However, I only get REAL intense for the last 6 months of the age-group and the first 2 or so years of the next. That is all I can stomache of the rigors of training really, really hard.
I notice that swimming, by itself, does not seem to attack the belly problem. Oh, by the way, for Val: it is not a matter of weight, it is all about fat vs muscle and the distribution thereof.
So-when I start to notice that my toes are harder to see in the shower, I know it is time for something supplemental to swimming.
A friend, Bill Muter, who is an ex-Marine, once told me that the key to swimming fitness is in the core of the torso, specifically the abdomen.
I believe it. I hate to do it and I hate to prescribe it, but crunches, sitting cycles, bends and twists, and my old Ab-Slide machine have worked very well for me in getting rid of MOST of my built up tummy flab.
Interesting note: when I am in REALLY good shape, I weigh quite a bit more than when I am not.
Sure hope this helps ! Bert
