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?
Here is a basal metabolic calculator:
health.discovery.com/.../basal.html
Mine is 1178 calories/day. I'm 5'1", 108 lbs.
OMG, they put this up and have this comment in the text? "However, a regular routine of cardiovascular exercise can increase your BMR, improving your health and fitness when your body's ability to burn energy gradually slows down" That's borderline irresponsible.
Cardio can help burn calories that the body will most likely get from stored fat. 1 Pound of fat takes roughly 5 calories per day to maintain while 1 pound of muscle takes roughly 60 calories per day to maintain. Hmm, burn 1 pound of fat, that actually reduces my BMR by 5, but say burn that pound of fat and replace it with a pound of muscle, increases BMR by 55. So the real truth is that to burn more calories per day (i.e increase your BMR), you need to build more muscle mass and that takes resistance training NOT cardio.
Here is a basal metabolic calculator:
health.discovery.com/.../basal.html
Mine is 1178 calories/day. I'm 5'1", 108 lbs.
OMG, they put this up and have this comment in the text? "However, a regular routine of cardiovascular exercise can increase your BMR, improving your health and fitness when your body's ability to burn energy gradually slows down" That's borderline irresponsible.
Cardio can help burn calories that the body will most likely get from stored fat. 1 Pound of fat takes roughly 5 calories per day to maintain while 1 pound of muscle takes roughly 60 calories per day to maintain. Hmm, burn 1 pound of fat, that actually reduces my BMR by 5, but say burn that pound of fat and replace it with a pound of muscle, increases BMR by 55. So the real truth is that to burn more calories per day (i.e increase your BMR), you need to build more muscle mass and that takes resistance training NOT cardio.
