Hey Everyone!
I've noticed that it was so much easier to loose weight with running, as opposed to swimming. It seems even though i'm swimming hard, the 13 or so pounds that I need to loose haven't budged. When I was running, my diet didn't have to be really clean...in fact I ate pizza at least once a week, and found that it helped me during high mileage. During running, my weight was very low despite the pizza habit. While swimming makes me hungrier, and I'm probably burning more calories per workout, the weight loss isn't there.
Why is this?
Thanks,
Jerrycat
Old thread, but good thread. I guess I just wanted to add my perspective... I swam my senior year in HS ('99). I remember initially being frustrated because my clothes began to fit tighter, and I was hungry ALL THE TIME. And then, woosh, the weight fell off (and I was still eating a lot). With that in mind, I just started swimming again on my own, hoping for similar results. I think running can burn more calories in a shorter amount of time, but (for me at least) swimming is more pleasurable. I can spend an hour or longer in the pool steadily swimming, and still feel like I don't want to leave. If you aren't modifying your diet, I think that means you have to work out longer, harder to actually see results, and personally I can only sustain that long of a work out w swimming.
This is a good short article on the calorific differences between running and swimming.
www.livestrong.com/.../
Old thread, but good thread. I guess I just wanted to add my perspective... I swam my senior year in HS ('99). I remember initially being frustrated because my clothes began to fit tighter, and I was hungry ALL THE TIME. And then, woosh, the weight fell off (and I was still eating a lot). With that in mind, I just started swimming again on my own, hoping for similar results. I think running can burn more calories in a shorter amount of time, but (for me at least) swimming is more pleasurable. I can spend an hour or longer in the pool steadily swimming, and still feel like I don't want to leave. If you aren't modifying your diet, I think that means you have to work out longer, harder to actually see results, and personally I can only sustain that long of a work out w swimming.
This is a good short article on the calorific differences between running and swimming.
www.livestrong.com/.../
