Just wanted to see if anyone here has noticed a significant change in their swim times after losing a decent amount of weight (at least 35 or 40 pounds). Did you notice minor time drops or major time drops after you lost the weight? Or did your times stay the same?
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Well, I started this thread because I'm currently working on dropping some weight. Like Fitswimmer, I have some belly weight that won't budge. Of course, I have some extra pounds in other places too, but those seem to fall off a little faster.
The reason that I asked about the swim time difference is because I know that swimming is a little more forgiving to those of us with extra weight than other sports out there (like running) and it's a little harder to guage how much the weight impacts you. An extra 15, while bothersome, isn't going to hurt you a whole lot (except, perhaps, at the elite levels, which is not where most of us are.) An extra 40, 50, or 60? Well, it's harder to find folks that can say they lost 50 pounds and their swim times dropped by X amount. I'm trying to establish some realistic goals.
Well, I started this thread because I'm currently working on dropping some weight. Like Fitswimmer, I have some belly weight that won't budge. Of course, I have some extra pounds in other places too, but those seem to fall off a little faster.
The reason that I asked about the swim time difference is because I know that swimming is a little more forgiving to those of us with extra weight than other sports out there (like running) and it's a little harder to guage how much the weight impacts you. An extra 15, while bothersome, isn't going to hurt you a whole lot (except, perhaps, at the elite levels, which is not where most of us are.) An extra 40, 50, or 60? Well, it's harder to find folks that can say they lost 50 pounds and their swim times dropped by X amount. I'm trying to establish some realistic goals.
