I recently had a doctor's appointment and found out i was 180 lbs!!!! Okay, I dont' LOOK that fat but apparently I am. What kinda workouts shoudl I do to get rid of this and total amount of yardage per day? Also eating habits?
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Originally posted by mark_varney47
You need to look at your BMI rather than just your weight on it's own.BMI=Body Mass Index.A BMI of 20-23 is okay for guys.:D
I hate the BMI scale. It's completely wrong for athletes. When I was in swimming college (D1), I was close to being considered overweight on the BMI scale because I had muscle. For example take a man who's 6'2", 210 lbs is considered overweight - 27 on the BMI scale.
As for losing fat - aerobic workouts are the way to go. Lots of yardage. Get that heart rate up and keep it up for extended periods of time. How much fat you want to lose is up to how hard you want to work. In my experience doing around 12k-15k (5 days per week) yards per day will get you down around 6-8% body fat usually. 6k (5 days per week) yards per day will get you to around 10-12% fat. This is assumming a somewhat healthy diet. With a healthy diet I would assume you could get a lower body fat % and/or have to swim less yards. I've never been a really healthy eater (eat fast food about 1-2 times a week). But I try to get in around 5k-6k yards four times a week and my body fat has stayed around 11%-12% the past few years.
Originally posted by mark_varney47
You need to look at your BMI rather than just your weight on it's own.BMI=Body Mass Index.A BMI of 20-23 is okay for guys.:D
I hate the BMI scale. It's completely wrong for athletes. When I was in swimming college (D1), I was close to being considered overweight on the BMI scale because I had muscle. For example take a man who's 6'2", 210 lbs is considered overweight - 27 on the BMI scale.
As for losing fat - aerobic workouts are the way to go. Lots of yardage. Get that heart rate up and keep it up for extended periods of time. How much fat you want to lose is up to how hard you want to work. In my experience doing around 12k-15k (5 days per week) yards per day will get you down around 6-8% body fat usually. 6k (5 days per week) yards per day will get you to around 10-12% fat. This is assumming a somewhat healthy diet. With a healthy diet I would assume you could get a lower body fat % and/or have to swim less yards. I've never been a really healthy eater (eat fast food about 1-2 times a week). But I try to get in around 5k-6k yards four times a week and my body fat has stayed around 11%-12% the past few years.
