Hi all I am new here. I am wondering what is a good routine to swim and lose weight? I am close to 250lbs right now and don't look good fat LOL. was doing some research and found an article written by USMS' own Bill Volckening (if he posts here, hi Bill!) that talks about how he lost weight by swimming and changing his diet, but he don't talk about the swimming much, just the eating. LOL and i've had enough eating.
His story is very inspriational though and I want tofollow suit! I've started a diet but I need help with swiming! ANy suggestions?? ThxU!
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I also fidget an am very skinny.
I read an article on weight loss recently. It was a study of over 200 peole. They only people who had kept the weight off were people who had had bariatric surgery. Every one lost weight but most had put it back on within two years. The basic conclusion was tha people who are over wieght aren't over weight because of what they eat or their life-style, they are over wieght becuase they are overwieght.
This interested me because I see people who swim really hard but are still overweight. They exercise, eat right and don't lose weight. I know that until very recently, most people in the field said that swimming is not going to help a person lose wieght. I don't see how it possibly can. For three reasons either a swimmer is not increasing the heart rate enough, not working hard enough for a long enough period of time, or the water is helping decrease the amount of energy needed. Also, it takes so much energy & work to get to the stored fat the body has set aside.
I also fidget an am very skinny.
I read an article on weight loss recently. It was a study of over 200 peole. They only people who had kept the weight off were people who had had bariatric surgery. Every one lost weight but most had put it back on within two years. The basic conclusion was tha people who are over wieght aren't over weight because of what they eat or their life-style, they are over wieght becuase they are overwieght.
This interested me because I see people who swim really hard but are still overweight. They exercise, eat right and don't lose weight. I know that until very recently, most people in the field said that swimming is not going to help a person lose wieght. I don't see how it possibly can. For three reasons either a swimmer is not increasing the heart rate enough, not working hard enough for a long enough period of time, or the water is helping decrease the amount of energy needed. Also, it takes so much energy & work to get to the stored fat the body has set aside.
