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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Originally posted by thisgirl13
A big thing with swimmers and the weight loss thing, is that it's mostly elite swimmers who don't lose weight.
Any form of exercise promotes weight loss; however, elite swimmers aren't really looking for weight loss.
Think of your body's stored fat/muscle as the base line. Now, anything you eat is "extra". For simplicity, let's say that foods sort themselves into three groups: carbohydrates, fat, and protein (I know there's a lot of other stuff, but bear with me, this is the simple version).
Now, when you swim, your body prefers to use up the extra carbohydrates first. When it's used all those carbs up, it will start using the "extra" protein and fat next (still working on the food you ate recently). Now, only when it works off whatever's above the base line will your body start considering alternate sources of fuel: your muscle protein.
What flummuxes most people is this: high-end training/swimming doesn't chew up the fat you already have. That's why swimmers also lift weights/have dryland, etc. Because muscle burns up stored fat. So, swimmers have to eat a lot, or their body starts burning into the muscle reserves they've built up.
Did I say that right? Did y'all get it? I'm not saying you guys don't lose weight, nor am I saying that's exactly how it works. This was just the kindergarten version of medical school (covers the essentials without using big words), to help explain why elite swimmers don't lose weight.
Your argument has one small flaw. Most "non-elite" swimmers do not burn enough caleries of easily accessible carbohydrates in their bodies to get into the stored fat. that's why many men who swim every day still have belly fat, and women who swim every day still have fat ontheir hips.
Also, about Whitey's, I didn't think that it was made from creme anglais. I thought that it was custard because of the mix that they now use. I might be wrong but I remember a story, I think on chanel 8 about how whitey's was moving into mass market production and now has a factory.
Originally posted by thisgirl13
A big thing with swimmers and the weight loss thing, is that it's mostly elite swimmers who don't lose weight.
Any form of exercise promotes weight loss; however, elite swimmers aren't really looking for weight loss.
Think of your body's stored fat/muscle as the base line. Now, anything you eat is "extra". For simplicity, let's say that foods sort themselves into three groups: carbohydrates, fat, and protein (I know there's a lot of other stuff, but bear with me, this is the simple version).
Now, when you swim, your body prefers to use up the extra carbohydrates first. When it's used all those carbs up, it will start using the "extra" protein and fat next (still working on the food you ate recently). Now, only when it works off whatever's above the base line will your body start considering alternate sources of fuel: your muscle protein.
What flummuxes most people is this: high-end training/swimming doesn't chew up the fat you already have. That's why swimmers also lift weights/have dryland, etc. Because muscle burns up stored fat. So, swimmers have to eat a lot, or their body starts burning into the muscle reserves they've built up.
Did I say that right? Did y'all get it? I'm not saying you guys don't lose weight, nor am I saying that's exactly how it works. This was just the kindergarten version of medical school (covers the essentials without using big words), to help explain why elite swimmers don't lose weight.
Your argument has one small flaw. Most "non-elite" swimmers do not burn enough caleries of easily accessible carbohydrates in their bodies to get into the stored fat. that's why many men who swim every day still have belly fat, and women who swim every day still have fat ontheir hips.
Also, about Whitey's, I didn't think that it was made from creme anglais. I thought that it was custard because of the mix that they now use. I might be wrong but I remember a story, I think on chanel 8 about how whitey's was moving into mass market production and now has a factory.
