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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Whoo!
I wasn't trying to start an argument, nor is this a shallow topic. I'm sorry you think I was speaking in vanity, geek. I truly wasn't. dorothyrde seems to have gotten the point I was trying to make, and I apologize if I offended anyone, or came across as being shallow or in denial about anything.
It truly does depend on the person, and BMI's don't take into account the athletics, muscle mass, or several other factors.
I am 196 pounds because, bearing in mind that I'm still a girl, I benchpress 200 pounds. This isn't walking around the track with 10 lb dumbbells in each hand. This is free weights. There is also the consideration of my five times per week swim practice, and my resting pulse of 52.
This is not a vanity post, to anyone who thinks so, I'm sorry, once again. I was just trying to show that there are different levels of being healthy, and that just because a chart says you're overweight if you weigh this much, it's not neccessarily taking in all the factors.
Conversely, just because you're 5'10 and weigh 129 pounds, that doesn't automatically make you healthy. There are too many factors to take into account to narrow it down to just height and weight. Call it thinking outside the box.
Whoo!
I wasn't trying to start an argument, nor is this a shallow topic. I'm sorry you think I was speaking in vanity, geek. I truly wasn't. dorothyrde seems to have gotten the point I was trying to make, and I apologize if I offended anyone, or came across as being shallow or in denial about anything.
It truly does depend on the person, and BMI's don't take into account the athletics, muscle mass, or several other factors.
I am 196 pounds because, bearing in mind that I'm still a girl, I benchpress 200 pounds. This isn't walking around the track with 10 lb dumbbells in each hand. This is free weights. There is also the consideration of my five times per week swim practice, and my resting pulse of 52.
This is not a vanity post, to anyone who thinks so, I'm sorry, once again. I was just trying to show that there are different levels of being healthy, and that just because a chart says you're overweight if you weigh this much, it's not neccessarily taking in all the factors.
Conversely, just because you're 5'10 and weigh 129 pounds, that doesn't automatically make you healthy. There are too many factors to take into account to narrow it down to just height and weight. Call it thinking outside the box.
