article in USMS Swimmer Magazine: May / June 2005 Issue

Originally posted by Scansy Even if I am already asleep in the middle of the night..... wake me up!:cool: Exactly! Better to wake me up and include me than for me to wake up on my own half way through it and be hurt I wasn't included. :p

I don't find that surprising at all. The more you workout the more self-confident you are ... there's also an increase in energy level ... I do find it surprising that women who work out 6-7 days a week have a decreased level of percieved sexual attractiveness ... but I credit that to being more obsessive and likely exercising that much due to poor body image rather than exercising that much because of the desire to swim a 200 free in under 2:00 ...

I think that maybe some people are too obsessed with body image, sexual attractiveness and how others perceive them.

The article references the following article: www.ejhs.org/.../fitness.html which includes this paragraph: Furthermore, a Harvard University study of 160 male and female swimmers in their 40s and 60s showed a positive relationship between regular physical activity and the frequency and enjoyment of sexual intercourse. Results stated swimmers in their 60s reported sex lives comparable to people in the general population in their 40s (Krucoff & Krucoff, 2000). Bortz & Wallace (1999) found a high level of sexual activity and satisfaction to be correlated with degree of fitness in both older men and women. A regular exercise program combined with regular sexual activity may be supportive elements for successful aging.

haha ... actually I'm growing more and more concerned with the size of my ever expanding shoulders and upper back ... but there's nothing that can be done so I embrace them ... I also must say I don't go through swimsuit trauma like my friends I'm in suits year round so I am fully aware of what I look like in a suit and I don't think there is a swimsuit season ...

Just wear a big hat and no one will notice your thighs! ;) you're right - who cares anyway??

Keather - just get your blouses and jackets taylored! it's ALWAYS swimsuit season....!!

OOOPPPSS. I mean "tailored". duhhhhhh

Scansy, Are you my husband?! He says the same thing!!!!! So, proof, it's true, all men do think alike. ;) Now if I could just get him to cook.

Originally posted by Karen Duggan Scansy, Are you my husband?! He says the same thing!!!!! So, proof, it's true, all men do think alike. ;) Now if I could just get him to cook. lol hmmm ditto!.... verrrry interesting.. someone should do a study on this!