I'm sure many of you are already aware of this article on about.com It reviews a couple of studies that try to explain why swimmers tend to have more body fat than other athletes.
Thought if you weren't aware of the article you might find it interesting.
swimming.about.com/.../offsite.htm
Lainey
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Here's one for you. Swimming burns up to 600 calores per hour, but the problem is most people do NOT swim for a full hour unless it is EZ. They swim a little, break a little, swim a little. It rarely adds up to one full hour. An another example is this: on most marathon swims (over 16 miles), the average weight loss for a woman is around 11-15 pounds. That swimmer better have some extra weight for something like that.
Body fat can help a swimmer but be distrasous to a runner because of gravity.
Donna
Here's one for you. Swimming burns up to 600 calores per hour, but the problem is most people do NOT swim for a full hour unless it is EZ. They swim a little, break a little, swim a little. It rarely adds up to one full hour. An another example is this: on most marathon swims (over 16 miles), the average weight loss for a woman is around 11-15 pounds. That swimmer better have some extra weight for something like that.
Body fat can help a swimmer but be distrasous to a runner because of gravity.
Donna
