I overheard some ladies talking yesterday and instructing their kids not to get in the ocean. Here are two of their reasons: 1) they just had lunch and lady said you'll get cramps, you can't swim for an hour, and 2) your face will turn to scales while food is in your stomach.
Later, a young woman was advising me on my newest problem, leg cramps, and she told me it was impossible for me to get leg cramps because I wasn't sprinting. She said that leg cramping is caused from dehydration and only a person who sprints will get dehydrated; not distance people, so she suggested I see a doctor.
We all know these are pretty ridiculous, have you overheard anyone advising others about "their myths?" The people making these comments were from England.
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Hi ljlete: Yeah, but walking 6 to 8 hours in the alps with talking, picnic stops and the views is a lot easier than swimming for 6 to 8 hours. That is my point. When I was in high school, during the three months of winter we swam about 5,000 yards every afternoon. I could eat all I could and I did. I have a friend who trains for Ironman distance triathlons. He has to ingest at least 10,000 calories per day. It is all a math equation. Also, as you mentioned, if you do one hour of intervarls or sprints you spend more than one hour easy swimming. The question here is that swimming as your only exercise within a reasonable time and effort is not as good for losing weight as weight lifting and/or running. But you are also right in that my upper body muscles have all hardened up. (oops, tricky word there!) and thus even though I am at the same weight I look thinner or look "better". billy fanstone
Hi ljlete: Yeah, but walking 6 to 8 hours in the alps with talking, picnic stops and the views is a lot easier than swimming for 6 to 8 hours. That is my point. When I was in high school, during the three months of winter we swam about 5,000 yards every afternoon. I could eat all I could and I did. I have a friend who trains for Ironman distance triathlons. He has to ingest at least 10,000 calories per day. It is all a math equation. Also, as you mentioned, if you do one hour of intervarls or sprints you spend more than one hour easy swimming. The question here is that swimming as your only exercise within a reasonable time and effort is not as good for losing weight as weight lifting and/or running. But you are also right in that my upper body muscles have all hardened up. (oops, tricky word there!) and thus even though I am at the same weight I look thinner or look "better". billy fanstone
