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.
Swimming won't make you lose weight (within a reasonable one hour a day training) is not a myth, however you look better even though your weight is the same. Gotta go run or lift weights to get some of the weight off.
No, this is definitely a myth. I lost 35 pounds from swimming alone at about 30-45 minutes a day.
You can't burn 700 calories in a workout and not loose weight. You can, however, have a big mac with fries afterward because you are extra hungry after swimming vs. other sports and completely negate the weight loss effects of the workout. Typically, an hour of swimming makes you ravenous, and hour of jogging does not. If you put back more than you burn, of course you don't loose weight. But that doesn't mean you can't loose weight swimming.
Swimming won't make you lose weight (within a reasonable one hour a day training) is not a myth, however you look better even though your weight is the same. Gotta go run or lift weights to get some of the weight off.
No, this is definitely a myth. I lost 35 pounds from swimming alone at about 30-45 minutes a day.
You can't burn 700 calories in a workout and not loose weight. You can, however, have a big mac with fries afterward because you are extra hungry after swimming vs. other sports and completely negate the weight loss effects of the workout. Typically, an hour of swimming makes you ravenous, and hour of jogging does not. If you put back more than you burn, of course you don't loose weight. But that doesn't mean you can't loose weight swimming.
