If I only swim but don't do any other exercises, what will I be missing? Not much, I suppose? I can still have a good physique and it sure does more to my health than if running is my only exercise? Comments?
I think it depends what your overall goals are. If you want to swim to get fast(er), for swimming in meets, etc...then swimming alone may be enough. I'm sure there's enough people who only swim and get by fine with that.
That said, when I was just swimming, my weight eventually stagnated, then I slowly started to gain weight as I got older and my metabolism slowed. Since I've added in weights and running, my metabolism got kick-started, and I dropped a good deal of weight. I've gotten tons of comments on how I look, so I must be doing something right. That said, I'm not really faster in the pool, my times (practice) are similar to what they were. But my goals are more overall body condition and health.
I think it depends what your overall goals are. If you want to swim to get fast(er), for swimming in meets, etc...then swimming alone may be enough. I'm sure there's enough people who only swim and get by fine with that.
That said, when I was just swimming, my weight eventually stagnated, then I slowly started to gain weight as I got older and my metabolism slowed. Since I've added in weights and running, my metabolism got kick-started, and I dropped a good deal of weight. I've gotten tons of comments on how I look, so I must be doing something right. That said, I'm not really faster in the pool, my times (practice) are similar to what they were. But my goals are more overall body condition and health.
