I need to drop 150 lbs.

I am a former football player, power lifter, who has put on 150+ lbs since I graduated High School 10 years ago. I had just joined 24 hour fitness to undo my 10 year repeat of the freshman 15. I did so because they have a pool and I'm hoping that can turn swimming into a hobby that will help me do so. Now, I've been doing some reading on the internet and from what I've been reading, it appears as if some put on body fat?????????? I need your thoughts por favor. Just for curiosity, you're a former football player so even if you're a former CB/S, plus 150lbs, we're talking about a weight of 330lbs? can I ask you why do want to swim just out the bat to start loose weight? I think that a change of your eating habits with works on treadmill/elliptic, stretching & agility works will improve your shape and help you to shed weight better that anythings else. Swimming is one of most technical sport/hobby out of there, with a lot of "baggage" to move it'll not be easy at all. You'll ramp up the time that you can exercise more easy running/walking hard that swimming in the same timeframe; burning more calories in less time. Your "baggage" will limit what you can do in the pool, even more if you're not a good swimmer already. I don't know for you, but for me to see a lot of beginners passing me easy all the time, and I unable to do anythings to stop it for a while, drive me crazy. This is a swimming forum so you'll find a lot that recommend swimming over anything else. But if you main goal is only to shed pounds and your knees/back are in good conditions, and obviously swimming isn't relevant in your life now IMO swimming isn't the highway to your dream. If you like to start swimmings for the pleasure to do it, this is another story and you just go for it without any other reason. The key is changing eating habits, eating whatever you want all the time will limit heavy your quest to drop that much. Be disciplined, workout 3-4 times for week and you'll get result, just not overnight. Last year a friend of mine, way out shape, 5'10 - 250lbs, jump into the pool and loose nothing in 7 months, swimming in very pathetic way, his weak core drag him down too much. he put effort into it, but his eating habits wasn't changed.

I am a former football player, power lifter, who has put on 150+ lbs since I graduated High School 10 years ago. I had just joined 24 hour fitness to undo my 10 year repeat of the freshman 15. I did so because they have a pool and I'm hoping that can turn swimming into a hobby that will help me do so. Now, I've been doing some reading on the internet and from what I've been reading, it appears as if some put on body fat?????????? I need your thoughts por favor. Just for curiosity, you're a former football player so even if you're a former CB/S, plus 150lbs, we're talking about a weight of 330lbs? can I ask you why do want to swim just out the bat to start loose weight? I think that a change of your eating habits with works on treadmill/elliptic, stretching & agility works will improve your shape and help you to shed weight better that anythings else. Swimming is one of most technical sport/hobby out of there, with a lot of "baggage" to move it'll not be easy at all. You'll ramp up the time that you can exercise more easy running/walking hard that swimming in the same timeframe; burning more calories in less time. Your "baggage" will limit what you can do in the pool, even more if you're not a good swimmer already. I don't know for you, but for me to see a lot of beginners passing me easy all the time, and I unable to do anythings to stop it for a while, drive me crazy. This is a swimming forum so you'll find a lot that recommend swimming over anything else. But if you main goal is only to shed pounds and your knees/back are in good conditions, and obviously swimming isn't relevant in your life now IMO swimming isn't the highway to your dream. If you like to start swimmings for the pleasure to do it, this is another story and you just go for it without any other reason. The key is changing eating habits, eating whatever you want all the time will limit heavy your quest to drop that much. Be disciplined, workout 3-4 times for week and you'll get result, just not overnight. Last year a friend of mine, way out shape, 5'10 - 250lbs, jump into the pool and loose nothing in 7 months, swimming in very pathetic way, his weak core drag him down too much. he put effort into it, but his eating habits wasn't changed.