Hi all - I have an odd post for you to ponder :)
Recently I've decided enough is enough and it's time to shift some unwanted poundage. Over the past few months through exercise and eating much better I've dropped about 15% of my original body weight, going from 207lbs to 175lbs. At the same time I've been swimming a bit and making an effort to keep on some muscle too.
I know it's a very very hard question to answer but am looking for people's estimates on what this sort of weight loss would do to your swimming time over longer distances if I was able to keep everything else static (stroke, flexibility, strengtht etc). The only difference if possible would be there would be less body weight, and hopefully a better shape for moving through the water.
I know that due to water being denser it's not as easy to say as it would be in relation to running etc, but say over a 5km open water swim, what would people guess the % improvement would be as a result of this?
Cheers
GC
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Less mass to move during acceleration (starts and turns), less drag. You ought to swim faster, unless you also lost a lot of muscle. I won't guess a percentage. The only possible downside is that fat floats.
Less mass to move during acceleration (starts and turns), less drag. You ought to swim faster, unless you also lost a lot of muscle. I won't guess a percentage. The only possible downside is that fat floats.
