The State of Master Swimming.

Any activity, including swimming, when combined with less caloric intake will reduce weight in most (but not all) cases. I think it's the second step that people, and some doctors, forget to fold into the equation. Yes, there's definately that, and my doctor thinks that swimming = noodling, and dillydallying. I had to explain, no, these are atletic workouts, with your heart rate in aerobic and anaerobic ranges for the best part of the hour etc... Then they finally go''' "oooh"... and the next comment is... in our experience swimming causes most people to gain weight. *headdesk* *sigh* *I give up* Not that I care to get a doctors approval. I just get dismayed at the ignorance. I mean, I can see how if you're in a water for a while, and your body temperature is lowered by a bit, the body can respond by wanting to have more food... but that can be compensated for easily, by warming up later... liong hot shower, jacuzzi, warm nap and what not. But noooo... "Swimming will cause you to gain weight"... these statements make the hair on the back of my neck stand. Anyway... back to why I brough this up... I wonder if USMS on the national level couldn't be of assistance in debunking some of these myths.... Don't have any ideas to offer about how that could be done at this time, maybe something will come to me later.

Any activity, including swimming, when combined with less caloric intake will reduce weight in most (but not all) cases. I think it's the second step that people, and some doctors, forget to fold into the equation. Yes, there's definately that, and my doctor thinks that swimming = noodling, and dillydallying. I had to explain, no, these are atletic workouts, with your heart rate in aerobic and anaerobic ranges for the best part of the hour etc... Then they finally go''' "oooh"... and the next comment is... in our experience swimming causes most people to gain weight. *headdesk* *sigh* *I give up* Not that I care to get a doctors approval. I just get dismayed at the ignorance. I mean, I can see how if you're in a water for a while, and your body temperature is lowered by a bit, the body can respond by wanting to have more food... but that can be compensated for easily, by warming up later... liong hot shower, jacuzzi, warm nap and what not. But noooo... "Swimming will cause you to gain weight"... these statements make the hair on the back of my neck stand. Anyway... back to why I brough this up... I wonder if USMS on the national level couldn't be of assistance in debunking some of these myths.... Don't have any ideas to offer about how that could be done at this time, maybe something will come to me later.