Unfortunately, because of financial issues, I can't be part of a dedicated swim team/group. So, I do my laps at the local YMCA (ugh). But I haven't swam in about 3 years and really want to start to do train for competition in school (just started high school, 14 years old). Also, although not grossly overweight, I am, at 5'10 and 150 lbs. Do YMCAs have reputable coaches or am I out of luck and have to just do laps on my own?
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It's not weight loss I'm looking for just...toning and looking better. Yeah, apparently I lost 10 lbs in teh last 2 weeks according to a school scale vs a hospital scale (the schoo scale used today)
That's cool. I didn't really start competitive swimming until my freshmen year and then joined a club team near the end of the season. I remember swimming 500's just because no one else really was raising their hand for it and I could get varsity points.
Hopefully you're still swimming after the season as that will help tremendously to keep in the routine and you'll see further time drops.
Aside from the pure weight poundage, how do you look? Even now at 27 I weigh about 190+ (5'8") but it's still a lot of muscle and I'm just thicker. But anyone is shocked to know my weight because I'm not really fat at all.
My experience with swimming was it was not the greatest weight dropping excercise, it just took what you had and turn it into muscle.
And congrats on doing well your first season, minus the ear drum problem
When I played football, I was 5'10 230 lbs with 12% body fat. In other words I was not fat. I am now 185 lbs and about 18% body fat. I am not skinny, but I am not overweight either, unless you look at that ridiculous BMI index. I have very big broad shoulders and can throw on muscle rather easily. I doubt that I will ever get within my BMI again, and I plan on getting my bod fat percentage down to 10%-12%. Heck, when I was a sophmore in HS, I weighed 165 lbs and I was skinny as a rail. I would stop worrying about the BMI and trust your coach and physician.
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