hey there! I used to compete when I was younger but I have gained weight since then and would love to use swimming to slim down. Swimming is my cardio of choice. My goal is to participate in a Swim a Thon in April 2005. I haven't been on a team or trained lately (since I was 11)....so I am not familiar on how to do intervals with the clock and all that stuff. Anyway...can you guys help me out? Thanks.
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Originally posted by Scansy
I don't have any scientific proof, but I would guess that walking alone without improved eating habits would not allow people to loose weight either. Same for running, biking, etc.
Walking a mile instead of sitting in a chair for that same period will surely burn more calories and therefore contribute to weight loss.
But I like the wholistic approach you took in the rest of your post. No single factor alone will not be the silver bullet.
Personally I swim a ton. (4000+ yards in about an hour, 6 days/week.) By and large I don't have to watch my weight. I am sure that I burn my share of calories in the pool each morning. (The summer of 2003 I sustained a bad injury that required surgery and several months of off-my-feet convalescence. I ballooned without my swimming, and took it all back off by the time I returned to pre-injury shape once I got back into the pool.)
Yet through the years I have still had some overall weight gain, and some growth in my middle-aged paunch. Over the course of the last few months I have worked at shedding a few spare-tire pounds. One of the simplest things I have done is cut out my two-cans-a-day habit of pepsi. To keep up my admitted addiction to caffiene, I have switched to drinking tea throughout the day. Some caffinated, some decaf, some herbal. Most have sufficient flavor that they are adequate/satisfying replacements for soda, but sometimes I'll add a half teaspoon of sugar to certain types of tea. I maintain my fluids, yet I have cut out perhaps 1500 or more calories per week with this simple change. (And dropped about 15 lbs in the process these last few months.)
Originally posted by Scansy
I don't have any scientific proof, but I would guess that walking alone without improved eating habits would not allow people to loose weight either. Same for running, biking, etc.
Walking a mile instead of sitting in a chair for that same period will surely burn more calories and therefore contribute to weight loss.
But I like the wholistic approach you took in the rest of your post. No single factor alone will not be the silver bullet.
Personally I swim a ton. (4000+ yards in about an hour, 6 days/week.) By and large I don't have to watch my weight. I am sure that I burn my share of calories in the pool each morning. (The summer of 2003 I sustained a bad injury that required surgery and several months of off-my-feet convalescence. I ballooned without my swimming, and took it all back off by the time I returned to pre-injury shape once I got back into the pool.)
Yet through the years I have still had some overall weight gain, and some growth in my middle-aged paunch. Over the course of the last few months I have worked at shedding a few spare-tire pounds. One of the simplest things I have done is cut out my two-cans-a-day habit of pepsi. To keep up my admitted addiction to caffiene, I have switched to drinking tea throughout the day. Some caffinated, some decaf, some herbal. Most have sufficient flavor that they are adequate/satisfying replacements for soda, but sometimes I'll add a half teaspoon of sugar to certain types of tea. I maintain my fluids, yet I have cut out perhaps 1500 or more calories per week with this simple change. (And dropped about 15 lbs in the process these last few months.)
