my abs - before and "during"

Well, I usually don't spend that much time doing laps because I get very dizzy in the water, I'm not sure why. (Does this happen to anyone else here?) Maybe because I haven't swam in so long, but I get very nauseated sometimes, so I am careful with the amount of time I spend doing laps. The majority of time I spend in the water is in the channel, going against the current...walking, jogging, and swimming. I do that for about 45 min, then do laps for another 15 min. I'll try to increase the amount of time doing laps, but I don't want to get sick at poolside, so thus far this routine has worked for me. I also do Pilates a few times a week and weights. I used to have a really nice physique when I was younger, so maybe my body "remembers" that, if that's possible...and maybe that was why it was easier for me to bounce back into shape after just 6 weeks. Don't get me wrong though, my butt and thighs still need some work. That's where the squats and lunges come in. :) I don't think I'm brave enough to show "before" pics of my butt though, gotta draw the line somewhere! hahaha!
 
your body is looking great!!! keep up the good work!
 
Wow! You look absolutely amazing! It's definitely very inspiring to see somebody get such nice results. =) I too don't have very much weight to lose and would like to work on getting better abs. I kind of got out of the habit of doing regular workouts with my crazy practicing 6 hours a day piano schedule (that on top of work...). I recently started up with cardio again, but this has inspired me to really get my butt in gear and work hard again. =)

You look super amazing girlie~~
 
Thank you!! Glad I could inspire you to work harder. That makes me feel good. :)

Again, thank you to everyone who complimented, it means a lot.
 
fredman226 said:
hey Im curious, how often do you swim and for how long. I read that somewhere that swimming is not considered a great cardio workout because of the minimum resistance....... thank in advance for your reply.
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If we follow that train of thought-then running would be even worse because there's no resistance save for the wind.

But to put a number to it...swimming done at the same intensity as jogging/running/etc utilizes four times teh amount of energy.

Good work! You look great!
 
Thanks again, everyone. You're all an inspiration to try harder! It probably helps that I was lean to begin with. I just had to tone up what was already there, just atrophied. I remember 10 yrs ago, after I had my son, I still looked pregnant. I did the "ab roller" back then, and bounced back very quickly. I think my body just responds well to exercise. Thank goodness.
 
NeuroRN76 said:
Thank you! Swimming does a body good, lol.
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it`s not just good it`s amazing:cool:
dont you see what R.Lewis said :D
 
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