The Day Idiscovered swimming...
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i used to be a on a swim team, but all i got were very broad shoulders and arms. it might be attractive on a guy, but i'm a girl, and i'm very unhappy with my disproportionate body. i did loss fat, but gained muscle, which has since turned soft with loss of activity. if you start swimming, you can never stop or else you get soft.
Happychubette
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I swim twice a week and I like the way it gets my heart rate up there with no impact. Also very social.
I swim twice a week and I like the way it gets my heart rate up there with no impact. Also very social.
sirant
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I dont know about that....
I think the same could be said about any exercise plan. If you start exercising and gaining muscle in any activity and then stop, you will lose that muscle, it is a natural process. As we age we lose muscle without even trying. But it is not specific to swimming. Wouldnt it be nice if you could build muscle and then not have to maintain it? My dream come true! I know several very successful competitive female swimmer here and they are not broad shouldered or bulky at all. For that matter, neither are the men. When i used to be in a swim club when I was younger I also considered swimmers to be among the leanest of atheletes (with the exception of me of course, but I got an A for effort anyways). Perhaps in your case it is a genetic disposition to being broader shoudered or bigger on top.
In any case, to say you can never stop is not completely accurate I think. I am sure those muscles gained while swimming could be maintained easily with other activites outside of swimming. The key of course is to not give up all activity all together, otherwise yes, you would lose muscle. Same can be said for any muscle building activity. Don't use it, lose it.
The best benefit I can see for us bigger folks from swimming is the fact it is zero impact on our already stressed joints. And if it helps build muscle and lose weight, even better yet...
I cant wait till my neighborhood pool opens....
sirant
I think the same could be said about any exercise plan. If you start exercising and gaining muscle in any activity and then stop, you will lose that muscle, it is a natural process. As we age we lose muscle without even trying. But it is not specific to swimming. Wouldnt it be nice if you could build muscle and then not have to maintain it? My dream come true! I know several very successful competitive female swimmer here and they are not broad shouldered or bulky at all. For that matter, neither are the men. When i used to be in a swim club when I was younger I also considered swimmers to be among the leanest of atheletes (with the exception of me of course, but I got an A for effort anyways). Perhaps in your case it is a genetic disposition to being broader shoudered or bigger on top.
In any case, to say you can never stop is not completely accurate I think. I am sure those muscles gained while swimming could be maintained easily with other activites outside of swimming. The key of course is to not give up all activity all together, otherwise yes, you would lose muscle. Same can be said for any muscle building activity. Don't use it, lose it.
The best benefit I can see for us bigger folks from swimming is the fact it is zero impact on our already stressed joints. And if it helps build muscle and lose weight, even better yet...
I cant wait till my neighborhood pool opens....
sirant
bethann1156
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Swimming is great! I was on the high school swim team (back in the dark ages--1971) and swim practice was a wonderful form of excercise for me. I remember on Fridays, we would have to swim 100 laps!
I'd like to take that up again...my gym has a nice big pool....hmmm.
I'd like to take that up again...my gym has a nice big pool....hmmm.
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I really want to start swimming
You know I have been considering starting swimming for a while now, swimming is a really great cardio exercise that will work out way more muscle groups the running will. I have trouble running because I have bad knees, and I haven't worked out for a while, but I am planning to make swimming a central part of my routine when I start exercising again.
You know I have been considering starting swimming for a while now, swimming is a really great cardio exercise that will work out way more muscle groups the running will. I have trouble running because I have bad knees, and I haven't worked out for a while, but I am planning to make swimming a central part of my routine when I start exercising again.
renee123082
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I can't wait until I can swim again! Oh how used to love it!
Mila2
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I swim 30 to 60 laps daily (well not for half a week this week, because of sickness), and I think it is awesome, you don't sweat as much (well you do but you don't notice) you don't risk pulling a muscle, but tone them nicely and evenly! I am not so big that I would not put on a swim suit and I feel rather comfy in the pool!
About everyone swimming being slim, my man is in the swimteam and the fastest swimmers are pretty big people I have to say! Two girls are obese and they are awesome swimmers! So 1) not everyone is slim when they swim daily and 2) even big people can be great swimmers!
xxMilaxx
About everyone swimming being slim, my man is in the swimteam and the fastest swimmers are pretty big people I have to say! Two girls are obese and they are awesome swimmers! So 1) not everyone is slim when they swim daily and 2) even big people can be great swimmers!
xxMilaxx
perfect_thrill
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I can't wait for pool season!!!!
Michelle01
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(my first post!)
I swim, too. Once a week for one to two hours... Sometimes I can't make it two hours, but I try. Lots of backcrawl and even Tickle T Touch to make it two hours!
But anyway, I'm pretty cheap and wont buy a gym membership. The highschools in my area have pools and with a year round swim pass (here about 15$ more than a summer swim pass) it's a TON cheaper than a gym membership. Some gyms dont have pools, so if you get a summer pass like I'd need anyway, an option is to get it earlier and opt for the year round and hit the highschool pools during the cooler months.
Okay, back to lurking
I swim, too. Once a week for one to two hours... Sometimes I can't make it two hours, but I try. Lots of backcrawl and even Tickle T Touch to make it two hours!
But anyway, I'm pretty cheap and wont buy a gym membership. The highschools in my area have pools and with a year round swim pass (here about 15$ more than a summer swim pass) it's a TON cheaper than a gym membership. Some gyms dont have pools, so if you get a summer pass like I'd need anyway, an option is to get it earlier and opt for the year round and hit the highschool pools during the cooler months.
Okay, back to lurking
ToothlessFerret
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Swimming just doesn't do it for me I stick to the dry side with weight training, running, hiking and cycling
I stick to the dry side with weight training, running, hiking and cycling mycravings
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Even I used to swim a lot. It was about 1 km 5 days a week.
I lost some fat but still my belly was flabby although a little less flabby.
Maybe it was because of my diet. Although I had got broad arms and shoulders the flab in my belly was giving a bad look.
That's when I really had to do something about my eating habits.
I think that no matter what exercise you do, diet is still necessary.
bye,
faraz
I lost some fat but still my belly was flabby although a little less flabby.
Maybe it was because of my diet. Although I had got broad arms and shoulders the flab in my belly was giving a bad look.
That's when I really had to do something about my eating habits.
I think that no matter what exercise you do, diet is still necessary.
bye,
faraz
Hi,
For me, swimming feels like one of the only things that I can really do. I have a bad back, and the water takes so much pressure off of my back when I exercise. Running never worked for me because it was so high impact, but I would love to have a runner's body some day! (I admire people who can run.) I hope that once I get some of this weight off I'll be able to try running again, this time more comfortably. But swimming and the elliptical machine are really the only two things that are low impact enough to do the trick for cardio for me. But I'm one of those people who are blessed with the flabby-chicken-wing arms, so swimming should (hopefully) help with that, since it works your upper-body so much. I hope someday I'll be able to vary my routine a bit more. Good luck to everyone and their exercising!
Toodles,
Beth
For me, swimming feels like one of the only things that I can really do. I have a bad back, and the water takes so much pressure off of my back when I exercise. Running never worked for me because it was so high impact, but I would love to have a runner's body some day! (I admire people who can run.) I hope that once I get some of this weight off I'll be able to try running again, this time more comfortably. But swimming and the elliptical machine are really the only two things that are low impact enough to do the trick for cardio for me. But I'm one of those people who are blessed with the flabby-chicken-wing arms, so swimming should (hopefully) help with that, since it works your upper-body so much. I hope someday I'll be able to vary my routine a bit more. Good luck to everyone and their exercising!
Toodles,
Beth
RoyalRoseBlue
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I was a swimmer all through high school and unfortunetely couldn't swim my senior year to due to a knee surgery. I love it! I could get in a pool and swim laps for about an hour straight with no problem. Wish I had a pool that I could use now a days. I would love to get back into it.
Michelle01
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RoyalRoseBlue, would your local highschools be an option for you? That's where I go .
.Swimming is an ideal way of getting fit ,especially if you suffer from back pains or other conditions that prevent you from doing regular exercises.But, you shouldn't use swimming as the only way you exercise because ,since gravity is responsable for calcium asimilation, your bones need regular exercises to stay healthy.