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Is swimming better than normal cardio?

JoNeS

JoNeS

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Hi guys, I have been doing a lot of swimming lately in place of my normal joggin/eliptical cardio sessions. I wanted to know if swimming is a real good way to lose fat, and is a better substitue than standard cardio, because I have never seen a non ripped swimmer. Also, because swimming involves a shit load of different muscles, I want to know if that is going to hinder my normal weight lifting sessions... ie)less strength and recovery time.
 
me too...

but I think swimming is good... and like you said everyone that swims is pretty much ripped(im talking about swims on daily basis and for a long time) my brother is the same way..im gonna start doing it instead of cardio unless theres something negative baou tit
 
and also, I can do an 45 mins of intense sweating cardio and burn like 500-600 calories. But almost immediately after I stop my normal cardio I still feel fairly energetic and am not breathing hard....and most often I have enough energy to do abs or something. But after I get done with say 30 mins of swimming, holy shit man.... I have a tough time standing in the shower and definately have the occasional head daze/body wobble.
 
Parkerjones you hit the nail on the head when you said that you have not seen a swimmer who is not ripped. Swimming works the total body and is not as hard on the body as say running. Just go and try a few sets of swimming sprints and then see how you feel!
 
Swimming is a great all around workout and easy on your joints. If you do a 400 IM, you'll be hurting afterwards :)

There are many exercises you can do in the water that will benefit your strength training. I took swimming as an elective in college. I thought it was gonna be a BREEZE where we all threw the football around and played Marco Polo. Ha, I was in for a surprise. First day they timed us on the 1k and I was WIPED OUT
 
i wanted to switch it up the other day too from normal cardio. I went on the rowing machine for 20 minutes which i havent done for years and it kicked my ass. I had no energy to do anything else, but a nice little workout and change from running nonetheless...swimming is great though
 
I swim from tiem to time, I just hate what it does to my hair. There are several members on here who use swimming as cardio to keep the abs tight and what not. I remember reading that AAP swims.
 
As far as hair goes, my hair dresser told me to wet my hair and put conditioner and wear a swimming cap. The conditioner is supposed to saturate your hair so that it doesn't absorb as much chlorine. Didn't keep swimming for too long so I don't know that it made a big difference, but its worth a try if you wear a cap anyway.
 
I pamper myself when it comes to grooming. I do have several leave in conditioners designed to protect from chlorine damage. However, I chemically straighten my hair from time to time and as a result, it's halfway dead all the time. Chlorine just puts the finishing touches on it. It also lightens up my hair a lot. It's an annoyance, but I still consider swimming's benefits to outweight the strain on one's hair.
 
Swimming is great cardio for fit people who want to stay fit. But for overweight people, it's not the best fat loss tool.

One, because swimming among the most physically demanding cardio workouts, most overweight people will not be able to do it long enough to get the results they want. And two, the water keeps the body temperature lower which means you will not burn calories as efficiently as if you were running or biking.
 
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JOKER47 said:
I've never seen a fat swimmer, bro.........
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Likewise :) ~10% isn't at all fat afterall... And it doesn't change what I said....

5% fat sprinter > 10% fat swimmer
Maurice Green > Ian Thorpe

Sprinters are freaky. Swimmers look more like Joe Average.
 
ZKaudio said:
I swim from tiem to time, I just hate what it does to my hair. There are several members on here who use swimming as cardio to keep the abs tight and what not. I remember reading that AAP swims.
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haha Your hair? Now is that a hardcore attitude? :fro: :mad:
 
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