Is swimming better than normal cardio?

[gymtime]

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.

 

[Zander1983]

Swimmers have half as much muscle and twice as much fat as sprinters.

 

[JOKER47]

Swimmers have half as much muscle and twice as much fat as sprinters.

I've never seen a fat swimmer, bro.........

 

[gymtime]

I've never seen a fat swimmer, bro.........

Yeah but if I had a nickel for every time I saw a fat sprinter....

 

[gymtime]

...you'd still be 90 years old........

 

[JOKER47]

Yeah but if I had a nickel for every time I saw a fat sprinter....

...you'd still be 90 years old........

 

[JOKER47]

Is that a threat??


















Or a proposal?

 

[Zander1983]

I've never seen a fat swimmer, bro.........

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.

 

[WalkingBeast]

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?

 

[WalkingBeast]

I like swimming alot. but then again Ive never trained to get lean, so what do I know? =)