Swimming? Good alternative?

missmatalini
missmatalini Posts: 30 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been trying to find an alternative to running. Although I love running it puts a lot of stress on my back and my chest (I'm well endowed and no sports bra has helped)
Is swimming laps a good alternative to jogging? Are there good alternatives to running?

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  • gentlygently
    gentlygently Posts: 752 Member
    Yes
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    missmatalini wrote: »
    I've been trying to find an alternative to running. Although I love running it puts a lot of stress on my back and my chest (I'm well endowed and no sports bra has helped)
    Is swimming laps a good alternative to jogging? Are there good alternatives to running?

    You can burn a similar number of calories swimming as you do jogging, and you work more muscles and get strengthening exercise in the process. What's not to like. I swim laps 3 x a week and love it! My muscles are becoming much more defined and I have lost over 100 lb. so far.

  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    In addition to swimming, you can jog in the water. My doctor has prohibited me from running, and I'm a terrible swimmer, but I love water jogging. I prefer deep water jogging, but it can be done in waist-deep water as well. It's a great work out to mix up with swimming if you really get into being in the pool.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Swimming is great, also try cycling and rowing. Nice thing about cycling is if you get a real bike to do it on, you get to have adventures out on the roads and call it "exercise"
  • astrocosmiczoom
    astrocosmiczoom Posts: 86 Member
    Yesterday I got back in the pool for the first time in two years, and I'm a runner. Let me tell you. Grab a kickboard and do laps holding onto it and just using your legs. It's basically the same workout as running.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Kick sets are great to throw into a regular workout, but there isn't much value in doing only kick sets. Swimming is a fantastic full-body aerobic workout, might as well take advantage of that.
  • macr0babe
    macr0babe Posts: 61 Member
    Swimming is probably the BEST alternative to running - in my humble opinion. Riding a bike and walking would probably put less stress and pull on your upper body (I started walking 45 minutes a day after I gave birth).
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