Anyone swimming for exercise right now?

I swim some laps, but mostly water aerobics...............it's fantastic and has given me those nice little arm muscles:):bigsmile:

I do water aerobics with the Speedo hyro-resistence equipment. Be careful as to what MFP says for calories burned as I work out really hard to music and burn about 1/2 of what they say (per my HRM). I recommend a heart-rate monitor - I have the Polar F6 and it is waterproof. Love it though - and it seems to be working! Congrats on your great weight loss!

That's awesome! If you are looking to make your swim workouts more interesting checkout www.myswimplan.com. It's free. You plug in your personal info (including some time trials) and it creates workout specifically designed for you. You can dictate which strokes and which equipment you use for swim workouts. It's a great way to amp up your swimming endurance and get more out of your swims.

I love love swimming! Me and my mom go to the gym everyday and work out hard, and then on Saturday morning we swim in the gym pool as a reward for the hard work all week. But we're changing it up this week and going swimming tomorrow morning instead. :happy:

wow that my swim plan sounds great! im deffo ganna check it out! but was wondering if swimming does help you lose weight? i feel vry self contous at the moment about my body and want to tone up fast, im usual quite thin but recently have put on a few pounds. (very depressing when nothing u own fits) so to sum, my question is....is swimming effective?!

thank x

Thanks for the www.swimplan.com info! Swimming isn't very effective for me for weight loss, but I have met many people who do loose a lot of weight once they start swimming. (It seems to just make me really hungry.) I still do it, though, as I do triathlons and would rather not drown before I can ride my bike :happy: It seems that different people have different activities that help them lose weight, so you should definitely try it and see...

PS I agree with the heart monitor suggestion. My calorie burn from swimming never matches MFP.

I work for a large swimwear company. Swimming is one of the best exercises you can do, it works all your muscles. There is a watch we sell that is specifically designed to be worn in the water. It counts your laps, distance, time, calories burned and more. If anyone is interested in learning more you can go to Speedousa.com and check them out. You could also send me a message and I can send you the details directly.

Good luck!

We do sell CD's that teach you different techniques. Also, see if you can find a swim coach in the area, I would guess you might be able to ask at the Y if there is anyone who does private lessons. We have a swim coach that works for us, and he does teach the swim team at the Y as well, so if you have any local swim teams, you may be able to get a few private lessons from the coach. Swimming is a great, no impact sport.

Swimming is the only exercise I am allowed to do due to my hypermobility. I started again 3 months after major back surgery as hadn't been able to swim for years due to bad back. My first session consisted of 2 lengths of a 25 metre pool & I thought I would have a heart attack! Now I swim at least 6 hours per week & I love it. I can only swim breaststroke, back & front as have lost rotational shoulder movements & ankle problems prevent the kick movement required for freestyle so unfortunately swim com is no use to me. I alternate lengths on my front then on my back then I sometimes make up my own program of exercises in deep water as am not allowed to do any contact exercise . It is about 18 months since I started swimming , my weight loss here is very slow but over the last 2 months the inches have started to fall off & yesterday I was wearing my UK size 12 summer jeans for the first time in ages!! Not bad for someone still 3 stone overweight!!!! In total I have lost 2" off bust, 2" off hips & 6" off my waist so am pleased with those results but just wish those scales would move down!!!

I love swimplan.com!!