Swim your way to health?

meggiemaye
meggiemaye Posts: 117
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey guys!

I'm from Southern California and I've been a swimmer all my life, and up until the last year and a half I was also really healthy. Now I live in wet and rainy Washington State and since my new gym has a pool, I thought it was time to get back in the water!

Has anyone had much success with swimming as a form of exercise? I was always on swim teams throughout school but we just focused on speed and did most of our workouts out of the water. Now I'll be in a lap pool and I'm going to try to focus on swimming as a way for me to still be working out while I'm on my "rest days," meaning days when I'm not heavily running.

Any experiences, tips, routines, etc. are greatly appreciated! Thanks. :)

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  • Tzavush
    Tzavush Posts: 389 Member
    I am also looking at getting back into swimming as my main exercise. I recently joined a gym with a pool.
    I, like you, used to be on the swim team and swam laps non stop for 1-2hrs/ day 3-4 days a week.
    It is fantastic cardio and resistance training.
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    Swimming is great exercise! You can get workout plans on www.swimplan.com or you can buy the swim cards from www.fitdeck.com if you don't want to write your own workouts
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
    You may also want to see if you area has a Masters swim team... a swim team for adults.
    http://www.usms.org/lmsc/
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    I want to start swimming once-twice a week :) I haven't been in a pool for 9 years!!
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    I love swimming.you can swim,do water arobics,and it`s good on your joints.Make for a fun workout.
    jane
  • jjhenry5
    jjhenry5 Posts: 80 Member
    I second the masters team idea. I joined the team here in January. I used to do my own swim workouts, but having the coaches has been great, and they push me more than I would push myself. They can also tailor a workout for whatever your goals are. It has helped with my weight loss and has also helped with my running endurance.
  • meggiemaye
    meggiemaye Posts: 117
    Thanks all! I'm definitely going to try out the workout swimplan created for me, and look into masters too!
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    You may also want to see if you area has a Masters swim team... a swim team for adults.
    http://www.usms.org/lmsc/

    What she said! I adore my masters swim team - couldn't push myself half as hard if not for my coach and team mates. I, like you, grew up in SoCal and swam on the swim team. I still swim today and love it - it's my main form of exercise.
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