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Lung Endurance?
My lungs are very weak and I get short of breath after a very short amount of (any) exercise. As I'm sure you all know, breathing is incredibly important in swimming, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for increasing lung endurance and capacity? Aside from just.....keep running and swimming....lol.
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Beginner - LOTS OF QUESTIONS!! Plz + thx :)
Hey all!! This is probably gonna be a long post. So, I just started swimming 4 weeks ago. And exercising. I had not really exercised most of my life before that. Needless to say, I do not have much stamina. Regardless, I have been at the pool 1hr+ a day/7days a week for the last 4 weeks (on weekends I just fool around with…
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Favorite Stroke?
Freestyle I can barely do. I struggle a lot and I know my form isn't great. I'm learning though! Slowly, but surely. Butterfly I haven't begun to learn, and probably won't for a while. I'm still a very early beginner. Back, I like. I usually do it slowly as a warm up and/or cool down. It feels good on my shoulders after…
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ex-vegetarian need more protein! (and help w/ macros?)
Soooo I never really paid much attention to macros, but now I'm learning about them and realizing that my diet is hugely carbs with a lot of fat, and very little protein. I'm trying to lose weight, I have a really high body fat %, and I've seen so many different percentages for macros I don't really know what to do. I read…
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Building Endurance (swimming) help?
Hey all. So, I am not one to exercise. I have barely exercised my entire life (I'm 23). I've just recently started swimming at my university's pool, and I LOVE it!! I've been doing an hour a day 5-6 days a week for a few weeks now. The only problem is that because I've never really exercised I have like 0 stamina. I get…
