What is the ideal amount of swimming you should do if you also lift? I’m a fat ass but I recently became absolutely addicted to swimming. I need to lose about 60 lbs. I’m fat but powershitter fat since I lift consistently 3 days a week (phul routine but I skip the hypertrophy leg day). Currently swim 3 days a week 40 minutes at a time. Should I keep doing 3 days or can I do 4 or 5 and not be overtraining? I love how I feel when I swim before work. Cals are about 2500 a day.
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>What is the ideal amount of swimming you should do if you also lift?
What is the swimming equivalent to running a mile? Swimming 2 laps?
I swim about 900 meters and my Apple Watch says I burned around 400 calories. So maybe swimming 450 meters gets you the same amount of calories burned as running a mile? That’s 18 laps on a 25 meter pool or 9 laps in an Olympic sized pool.
You're not going to overtrain at 3-4 hours a week. Competitive swimmers swim >15 hours a week plus lifting. It's good exercise, so there's no reason to dial back if you like it.
If you're good at swimming, you can multiple your distance by 4 for a rough equivalent running distance. If you suck, it's meaningless to compare speed or distance so just go by effort level or heart rate.
>If you're good at swimming, you can multiple your distance by 4 for a rough equivalent running distance
that is correct but lets not pretend that you cant basically float 25 meters in a minute. Since he clearly feels that he has the energy to swim more I do not see why he wouldnt. Its a good way to cut weight as long as he tracks macros.
Def can swim more. Just trying to play it safe. I got fat cause I tore my acl in Muay Thai which was mostly the result of overtraining. I also used to surf and would get bad bicep tendinitis. But I’m probably gonna do 4 days this week.
They have masters classes at my gym m-f. You recommend doing 3 or 4 of those a week? I def want to improve. Just been going off YouTube videos for the most part learning freestyle.
Swim as much as you like. It's good for you. If your rotator cuff starts to get sore, dial back.
You're not good enough to do a masters class unless everyone there is really old or fat. This is not to discourage you, but 900 meters in 40 minutes is abysmally slow. If you can do repeat 100s on 2:00 or even 2:30 interval, you could probably hack through a masters practice. I'd guess most masters programs are doing about 2000 meters in 60 minutes (mixing in kickboards and some other BS), so you would basically just be in the way and going back and forth at your own pace anyway.
I could be also way off, so you could also just ask the coach. If you can make it through a practice, being the worst one on a team is a great way to get faster.
Yeah I think they separate the lanes based on skill level. Most of the people I see in the classes are legit but I think I would just go in the far right lane till I get better. My speed isn’t that slow, I just can’t swim for 40 minutes straight. Every time I go for swim though I try to push myself to swim more laps without stopping. What distance/time goal would you think is acceptable before considering the master’s classes?
Ask the coach or one of the slow swimmers "what pace should I be able to hold for the slow lane", but probably like 2:30 per 100 meters on repeat without trying too hard would be the absolute slowest. Which means you should be at the wall by 2:15 so you can get some rest, or you could do some 200s in 4:30-4:50.
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Stroke technique is simple.
For a beginner, you can learn with a "catch-up" stroke where your hands meet at the top. This way only one arm moves at once and you can get the motion right.
0. Always Keep your body in a straight line from head to toe no matter what (especially when you breath).
1. Twist your right arm and shoulder so your elbow is pointing up. You aren't doing a pullup, instead imagine you're hooking your forearm over a box or a barrel that you are going to push towards your feet. Or, think about an arrow pointing straight out of the middle of your forearm. Point this arrow backwards. Your shoulder should push up by your ear. If you cup your other hand under your armpit, it should be tense on both front and back.
2. Accelerate as you pull through, keeping your forearm arrow pointed to your feet. At the end you can snap through with your tricep, but don't worry too much. You should be at top speed right now, so go ahead and glide for a beat on your side and reach forward with your left arm
3. Bring your right arm over. Your elbow should be going first, then your first, then your fingertips. All you care about is having a relaxed arm and not losing speed or making your body sink (do a few kicks). Keep reaching and gliding with left hand
There should be a swinging cadence like you're on monkey bars. Remember, all that matters is:
1. Maximizing momentum of water displaced towards your feet
2. Maintaining your momentum by minimizing your forward cross section
Hope this helps
Thanks. Gonna screenshot this. I’ve mostly been going off YouTube videos for the most part but I gotta look up that drill. I’ve been mostly focusing on extending my arm out ahead of me once my arm enters the water and timing my breath.
For your breath, you still need to keep your body in line. Beginners always lift their chin up or look forward before breathing, which means they lift their head out of the water to breath, which makes you sink. So stand up straight and look directly to one side. Your chin will be pretty tucked in. The back "corner" of your skull will be twisting towards the bottom so your mouth can twist up.
Instead of worrying about timing or breathing fast, try to take slow breaths. Bad swimmers try to breath fast to cover up their shitty stokes. If you're not lifting your head up, you should be able to take a nice relaxed breath every stroke without slowing down. You can try just kicking on your side with one arm up, one arm down, breathing continuously to get a feel for it.
Pro tip: You should also get used to spending 90% of your time with lungs at max capacity to help you float. You should blow it out right before you breath, then quick breath in to max lung capacity. If you don't believe me, try floating with your lungs full then exhale. You waste a lot of energy trying not to sink, especially if you're slow.
If you want to be a swimmer, then 9 times for 2 hours each. If you want to be a lifter, then 3 times for 1 hour each..
The equivalent swimming distance is about 1/4th the running distance if you're a decent swimmer.
nah you can keep going at it, since you do 900 meters at 40 minutes you arent really doing any anaerobic work.
Imagine mounting and taking her right there jesus christ
Where do you swim?
25 meter pool at my gym.
Do you get embarassed?
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I've noticed that the better I get at swimming, the slower I can go without sinking. So I can swim now at a pace that feels as easy as a fast walk. If you get to that point there's basically no limit to how often you can swim as long as the intensity is similarly low. Just takes practice.
As long as you keep it to 2-3/week, and don't do long distance (just keep your sessions under 30 min or even 1h) you'll be fine
Surely she cant fit that entire shore side into her ass.