dpb

Can you get fit/maintain just by swimming, I'm guessing not. I'm doing a mile once a week, it's quite tedious in a 22.5m pool, about 3/4 of an hour

Just quite cold to be out on the bike/ jogging presently

RobsyUK

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I believe swimming is one of the best exercises.

I can't swim and know I need to do more / learn. It helps my back when I do give it a go

RA Dunk

Have heard people saying swimming is about the best excercise you can do as you use just about every muscle in your body.

Plus you can pee in the pool.

richie001

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Yeah,

If your rising your HR and eating correctly then...of course.

dpb

It uses a lot of muscles,and doesn't put strain on any joints

However unless you're going some it certainly doesn't feel as aerobic as jogging, nothing like

dpb

And few lessons perhaps, never know when might come in handy

RA Dunk

True, but the whole body tends to feel it more afterwards, and I know I sleep like a log after a good swim as well so aerobic or not it does the trick.

dpb

OK, cheers

SJ_Skyline

dpb - are you still in the triathlon arena?

dpb

That's a hell of a build up skyline

I'm doing one a year atm,in July.

SJ_Skyline

Top effort, and best luck mate!

Coast to coast for me next year

dpb

The Scottish one ....???!

SJ_Skyline

Yep, I must be crazy...

JonMc

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I do lots of running, cycling and weight training and just to see I did a 32 length session in the pool a few weeks back (half a mile iirc). I didn't feel tired like I do after say a 10-12 mile run but I had a proper sweat-on when I got out of the pool.

mart360

My Mrs swims once a week, usually does a mile in the session she goes to.

Fair credit to here, its more than i can do lol


mart

dpb

You must be some kind olympian only 25 person max entry ?

J4CKO

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Depends whether you swim like most women, kind of float, side by side chatting then stop for ten minutes.

I used to swim quite a bit, good exercise but boring as hell, why I love cycling is it saves me fuel, I get some exercise and even though it takes longer than using the car it saves time as I dont have to find as much time for other exercise or pay for the gym, amazes me how people will spend ages on an exercise bike at the gym and pay fifty quid a month for the privilege.

SJ_Skyline

Not this one:
http://www.scotlandcoasttocoast.com/

And I'm far fom Olympian, built for comfort rather than speed these days

cookstar

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Best exercise = ********

Can be fun to!

alcazar

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Can be a pain in the *** for the woman.......

cookstar

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That's why God invented KY

Matteeboy

I do a fair bit, mostly open water stuff. Done a few tris and its not my best discipline (running is) but I quite enjoy it and love the freedom of swimming in the sea.

The amount of exercise depends a lot on how good you are. Good swimmers are very efficient, bad ones waste a lot of energy.

jef

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simple answer is yes, depending on what you consider fitness ect.

but its certainly a calorie burning activity, putting your whole body under stresses that can increase muscular development and effeiceny of some organs. providing your not p*ssing about doing the doggy paddle for hours on end.

its a quality sport imo

dpb

Proper classic tri athletes do the mile in 20 minutes, I'm not sure I can do it in double that time lol

JonMc

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I think I doggy paddled half a mile in that time

TelBoy

Your verb your, please make it stop

"rising"..? Elevating? Raising?