Just being in the pool is harder work than you might think. I used to swim every day, but now it's been years since I was in a pool. Then I lived in an apartment complex that had a pool. Five minutes and I thought I was dying. It's amazing how hard it is to do things you used to take for granted. When I was 19 I could swim the length of an olympic pool and back, underwater. I could also, sitting still, hold my breath for four minutes.

Start off easy, paddle around, work your way up until you can swim several laps. The strokes involved won't matter; you'll be working very hard.

@ 100 laps per night they'll find you at, the bottom of the Pool. :haha:

Yeah 100 laps is alot unless you are a regular swimmer unless you are talking a fairly small pool.I would think that either the breast or butterfly stroke would burn the most but just starting off you are not going to do 100
or even 50 laps doing those.Freestyle is the best from a burn some calories but not wear your self out stand point.

I think I could maybe do 100 laps back when I was on the high school swim team all though there where never any events where one person had to swim 100 alone.Also the speed at which you are swimming the laps would have an effect.

Also not sleeping much is not healthy for anyone as a teenager you should be sleeping 8 or 9 hours a night I think I read some place that some teens need more than that a night.
Lack of or too much sleep can also be a sign of depression.Your brain needs good rest period they dont really know fully why the brain needs good rest but it does if you are only sleeping a few hours a night then something is wrong and you need to speak to a doctor or you are simply over working yourself in some way which is not healthy.

They call me a fish for a reason

Trust me, I can do 100 laps in a good sized pool. I can also hold my breath for 4.5 minutes.

My heart is strong as an ox. I just let the fat build up on my gut and thighs...

The whole idea with swimming as part of a fitness program is to mix all the strokes and vary the distances and attempted speeds for each.

Eat beans one night before and they'll call you the torpedo :DL

Me too :03:

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I'm up to 30 situps and squats straight through. Tonight I'm gonna try for 50.

Last night, for the first time in over a decade and a half, I had dinner at a restaurant without drinking soda. I had sparkling water instead. Drank a full liter of it, tho.

I got the pasta with egg noodles, scallops, clams, and muscles, so pretty much all protein and vegetables from the sauce

Well.. the thing is with swimming, you can do 100 laps, but if it takes you 2 hours to do it, then there is a problem.

Start at doing 20-30 minutes of laps. Find how many you can do in that time frame. Do 30 in 30 your first week? Great, try for 40-45 the next week. Gradually increase the speed (and thus amount of laps) in a given time frame and you get high intensity work outs. That is what burns calories. Eventually you will plateau. When that happens, start over, but with a longer time frame. However, do not go to extreme time lengths...

Also, try mixing workouts. At the moment, following knee surgery I can't do cardio as well as I used to (running, biking, stairs, etc) so I do 45 minutes of laps in the pool and then 45 minutes of weights. I lost 5lbs of muscle post op, now I've put on 3 so I'm on my way to being what I was :D.

The point is, try to mix and match as someone stated earlier, and aim for high intensity.

Also, if your looking for a difficult workout that gives good results, look up plometrics (sp?) and their workouts. It's based off of natural movement and producing explosive movements and quick and efficient movements.

Cheers!

Sorry but,... You just ate a plate full of FAT. You need to eat alot more Fiber. :yep:

Where do you see fat in there? The only thing that could potentially lead to fat is the Egg noodles...

I'm only going to let myself drink soda on special occasions from now on.

Friday I'm going dancing (not that hip hop crap, I'm talking the Lindy and various speed waltzes) so that should be good.

Like I said earlier, you can treat yourself every once in a while. Just don't go overboard and realize that you'll have to work it off (though at the pace your going you just need to keep steady)

Yeah, I'm extending my time frame till mid August to get rid of the flab. Then I'll start working super intense and hopefully by New Years I'll have some sizeable guns, a year from now The Guns of Navarone, and a year and a half from now be packing some true WMDs.

I think I'm going to talk to my cousin (former wrestling coach) and see if he can give me some help as far as most effective workouts.

I'm REALLY sick of the guy in the mirror being a total stranger.

If you're serious, try insanity + recommended diet. You can do it at home without any equipment. High intensity and it will reduce BMI much faster than what you're trying to do....


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