Swimming as a form of exercise...?
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if you swim laps before and do streches before to get you warmed upI swim 70 lengths of a 25meter pool at least 3 times a week. I have been doing this since I was little. It is good exercise but not great for losing weight. Then again it might work differently for you. 64 lenghts = 1 mile. Front crawl is best. If you have not swam for a while or never at all, built up your lengths add a few more on every night. Stop for a breather every 10 lengths of so and always bring water.yes swimming is exercise you burn 600 calories and hour and it really shapes your arms...try doing jumping jacks in the water...or doing rolling your arms in the pool (put your arms under the water and bend then in front of you and put one hand in front of the other and roll and do that for some time..or stand with your hands at your sides and bring your arms up and down ...try walking or running in the same stop you can also do modified squats or hold the side of the pool and bring your legs forward that what i do in the summer.Running is good but swimming is also good as well. It is a good form of exercise and workouts depend on the length of your pool. You should do many laps of swimmimg depending on your level of fitness. If you have not been swimming in a long time it may feel tiring at first but you will get used to it. As you get better you should increase the amount of swimming. A good idea is to join a swim class. Swimming is a good alternative to running because it doesnt have that high impact that running does. Oh yeah and before your swim workout you should strech, like your quads, calves, triceps, ect. I had a bad experience once. I was doing drills (The flutter kick thing) and right in the middle of the pool i got a cramp on my quad. It was painful. That is why you should strecth.
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I think so. To swim, you need to use all of your muscles and, depending on what stroke you do, it can be a really good excercise for certain muscles. Also, there are lots of differant levels of swimming that will challenge you more as you learn.
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definatley swimming. It's a great way to excercise on a hot, sunny day!\n\nyou can do 4 different strokes. There is the butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle.\n\nButterfly is the most complicated. with each stroke you do a little dolphin kick then a big dolphin kick while bringing the arms (and elbows) out of the water.\n\nBackstroke is simple. You lay on your back, kick your feet, and stroke your arms backwards.\n\nBreaststroke is very much like a frog. Imagine a frog kicking, then do the same, while pulling your arms in a circle around your chest. Don't pull them back below the waist.\n\nFreestyle- I'm sure you know what this is. You're on your belly, kicking, and you bring one arm over your head, then the other, and so on.\n\n:) happy excercising
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for body fat it would be running then jump rope. How ever swimming lets you exercise muscles you never thought you used
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I'm pretty sure it's best to do whole body exercizes. That's why running and swimming give really good results, because they work a lot of your body and not just one part.\nAlso, you don't want to put too much strain on a body part of it could become sore.
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take a swim class. or just get in the water. it's not hard...
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Swimming is a very gentle yet effective exercise for toning the whole body.
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Swim and do push ups.
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Well you should do all strecthing like everything else, ur legs, ur arms especially. i like to go to the gym and life some light waits and work on my legs, there is a machin that is like rowing a boat that really helps ur arms get the motion of swimming. Just go to a gym and try their different machines. it will work wonders!!! good luck!
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SWIM SWIM SWIM. The best excercise in the world. Swimming is totally weightless and it works a series of ways. It is Aerobic and resistance training in one. Aerobic works to get your heart rate going and thus will increase metabolism and help circulation which all burn fat. Also if you are swimming and not doing a stationary type of water work out then your breathing becomes regulated by the type of stroke you are swimming. Resistance training is from the water friction. Every step and stroke you make is like having a few pounds on your hand. Resistance and light weight training is important when losing weight because you have to tighten the skin as well. Good luck, it will change your life when you lose the weight, but make sure you do it right.
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Swimming is much better than running because it is low impact where as running is very high impact. \n\nSwimming is a valuable activity for physical therapy and exercise. Because it works the majority of the muscles in the body and provides both aerobic benefits and resistance benefits (as the swimmer pulls and pushes through the water), the sport is generally considered one of the most complete forms of exercise. Swimming does not strain joints and connective tissue as much as many other forms of exercise, and swimmers injure themselves at a lower rate than most other athletes. Athletes in other sports who are recovering from injuries often swim to stay in shape.
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do you want to get taller or lose weight? If its both, then you can try swimming. I (and other people too) have noticed that it stretches out my body; including my spine. It's helped me get a better posture and work out my entire body. In my opinion, i think it's better than other exercises because it keeps me cool. Hope this helps and good luck :)
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Swimming is one good way, dancing, yoga , aerobics are some other options. But in the end it is the consistency with which you follow your exercise routine.
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Swim....swim...swim...
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Swimming is a great overall way to get fit, stay fit and is considered a lifetime sport.. for young and old..\n\nIt is low impact and combines Cardio with Muscle soo it targets the entire body not just one area.\nYou can do certan exercises or strokes to target weak areas as well...\n\nIt improves overall health.. for posture I would think it would improve it along with simply being more aware of poor posture.. the added muscel strenght should help.\n\nIf you are about to begin working out and are nto familiar with  swim and swim gear...\n\nI suggest a good pair of silicone goggles like speedos Hydrospecs.. they are durable,, and yet the strapping is easy to use..\nYou might also choose to wear a swim cap if you do not want the chlorine in your hair... Some people even put a deep conditoner on thier hair under the cap to condition the hair while they work out.. just dont take it off in the pool....\n\nFor a beginner... Makes ure you stretch and also warm up slowly in the water and stetch when you are done\n\nKickboards are great for warmups...\n\nGOod Luck\n\nWismom
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I will go for swimming - you are talking toning not building\n\nThe bench press thing is second to aerobics in your case. Please read this about the myth of toning\n\nhttp://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/goulet5.htm\n\n ^_^
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Swimming is a technique to move unaided through water. This article concentrates on human swimming, a popular recreational activity and a competitive sport. There are many health benefits of swimming, but it also entails risks.\n\nSwimming has been known since prehistoric times. Drawings from the stone age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date back up to 2000 B.C., including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book "Colymbetes". Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans.\n\nSwimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of Breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.\n\nTechnique\nThe human body is composed primarily of water, and thus has a very similar density. But since only roughly 70% of the body is water, it is slightly less dense than the surrounding water, which exerts a buoyant force on it. Thus, staying afloat requires only a slight propelling of water downward relative to the body, and transverse motion only a slight propelling of water in a direction opposite to the direction of intended motion, due to generally low hydrodynamic drag. This propelling is typically accomplished by cupping the hands and using them as paddles, and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.\n\nWith practice, technique can convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly into distance, the same techniques that improve speed also aid one to move farther with the same effort. The torso and the legs should be kept as much as possible parallel to the surface of the water. Dropped legs or a slanted torso dramatically increase drag. The hand should be extended forward of the head as much as possible. This increases the average length at the water-line, substantially increasing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good swimmers."\n\nThe time spent on the side should be maximized because the torso is narrower front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-section, reducing drag further, and also increasing the ratio between the body's water-line-length and width. Similar improvements are possible by orienting the narrowest direction of head, hands, legs and arms into the water. The torso is by far the most critical. The motion of the hand, arm, and leg from the back to the front should be in the air for as much as possible, and in the water, oriented as perfectly as possible, because the returning appendage has to move at least twice as fast as the swimmer, and in the water generates eight times the drag (which increases with the cube of the speed) of an equal amount of torso frontal area.\n\nThe basic "catch" of the water is not nearly as critical as the above items. Most swimmers simply grab water with their hand flat, or the fingers slightly spread, and then draw it smoothly down their body. None of the above techniques require improved strength. With strength training, the hands and feet can be extended further into the water, gaining more propulsion. For beginners, increased strength brings only small improvements if the above strategies (minimising drag and lengthening water-line) are not optimal. A number of swimming styles have been developed based on the implementation of some or all of these principles.