Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Invest in your body

Does the Swim to get slim program require a investment? What are the costs? Where can we order? How much? No, no and no. This program is a free of charge body fat burning program free of charge. It is not orderable, not on available on DVD or e-book. It is free for everybody.

The only investment you make is the investment in your own body, your own health. If you start swimming and start loosing weight and you start sharing your thoughts on swimming to burn fat with us you are on the right track. Sometimes life is soooo easy.

Swimming makes you look good, smell good en feel good. After a good swim you will be full of energy and ready for a day’s work. Swimming will warm-up your body and will ignite your fat burning machine. And the only thing you do is to get in the water and start swimming.
What are you waiting for, where is the pool?

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Some of the health benefits of swimming

Swimming is good exercise (that’s obvious). Swimming is a lifetime sport that benefits the body and the whole person! But what is it that makes swimming good, specifically? That depends on what you are trying to accomplish.

Swimming is a healthy activity that can be continued for a lifetime - and the health benefits swimming offers for a lifetime are worth the effort it takes to get to the pool.

Why do you swim? For the health benefits to your heart and lungs? For the chance to be with some of your friends at the pool? Because, in your case, running everyday hurts? Because you like the feeling of floating and sliding through the water? Or is it something else? If you are looking for a break from the heat of the summer, then a dip in the water is exactly what you need; swimming is a way for you to cool off.

Maybe you are a runner, training on a regular basis, and want to find an activity that keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off of your body. Perhaps you have been doing some other form of land exercise, and now an injury prevents you from putting weight on a knee or ankle. Swimming can help you. Kicking workouts, water aerobics, pool running, or a regular swimming workout can all give you a great exercise session without the weight of your body pounding you with each move.

Regular swimming builds endurance, muscle strength and cardio-vascular fitness. It can serve as a cross-training element to your regular workouts. Before a land workout, you can use the pool for a warm-up session. Swimming with increasing effort to gradually increase your heart rate and stimulate your muscle activity is easily accomplished in the water. After a land workout, swimming a few laps can help you cool-down, move blood through your muscles to help them recover, and help you relax as you glide through the water.

Swimming does burn calories at a rate of about 3 calories a mile per pound of bodyweight. If you weigh 150 lbs. and it takes you 30 minutes to swim one mile (1,760 yards or 1,600 meters), then you will be using about 900 calories in one hour. However, many swimmers do not swim that quickly, and many cannot swim for that distance or duration.

Spending time in a group workout, whether water aerobics or a master’s swim practice, is a great social outlet. Exchanging stories, challenging each other, and sharing in the hard work make swimming with others a rewarding experience.

There are other psychological benefit to swimming, if you allow it to occur. Relax and swim with a very low effort. Let your mind wander, focusing on nothing but the rhythm of your stroke. This form of meditation can help you gain a feeling of well-being, leaving your water session refreshed and ready to go on with the rest of your day. Many swimmers find an in-direct benefit form swimming. They develop life skills such as sportsmanship, time-management, self-discipline, goal-setting, and an increased sense of self-worth through their participation in the sport. Swimmers seem to do better in school, in general terms, than non-swimmers as a group.

And I didn’t mention the neat things chlorine and sun can do for the texture and color of your hair...


Swim On!

Does swimming help one to slim down?

Read the answers to this question:

Indeed it can! Despite all the hype surrounding various diets, the basic principle remains the same. Total Calories Used per day greater than Total Calories In per day= Weight Loss. The greater the Negative Calorie Balance per day the faster the weight loss. The only unfair part of this equation is that while it takes only an excess balance of 3500 calories to gain a pound of fat...it takes a negative balance of 5000 calories to lose a pound of fat.
The best weight loss programs combine diet control(reducing the number of calories in) with excercise(increasing the number of calories used). Diet control should focus on reducing the amounts of fats and sugar in your diet...lots of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean protein such as fish and chicken. Excercise should focus on high energy expenditure activities(such as swimming, aerobics, etc) for at least 30 minutes 3-5 times a week.
No one gains weight overnight and no one loses weight for the long term overnight either. Diet fads usually result in rapid weight loss due to loss of water...which you gain back quickly. The best case scenario for long term weight loss due to loss of fat is about 1 pound per week.

Swimming is a good choice--it aerobic and sculpts at the same time. :)

absolutely, i joined a gym and just do aquatic exercises and swim laps and swim a mile once a week and i noticed by body being more toned...and i wasn’t eating that great either...but if i combined the both I’d see big results

Big time. Swimming is the best form of excersize you can get. Just remember that some days during the week to run just to keep your muscles in shock and out of routine. The more you vary your routine, the better your body tends to burn fat...

swimming is an complete exercises hence swimming with diet control will help you slim down

for sure... swimming is one of the best things you could do.. its a whole body workout..

yes it is also good for the muscles and heart enjoy

Yes. Both diet and exercise will help you lose weight. Swimming is an excellent way to exercise, because the buoyancy provided by the water makes it an exercise that is easy on the joints.

Yes, most definitely. The only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more, and you’re doing both. Good job!

i too tried last year but i wasn’t satisfied .the latter one is wiser .should be done with other forms of strenous exercise like running ,cardio , marital arts or weight training .or even bicycling .it depends on how much you swim .since calorie burned is the important not what kind of exercise .

Swimming is great exercise, it may also be your favorite.


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