Fruitbat
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One poster who has been successful said “choose a sport you enjoy”. Well, I love swimming. So am gonna get into that. A few questions, these are a bit disparate so bear with me:
- I do weights, would I put swimming under the cardio section rather than replace weights with swimming?
- Swimmers physiques are awesome. Is this just the product of being an athelete or does swimming itself for the average gym goer have a great impact on physique in itself? I hate running with a passion and find all the runners I know are skinny.
3rd question is off piste.
A lot is said about “you don’t neee cardio to lose weight” but I find restricting diet that much is hard - id far rather burn 500 Cals and eat a decent meal than do no cardio and then eat a few wisps of lettuce.
could some fairly taxing swim sessions on my cardio days be a good route to “making room” for meals?
I ask as I know several guys my age who drink regularly and never are strict with diet and are in good shape and they both said they do tons of running and sport. Personally I’ve tried to manage the diet but always end up overeating.
this is a jumble of a post but thoughts welcome.
Cheers
- I do weights, would I put swimming under the cardio section rather than replace weights with swimming?
- Swimmers physiques are awesome. Is this just the product of being an athelete or does swimming itself for the average gym goer have a great impact on physique in itself? I hate running with a passion and find all the runners I know are skinny.
3rd question is off piste.
A lot is said about “you don’t neee cardio to lose weight” but I find restricting diet that much is hard - id far rather burn 500 Cals and eat a decent meal than do no cardio and then eat a few wisps of lettuce.
could some fairly taxing swim sessions on my cardio days be a good route to “making room” for meals?
I ask as I know several guys my age who drink regularly and never are strict with diet and are in good shape and they both said they do tons of running and sport. Personally I’ve tried to manage the diet but always end up overeating.
this is a jumble of a post but thoughts welcome.
Cheers