[Sportsandrec] Swimming

[Joe Shaw]

Ladies and gentlemen,
As you know, I do the lift/ spin/ eliptical/ run thing really regularly. Today I decided it was time to go swimming. So after donning my soft black trunks with the palm trees, purr,  I dove in and my oh my! The temp was a far too warm 85 and having no soap, I figured I would get in some laps. I feel that I am a cardio monster as I have told you before as on land I can go for days. The pool kicked my butt. I did fourteen all-out sprints as hard as I could go with nine or ten being freestyle and the other two or three being fly. I was sucking air bigtime and have much work to do. I did more cardio on land after, I just did not yet have the wind for more water and frankly I was getting a little discouraged. 
My stroke is smooth and fairly graceful, swimming is about the only graceful thing I do, but I felt really heavy. Is this because my body has bulked up more than it used to be? This was a decent initial day and a great learning experience. I have much work to do if I am to defeat my superior opponent. 
Kelly, tell us about in-water cardio being different than land cardio when you have time please. I had forgotten how different the exercises are. 
"Poor men wanna be rich" "Rich men want to be king" "And the king ain't satisfied til he rules everything" Springsteen Badlands
JSNM