[Sportsandrec] Swimming

[Justin Williams]

Jue, bulky muscles are not going to hekp you in the pull; most swimmers has
long lean muscles.  Also, it is a totally different kind of cardio.  The
rythum comes from when you take breaths, and you can't breathe in and out
everytime.  I am a firm believer that you can train your body to do almost
anything, but your bulk will be a disadvantage especially at first.  Maybe
after a while it won't matter, but 5 10 120 poinds is not your ideal size
for a swimmer.  You may do okay in a sprint do to your athletic prowess.  
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[mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe Shaw
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:32 PM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Swimming

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
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