[Sportsandrec] Swimming

[Lori M. Miller]

I think Kelly mentioned something about a different kind of lung capacity or 
use of something different with the lungs, but I can't remember so I'm 
looking forward to more info.

Lori

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming


> Joe,
> Let us know if you win over your opponent.
> Did you swim alone?
> If so, you probably had to  count strokes to find the end.
> You're probably not used to water.  Its different than other cardio 
> because you are pulling your body through the resistance of the water. 
> Muscle bulk would be a disadvantage.  The swimmers I know lift for tone.
> Anyway, you're off to a good start and with practice things will go 
> better.
>
> Ashley
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:32 PM
> 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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