Thread: Swimming

Originally Posted by ebf

If you want to lose weight, look at your diet. Cut out alcohol and wheat, and the results will be pretty obvious.

If you want to get fit, decide what type of fitness you want and then choose an activity.

Unless you do an insane amount of exercise, without a diet change, you are highly unlikely to lose weight.

I swam competitively at school. It is very good for toning, cardio etc, low impact if you have stuffed joints, but not likely to make you loose weight unless you swim for a couple hours a day.

Exactly, without a clean diet your not doing a great deal to lose the gut bag. swimming will get you swimming fit, running will get you running fit, cycling will get you cycling fit.
Cross fit will get you everything fit, its the most insane all over body and lungs workout I have ever been involved with. I am very running fit, but my first cross fit class nearly killed me.