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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
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- Subject: Re: Swimming (was: One whole week)
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:13:53 GMT
- References: <Nov.13.11.27.01.1992.3515@gandalf.rutgers.edu> <1992Nov13.182345.14404@inmet.camb.inmet.com> <Nov.17.11.42.02.1992.9354@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
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- In article <Nov.17.11.42.02.1992.9354@gandalf.rutgers.edu> shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan) writes:
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- >I read that book. Thats where I read that swimming doesn't burn fat.
- >Has he changed his mind on that? The book I read was a 1978 edition.
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- I haven't read that, but it sure sounds like hooey. There's about a
- 20-pound difference (most of it in fat around his middle) in my boyfriend
- between his swimming and non-swimming periods. His eating doesn't change;
- it's definitely the aerobic exercise (which, I understand, swimming is).
- Doesn't one's heart and lungs work just as hard when swimming as when
- walking, jogging, or whatever? And isn't that what burns up the calories
- and thus the fat?
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