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- From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: Swimming (was: One whole week)
- Message-ID: <Nov.17.16.47.05.1992.25599@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 21:47:06 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> <98010@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford) writes:
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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 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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- What you are saying is what makes sense to me, however, Covert Baily
- says that the cold from the water encourages the body to retain its
- fat. Again, he said this in 1978. Maybe he's learned something since
- then.
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