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- From: watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe)
- Subject: Re: Swimming (was: One whole week)
- Message-ID: <Bxvr6A.F63@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <WVENABLE.92Nov5130207@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au> <1992Nov11.160146.17945@prime.mdata.fi> <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>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:46:58 GMT
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- shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- I haven't read Covert Bailey, so I don't know if he has changed
- his mind or not. However:
-
- In "Swim for the Health of it" (Ernest Maglischo & Cathy F. Brennan,
- Mayfield Publishing Company) Ernie cites the following study:
-
- Appearance and circulatory benefits you can expect from 8-12
- weeks of swimming:
-
- Body composition changes Training benefit
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- weight loss: 2-6 lb
- fat loss: 6-8 lb
- lean body weight (muscle) increase: 2-4 lb
-
- Circumference changes
-
- waist loss: 1-2 in
- hips loss: 1-2 in
- thighs loss: 1-2 in
-
- Circulatory changes
-
- resting heart rate lower: 5-10 bpm
- working (submax) heart rate lower: 10-12 bpm
- blood cholesterol lower: 290-40 mg/ 100 ml of blood
- blood triglycerides lower: 10-50 mg/100 ml of blood
- stroke volume higher: 10-20 ml of blood
- blood pressure lower: 8-20 mm Hg
- HDL-C higher: 10-20 mg / 100 ml of blood
-
- HDL-C stands for high-density lipoproteins per 100 mg cholesterol.
- The former help reduce the latter in human blood.
-
- Source: Based on data from Adams, McHenry, and Bernauer, 1977;
- Doherty, 1977; Frick, Kontinnen, and Sarajeg, 1963;
- Luetkemeir, 1978; Wilmore, 1977.
-
- (I don't have time to type in all these references - if you
- are interested, get Maglishcho's book - this table is on page 5).
-
-
- Ernie notes that "If you swim a minimum of 30-45 min perday
- for 3-5 days of every week, you can expect to lose between
- 2 and 6 lbs of body weight in about 6 weeks. This rather
- modest loss of weight underlies a more significant loss of
- body fat that will improve your appearance dramatically ..
- the significant loss of body fat coupled with the increase
- of muscle tissue that occurs with exercise will give your
- body a lean, firm, well-defined appearance that could not
- be achieved by dieting alone."
-
- -Larry Watanabe watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu
-
-