Even I used to swim a lot. It was about 1 km 5 days a week.

I lost some fat but still my belly was flabby although a little less flabby.

Maybe it was because of my diet. Although I had got broad arms and shoulders the flab in my belly was giving a bad look.

That's when I really had to do something about my eating habits.

I think that no matter what exercise you do, diet is still necessary.

bye,
faraz

Hi,

For me, swimming feels like one of the only things that I can really do. I have a bad back, and the water takes so much pressure off of my back when I exercise. Running never worked for me because it was so high impact, but I would love to have a runner's body some day! (I admire people who can run.) I hope that once I get some of this weight off I'll be able to try running again, this time more comfortably. But swimming and the elliptical machine are really the only two things that are low impact enough to do the trick for cardio for me. But I'm one of those people who are blessed with the flabby-chicken-wing arms, so swimming should (hopefully) help with that, since it works your upper-body so much. I hope someday I'll be able to vary my routine a bit more. Good luck to everyone and their exercising!

Toodles,

Beth

I was a swimmer all through high school and unfortunetely couldn't swim my senior year to due to a knee surgery. I love it! I could get in a pool and swim laps for about an hour straight with no problem. Wish I had a pool that I could use now a days. I would love to get back into it.

RoyalRoseBlue, would your local highschools be an option for you? That's where I go .

Swimming is an ideal way of getting fit ,especially if you suffer from back pains or other conditions that prevent you from doing regular exercises.But, you shouldn't use swimming as the only way you exercise because ,since gravity is responsable for calcium asimilation, your bones need regular exercises to stay healthy.

I am taking my kids swimming tomorrow so I will be getting some great exercise in mixed with a wonderful way to play with the kids. I am so glaad the weather has finally warmed up enough to take them I have been waiting weeks for this!