Swimming as cardio?

[legend05]

Currently doing 3 sessions per week, 1 hour each time, A good for of cardio or not intense enough?

 

[jonnyfast]

bro swimming is fenominal cardio and from your saying, your deff doing enough. Most of the bigger guys only do 30 -45 min on a bike or stair stepper. your swimming is perfect brother.

 

[AngryMuscles]

swimming is cardio and believe it or not, you also sweat. But of course since you're in water...it's impossible to know..I'd say interchange swimming with running..won't hurt

 

[J.C Derksen]

Rocky did it in part 3 to beat Clubber Lang.It's probably the best cardio there is,besides boxing

 

[roccodart440]

I was on the swim team in HS. It is awsome cardio. Will build muscle etc. I was a sprinter so there was alot of explosive trasining in my regimen.

An easy way to look at swimming is that 9 out of ten guys can't sprint 100 yards in pool but how many average athletic guys can run 100yards? Lots if not most.

Keep it up man.

 

[8lola8]

yes, swimming is great cardio you tone up very well too. you can also target muscle groups i.e laps where you just use a kick board or where your just puling with your arms
great stuff

 

[8lola8]

I was on the swim team in HS.

i was too what was you stroke? mine was the 1 by 50 individual medly and 100 meter fly and 100 meter brest stroke, i still love to race the clock though

 

[Button Buck]

I used to just go on the high dive board and do "The Pencil ", didn't really see any fat loss though.....I will try aqua sprints though I think

 

[roccodart440]

i was too what was you stroke? mine was the 1 by 50 individual medly and 100 meter fly and 100 meter brest stroke, i still love to race the clock though

50 fly relay, IM relay, 50 free relay, 100 free relay

50 free
100free
100 fly
100IM

 

[Melbourne]

Do you do 3 one hour swimming sessions every week in addition to serious weight training? That's a lot. It might increase your risks of overtraining your shoulders or even shoulder injury.

 

[Diesel5555]

Currently doing 3 sessions per week, 1 hour each time, A good for of cardio or not intense enough?

Best cardio ever bro. I Wish i can motivate myself to do it 1s a week atleast.

 

[roccodart440]

Do you do 3 one hour swimming sessions every week in addition to serious weight training? That's a lot. It might increase your risks of overtraining your shoulders or even shoulder injury.

Swimiming can be hard on the shoulders. That is a fact. Carefull if you do butterfly.