It’s been calculated that February 18th is the day that most of us stop our New Years Resolution Diets and Gym Workouts. Luckily that means the gym pools are getting less crowded which means it’s time to try swimming your weigh to weight loss. You don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer to get in shape as studies have shown that even recreational fitness swimmer have more lean muscle and trimmer waists and hips.
Now everyone is different but two laps per minute of swimming burns the same rate as that of a slow one minute run. You can do an internet search for “swimming calorie calculator” to find out your swimming caloric burn but on average a 30 minutes swim for a Recreational swim can burn between 100 and 200 calories, a Moderate swim can burn between 150 and 350 calories while a Vigorous swim can burn between 220 and 500 calories.
Looking at those numbers everyone will want to try a vigorous swim so I’m going to give a two vigorous or High-intensity interval training (HITT) Swim Sets. The point of these sets is to get the heart rate up and keep it up. But before you even hit the water you need to find you Maximum Heart Rate which is 220 – Your Age so for me it would be 220 – 44 which is 176. That is my MAXIMUM! Now you…
