Swim for an Effective Total Body Workout

Swimming is one of the best total body workouts for your body. Swimming, unlike running (for most people), is easy on the joints and can be fun depending on the type of swimming you are doing. Swimming with friends is a great way to enjoy yourself as well as enhance your physical and mental strength and endurance. This is also a great way to change up your workouts from time-to-time.

Research has shown that swimming workouts burn approximately three calories a mile per pound of body weight. One mile is 1,609 meters. So for a 150 pound person, at a 30-minute/mile pace, they would burn around 900 calories. Nine hundred calories in a half hour; it takes an hour on the treadmill at a fast pace to burn 900 calories! Below are a few different swimming workouts that you may want to give a shot!

Swim Workout 1:

Try each stroke for 25 meters: Front Crawl, Breast Stroke, Butterfly, Elementary Back Stroke, Back Crawl, and Side Stroke.

Swim Workout 2:

Try each of the previous strokes for 50 meters.

Swim Workout 3:

Try each previous stroke for 25 meters then tread water for 10 minutes and repeat.

Swim Workout 4:

Tread water for three minutes before performing each stroke for 50 meters. Example: Tread then breast stroke for 50 meters, then tread again before going into the front crawl and so on.

Swim Workout 5: Swim for as long as you can without stopping any stroke, plus the dog paddle. If you can only swim for a few minutes at a time, it is alright, just try and increase your swim time next time.

Here are a few stretches you should try before swimming:

March 8th, 2009
by Matt
Tags: exercise, Fitness, swimming, total body workout
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marian

what are benefits of water aerobics 2 a week. posted Mar 3rd, 2010 11:35 am

reilly

check your math...3 calories times 150 is equal to 450 calories for the mile...you only get to 900 if you continue for a full hour and swim two miles!!!!! posted Dec 22nd, 2009 11:37 pm

loki28j

I thought that I was getting into shape again (speed walking, stationary bicycling, jogging) until I tried to do a lap at the community pool. I was breathless after 25m. What a butt kicker a swimming workout is!
posted Sep 28th, 2009 3:49 am Profile Message

lisabrown

When you think about living a healthy lifestyle, what does that really mean? Basically it means utilizing a balanced diet and fitness program, and quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption and maintaining a normal weight. To the average person who is strapped for time and busy with job and family commitments, maintaining your health may seem overwhelming. It does not need to be. As we will see, small changes in your daily living can mean big changes in your health.

Eating right does not have to be a chore. Simple changes you can make while on your next visit to the grocery store can get you on the right path to eating better. Small substitutions like eating more fruit and veggies and eating less refined and processed foods over time saves calories and increases nutrient content. You shouldn’t make yourself get rid of your total way of eating and begin with something that is restrictive. Feeling deprived leads to failure. Take it slow and savor each new item that you add to the menu.

Exercise does not have to be a dirty word. If your the type of person who has a sedentary lifestyle, being in a gradual manner and increase your level of activity as you obtain your small goals you have set up for yourself. It might be simply utilizing the stairs at your place of work instead of going to the elevator. As time goes by, you may think about walking for a part of your lunch break. Eventually you may want to join a fitness center to increase your progress. Go at a pace you are comfortable with and enjoy. posted Sep 27th, 2009 5:53 pm

Lusimbo

This is rely good wishto send me more workouts. posted Aug 24th, 2009 9:16 am

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One Response to “Swim for an Effective Total Body Workout”

darrell
Mar 19th, 2009
12:06 pm

I think your math is wrong….Nine hundred calories in a half hour ; it takes an hour on the treadmill at a fast pace to burn 900 calories

It should say…450 calories in a half hour…that is 900 calories in a hour of swimming at 30 mile pace for a 150 pound person (3 calories per pound of weight).