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Haha on #9. I gave myself swimming lessons as my 50th birthday present. Until then, I could only do a head-out-of-water “freestyle” and barely did 100 metres before I was done my “workout”. It took time and regular practice, but now, 2 years later, I can swim all 4 basic strokes smoothly and even managed to swim a whole mile (1600 metres) last week using all 4 strokes on alternating laps. I’m still a slow swimmer, but I *am* a swimmer!
Was trying to teach an 8-year-old who was doing the head-out-of-water dog style paddle and who was convinced he could "swim". Naturally, he didn't want to learn underwater exhaling, or anything else for the matter. Even challenged me by saying even if I could swim "my" way, if a tsunami comes, I'd die anyway. This is why sometimes people beat the crap out of kids sometimes.
Maya Kurup Thank you Maya . So glad to read your comment. I started 2 months ago . Still struggling with technique and breathing. How long it took you to master freestyle? I do times a week 45 minutes 800 meter
nada sulaiman, I think it’s going to be different for everybody. In my case, the breathing in freestyle was really the toughest to master. Weirdly, for me, learning the backstroke was what got me totally comfortable in the water, and then I really practiced the freestyle breathing, which, in turn, helped with getting my body in proper horizontal position. I think it was almost a year of lessons and two to three times a week practice swimming at least 30minutes at a time before I finally was really comfortable with freestyle breathing. That said, I know others who mastered it in like 3 lessons, so I am definitely not the standard to judge yourself by! What really works for me is to focus on only one thing for each swim session. Sometimes, I’ll just work on feeling the way I lengthen my body forward on the glide for each stroke, sometimes, it’s about the hip rotation, and sometimes it’s simply the breathing. Take it easy, try to feel really relaxed in the water, and that really helps get better faster!
Keith Hiew LOL. Poor kid, and poor you. Sometimes it’s hard to listen to those little twits, isn’t it? I tell you, though, that head out of the water freestyle really built my upper body strength! :P
@@mayak.8831 Probably weakened your neck muscles in the long run, or rather - began to set them our of alignment. Painful, some years down the line. There is a reason for breathing sideways!
The Cornbread Lord I recommend not eating before the swimming session and you will have that big meal after you are done. Also, drink water after exercising, because you might just be thirsty not hungry (your brain is being tricked).
Just swimming ist almost a sport competitive swimming ,on the other hand, is like running and competitive running (like olympics)( not sure is you understand)
I actually got into an argument with my cousin over how many calories swimming burns. Can you do a video on how many calories swimming burns and how swimming continuously would compare to a structured workout? He essentially claimed that the amount of time swam is going to burn more calories swimming continuously than swimming a structured workout.
Depends on the person, but for me using Polar With pulse band it says I burn 400 to 600 kcal with continuosly wimming at average pulse at ca 130 for 1.5 hours. When breaking up the meters and swimming faster (but still fewer meters in total) I burn between 600 to 900 kcal, my average pulse is then at about 150-160. For me a break in the pool is normally between 10 to 30 sec :)
Finally took your advice and stopped trying to swim continous, long distances for most sessions. Adding in toys and drills and changing anything I want, and stopping when I want, has helped my motivation a lot.
The only way I’ve ever been able to lose weight and keep it off is swimming. I’m 60 years old, swam team all my school years and now do 1-2 miles most days. I am also a 4th degree black belt in karate and skate with our local roller derby team
I was lucky that my father always took me to swim in the lakes when I was a child, now I have a very good feeling of movements in water and can learn things very quickly... Swimming is such a lovely sport...
#2 is so truuuuuuue. I've been on a diet for 3 months. I used to run but I had a knee pain so I switched my exercise to swim. It's been less than 2 months I've started and I've lost 4.5kg(10lbs). Swimming is such a nice exercise. I have no more knee pain and it is sooooo fun. But please make sure to keep diet if you'd like to lose weight.
Been swimming a 4 times a week for 2.5 years now, I have lost 3 kg (6 pounds) :P BUT I have gained lots of muscle and lost lots of fat, so you don't nessesary lose weight, but you change the body composition :) Also, try not to eat a large meal the last 2 hours before swimming, it easily comes back up XD Tip for grown up swimmers, if you enjoy swimming several times a week and can swim abut 3000m (almost same in yards I think) you could join a Masters Group in swimming! There is swimming competition for Masters where you swim against People Your own age (Example: age 65 to 69 compete against each other), there are even people over 100 years doing this :D Masters are for swimmers above 25 years old :)
@@fksebati nice! We also have somthing called pre-Masters, which is 20 to 24 year olds, but they are not allowed to swim relays and I think there is somthing with the individual competitions as well. We don't have any in our group 😉 Happy swimming 😊 This is Norway btw 😊
I'd want to start swimming, but I'm kind of scared that I might you know get wide shoulders and that my waist might disappear. Hopefully I didn't sound rude, but I'd like to ask how swimming affects a female body in detail?
I just started swimming again after 35 years of never swimming, 3 days ago. I suffer from extreme hot flashes and was really quite surprised to get them in the pool. I didn't think they would hit as hard since the water is cool but I will debunk that myth about sweating while swimming wholeheartedly. Yup, you do...
I cannot stress #1 enough. I'm a sophomore in high school, and all the time I come up against people who are completely jacked. Meanwhile, I'm 6' 2" and only 145 pounds. Yet while they swim their 50 free in around 25 1/2 seconds, I went 23.56. The difference is not really how much muscle you have, but what kind of muscle. They have a lot of bulk, which is great for pulling water, but It's not very hydrodynamic. Meanwhile, I kind of just knife through the water, since the amount of drag is much less. Think of a bodybuilder trying to push an open umbrella against the wind vs an average person just closing the umbrella and walking into the wind.
For eight months a year I only swim structured workouts in the pool but when the open water seasons arrives, boy do I love swimming continuously for a long distance… 😄
Triscuits with a small bit of ham, chicken (or whatever meat you prefer) with a little shredded cheese on top, then in the microwave for about 20 seconds. MMMMMM!
An old miner's myth, weakens your back. I can see where that one is coming from, actually. And, in a miner context, it relates to long soaking baths rather than swimming per se. Keeping that whole thing taut is pretty important. Like I'm pretty sure, after a lot of back pain, two of my vertebrae have fused in some way; whatever, the pain went away but my flexibility is reduced, and I can see how swimming might interfere with that process. Nowadays, I still have a back weakness, but I compensate by doing most of my swimming underwater, with my body in a straight line. Works for me. But then my main stroke is the breast stroke, which is particularly punishing on the back. Working on the crawl; I'm a natural swmmer but unfortunately after primary school there were no swimming lessons, so it's all self taught stuff.
Of course you can lose weight from swimming. You burn so many calories, and are hungry after each workout. I've lost almost 10 lbs already in 2 months.
I've lost like maybe 10 pounds in 3 months and my parents are saying that I lost to much weight when I was regularly practicing and doing my own exercise and insisted on me going to a doctor.
@@camrynkeeney284 , I also teach taekwondo (and practice it when my knees allow). I eat reasonably, but am not on a diet of any sort. I try not to eat within 3 hours of going to sleep. I still need to drink more water and get adequate sleep, which I'm told will help me lose more weight.
hi, i am following your swim videos for a while and I like them very much. can you tell what's best to eat after swimming? (because I feel like starving after swimming!)
Great question! I will make a video about this. In the meantime, I recommend checking out this article: myswimpro.com/blog/2016/08/30/eating-guidelines-for-swimmers/
Thanks for the info. I'm an older "ex" distance freestyler, and just getting back into some light duty training. (Need to get past the shoulder pain). I like the way you present yourself and your opinions and have become a subscriber. Good luck with your video success, and keep em coming. Thanks again
Another myth is anything labelled as a women's swimwear can be used for swimming and it really cannot. So many swimsuit malfunctions from fashion swimwear in my adult swim classes that I feel like they should give everyone a shopping guide.
When it comes to point number 4 you don’t necessarily need to blow out continuously, this means you are going to be getting rid of the oxygen immediately and your not gonna save your breath and if your trying to breathe as little as possible. You have to learn what breathing patterns suit you, it may be that you take short burst or a long breathe a certain intervals it depends on what suits you.
Emma Holmes my coach makes us do sets of no breaths. it sucks so much bc it makes us more tired than needed. restricting breaths is okay, but no breaths isn’t good
With #3, in an 82 degree pool and a 4000 yard work out, I can drop 5 pounds, but I am a heavy sweater... With #3 and #8, I would guess that there isn't much difference between sweat and pee, but I still never use the pool.... Extra side note, for those of us who have gone through joint replacement (bi-lateral hips and left knee), water exercise is the best thing you can do to prepare for and recover from this type of surgery. You build up your circulatory and respiratory systems, which is crucial for recovery, and there is zero impact. If all you can do is shallow water exercise, that is much better than sitting on your butt... I got through my rehab in about half the time and half the therapy sessions than most others I talked to... With #11, I get much better endorophine rushes from the sprints...
Would you be able/willing to do a video on tips to offset the effects of chlorine on your body when you swim a lot and/or how to find public saltwater pools (I doubt there are many…haven’t found any where I am)?
I couldn't even float over water until I was 21. Then I learnt to swim and I practiced a lot. After 3 years, now I can swim by all four styles and it definitely feels awesome! Just believe in yourself. 💪🏼
Another myth is thinking that swimming is only positive. You can get a shoulder injury, have problems with your ears and sinuses, skin and hair condition, you can have a chlorine allergy, cystitis, one may worsen the heart problems. I hope that for balance you will prepare a movie on this topic. Personally, I love swimming, but restraint is always advisable.
If I start a swimming for exercise and enjoyment routine , what do I do in the cold of winter when our neighborhood pool gets closed? I’m retired military living on a fixed income budget.
Actually we were told to wait 2 hours after we eat was because we could get cramps while swimming that could be dangerous, it was weird being told this for bathing as well. This “myth” was also written in our health textbooks when I was in elementary school. Also it was common for us to get a side cramp, called a “stitch” if we exercised or walked fast or ran immediately after eating, so there’s a good reason for this myth?
Because it's true to an extent. Having a full stomach means there's more mass jostling around in your core. I always eat light or wait a while to digest before going on runs or working out. This is just anecdotal but get side stitches and worse gas if I eat too much before. Not instantly cramp up and die, exactly, but it's something I keep in mind.
8 is totally not me lol, omg I pee so much in the pool because my COACH doesn't let me go to the Bathroom because of my other teammates goofing off in there and the miss a set and now we can't go I was SCREAMING. Oh and btw the reason I don't use tech suits is because I need to go pee a lot JUST TO DO GOOD ON MY RACES LOL.
Thought I have, and it's hasn't hurt me, if your peeing a lot then 1st you might want get a check up, 2nd There is a chemical called Chlorine and Has to fight Off that Bacteria and Will weaken the chlorine.
Another thing I would like to say about equipment not only does it help with all the great points you said.It’s also a brilliant way of really refining the stroke it’s helped me massively and definitely would recommend it to anyone if they wanted to improve, honestly learned so much from it Great video by the way.
I currently wear two layers of rash guards and swim leggings, all for drag (and modesty) there are swims where I perform better than I ever did not wearing drag gear. I've not experimented with just the bathing suit to gauge my gains from wearing "clothes" since I started layering a few years back and I don't know if I'll go back to that ever cuz I really like wearing stuff in the water I feel like I'm getting a better workout and getting stronger. Slowly adding to my repertoire in the water and ashore Great channel. Thanks P. S. I have silicone short fins and they do feel like cheating compared to my stiffer ones that I used to have I think I'm going to get some stiffer ones and alternate.
With the fact that some microbes like the Nagleria Floweri aka the Brain Eating Amoeba being so small that when seen through "clear and clean" but warm, fresh, and unchlorinated ot inadequately chlorinated water, being almost guaranteed to kill you of it goes up your nose, number 6 is especially true. And since I also own a small Intex pool in my backyard, I make it my topmost duty for it to make sure the water is not only adequately chlorinated but is also properly balanced and stabilized so that the chlorine can be in its best, most effective fighting shape.
The great thing about swimming is that it's so adaptable! If you'd like to avoid using your back and legs, you can always grab a pull buoy. If you're having trouble with breathing, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/KASE1gI7XLE/видео.html
it can certainly help ... it helped me build up muscle, and get rid of some back-problems I have had earlier in life. But, as always, If you have back-pain, go speak to your doctor! Mine recommended swimming to supplement physical therapy.
It helped me reverse spondy! Just make sure you do gentle core exercises along with swimming too and tighten stomach during freestyle pull. I only do freestyle. Good luck!
I never learned how to swim, I am 38 years old currently. I use to think I was allergic to chlorien but long story short... I only recently learned after water splashed me that it didn't burn my skin. And I decided to try to dip my arm and nothing. So I decided to take this and learn how to swim, now I don't like leaving the water. But sad cause I feel too fat to learn and too old... But this did help ease my mind.
Why some people, particularly kids throw up if they go in the pool after eating, I mean not necessarily swimming, just hanging in the pool. Being diabetic, I’m always worried that my sugar will drop if I don’t eat before swimming, or throwing up if I do eat something.
The peeing in pool one made me laughed, and brought back memories to my swim team training days in high school, when I had a team mate who really had to go and didn’t want to have to redo the set, so he peed as he swam the set. The thing was…. I was the one right behind him…. 😅
Actually on Myth 5 and eating before swimming is because you have a higher likelihood of cramping up, which if you are swimming in deep water can be a really bad thing.
When I took a lifeguarding class, the instructor said the principle reason behind the 30 minute rule (or any break rule) was to enable the lifeguard to account for swimmers in the pool (it's more personnel managment). May or may not be true, but it makes sense
@@chrish6412 I'n not talking about clearing the pool occasionally. I am talking about someone eating a big meal and coming to swim at the pool. They should wait or they could cramp up.
Iv only been swimming for about a month and half. Only swimming every 3times a week. A hour- two hours a day. I was 265. Now I'm 239. I've really been cutting my diet and really trying to swim myself out every time. I'm loving getting thinner.
Peeing in the pool is actually fine it doesn't harm anything. The chlorine and ph levels in a pool are not gonna be affected by it and pools know how many people are swimming and what generally comes off their bodies during a swim and they adjust the chlorine levels accordingly or they do regular tests and add chlorine if needed if they aren't counting.
Another myth which is widely circulated: It's better not to learn how to swim, because it actually increases drownings.. Reply: What could we do in any emergency situation, when we suddenly fall into a body of water, without any plan? Also, we can't fully avoid passing nearby such bodies, so swimming is necessary.. But, never be overconfident on your swimming skills... There are plenty of ways to keep safe while still enjoying swim.. So, you should..
3... I don't think that we actually believe we don't sweat, but we are willfully in denial lol . I don't what to accept I am swimming in other people's sweat D: !
I’d guess it had to do more with the bleaching chemicals. . .I’m blond and swim regularly. Never had it go green. I also try to wash my hair right away after swimming.
Peeing in the pool should be a crime with heavy penalties. It needs to be policed. U wouldnt pee in a bus or train station or the airport or in a plane or the shopping centre. U will be prosecuted. So the same should apply in pools. It would give ppl so much more peace of mind knowing ur not swimming in a toilet. 🤢
Exhaling does nothing to your body's co2 levels, it is mostlt when you inhale, when the co2 from your blood dissolves to air. The feeling of relaxation true exhalation is only because of psychology, not because of blood co2.
Zozo and Hen my haitdresser helped me by recommendimg that my hair is totally wet before capped. the cap goes on easier when full of water. whole routine happens in shower before pool
Your not called a “swimmer” if you don’t know how to swim in circles…(non-swimmers who pretends to be a swimmer does not know how to share a lane and do circle swimming) it’s stupid but this happens everyday…peace!!!
Your #2 point is partially correct/incorrect. Yes, swimming is better than NO exercise. And, yes, it is indeed one of the best exercise - no impact, whole body exercise (I, myself, swim over 12 km every week). However, calorie burn per unit time (i.e. Calories/minute) is significantly low for swimming compared to running or cycling with the same perceived effort. What it means: the amount of effort you feel that you are putting (i.e. running out of breath or feeling exhausted or some form of the same) = perceived effort. If your perceived effort is the same, and you run for 30 min versus swim for 30 min, then Calories burned-by-running is way more than swimming. If you are a World Record holder long distance triathlete (Ironman), then in 30 min of swimming you will burn about 450 Calories (maximum) (and you will cover more than 2 km in 30 min). Compared to that, a very average 150 lb (68 kg) runner would burn 450 Calories by running in 30 min. So, if you cover more than 2 km in 30 min swimming and really suck at running, then this #2 is correct. However, if you are of similar capabilities in both swimming and running, then #2 is False.
Rana Saha that’s true if you’re swimming frontcrawl, but if you’re a swimmer you have to do other strokes. And we do butterfly which is the hardest movement in sport so if you’re not doing it competitively running burns more but competitively swimming burns more.
Tell us more crazy swimming myths! Goodness knows there are tons of them!
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Haha on #9. I gave myself swimming lessons as my 50th birthday present. Until then, I could only do a head-out-of-water “freestyle” and barely did 100 metres before I was done my “workout”. It took time and regular practice, but now, 2 years later, I can swim all 4 basic strokes smoothly and even managed to swim a whole mile (1600 metres) last week using all 4 strokes on alternating laps. I’m still a slow swimmer, but I *am* a swimmer!
Was trying to teach an 8-year-old who was doing the head-out-of-water dog style paddle and who was convinced he could "swim". Naturally, he didn't want to learn underwater exhaling, or anything else for the matter. Even challenged me by saying even if I could swim "my" way, if a tsunami comes, I'd die anyway.
This is why sometimes people beat the crap out of kids sometimes.
Maya Kurup Thank you Maya . So glad to read your comment. I started 2 months ago . Still struggling with technique and breathing. How long it took you to master freestyle? I do times a week 45 minutes 800 meter
nada sulaiman, I think it’s going to be different for everybody. In my case, the breathing in freestyle was really the toughest to master. Weirdly, for me, learning the backstroke was what got me totally comfortable in the water, and then I really practiced the freestyle breathing, which, in turn, helped with getting my body in proper horizontal position.
I think it was almost a year of lessons and two to three times a week practice swimming at least 30minutes at a time before I finally was really comfortable with freestyle breathing. That said, I know others who mastered it in like 3 lessons, so I am definitely not the standard to judge yourself by!
What really works for me is to focus on only one thing for each swim session. Sometimes, I’ll just work on feeling the way I lengthen my body forward on the glide for each stroke, sometimes, it’s about the hip rotation, and sometimes it’s simply the breathing. Take it easy, try to feel really relaxed in the water, and that really helps get better faster!
Keith Hiew LOL. Poor kid, and poor you. Sometimes it’s hard to listen to those little twits, isn’t it? I tell you, though, that head out of the water freestyle really built my upper body strength! :P
@@mayak.8831 Probably weakened your neck muscles in the long run, or rather - began to set them our of alignment. Painful, some years down the line. There is a reason for breathing sideways!
I’ve probably gained weight from being crazy hungry after practice
The Cornbread Lord same
The Cornbread Lord I recommend not eating before the swimming session and you will have that big meal after you are done. Also, drink water after exercising, because you might just be thirsty not hungry (your brain is being tricked).
vato jioshvili I eat after, not before
Oof so true.
vato jioshvili
I think I’ve had enough from the pool’s water
The myth I hate is: swimming isn’t a sport
If swimming is not a sport then tennis isn't as well
Rofitschka then track wouldn’t be either
Straw man.
Just swimming ist almost a sport competitive swimming ,on the other hand, is like running and competitive running (like olympics)( not sure is you understand)
Swimming: not a sport
Basketball: childen's party game
11. Michael Phelps has gills! 🦈 Change my mind!
Then why couldn't he beat a shark?
Michael Allon he will beat the shark when it matters most #Tokyo2020
@@rsdc2695 I'll believe that when I see it 😉
Fares Ksebati he would be able to stay underwater forever 😒 how would he have gills? Also he would’ve swam faster or as fast as a shark
i can’t it’s true
I actually got into an argument with my cousin over how many calories swimming burns. Can you do a video on how many calories swimming burns and how swimming continuously would compare to a structured workout? He essentially claimed that the amount of time swam is going to burn more calories swimming continuously than swimming a structured workout.
Good question. We will address in a future video that is specifically on this!
It just depends on your weight
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it depends on the intensity as well
Depends on the person, but for me using Polar With pulse band it says I burn 400 to 600 kcal with continuosly wimming at average pulse at ca 130 for 1.5 hours. When breaking up the meters and swimming faster (but still fewer meters in total) I burn between 600 to 900 kcal, my average pulse is then at about 150-160. For me a break in the pool is normally between 10 to 30 sec :)
Also I usually swim between 2800 to 3600 meters in 1.5 hours when breaking it up, and closer to 4000 - 4500m doing it continuosly. :)
me: coach can i go to the bathroom?
coach: number one or number two?
me: uhhhh number one??
coach: you’re not getting out to pee. pee in the pool.
😱
😂 my coach says the same
Same here
Me: hands coach information packet made by the CDC on the dangers of urine in the pool
Disgusting. No excuse for peeing in a pool
I’ve been swimming at LifeTime Fitness for 12 months 5 days a week for one hour and have lost 10 pounds so far. I feel and sleep so much better now. 🏊
That is amazing! You Rock!
How are you currently tracking your swim workouts?
I used got to team there! And now I have state!
Eyyy I swim at lifetime swim team too!
Omg Lifetime Fitness tried you recruit me to their swim team lol
I go to lifetime swim team as well!
Omg controlling diet after swimming is so hard!!! Personally I drink a plant based protein shake and it has helped so much
Finally took your advice and stopped trying to swim continous, long distances for most sessions. Adding in toys and drills and changing anything I want, and stopping when I want, has helped my motivation a lot.
Great job! Keep it up, and happy swimming :)
The only way I’ve ever been able to lose weight and keep it off is swimming. I’m 60 years old, swam team all my school years and now do 1-2 miles most days. I am also a 4th degree black belt in karate and skate with our local roller derby team
Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing :)
I agree with 11. I took a 15 minute break and when I swam a second time I drastically improved on swimming
I'm primarily an open water swimming and I love love love it . .I swam for years in a pool but it's made me a better swimmer....
#9 .. I started swimming at the age of 28, I learned every techniques by myself and I am a good swimmer.
You rock!
I was lucky that my father always took me to swim in the lakes when I was a child, now I have a very good feeling of movements in water and can learn things very quickly... Swimming is such a lovely sport...
Amazing!
Happy Swimming!
#2 is so truuuuuuue. I've been on a diet for 3 months. I used to run but I had a knee pain so I switched my exercise to swim. It's been less than 2 months I've started and I've lost 4.5kg(10lbs). Swimming is such a nice exercise. I have no more knee pain and it is sooooo fun. But please make sure to keep diet if you'd like to lose weight.
Been swimming a 4 times a week for 2.5 years now, I have lost 3 kg (6 pounds) :P BUT I have gained lots of muscle and lost lots of fat, so you don't nessesary lose weight, but you change the body composition :) Also, try not to eat a large meal the last 2 hours before swimming, it easily comes back up XD Tip for grown up swimmers, if you enjoy swimming several times a week and can swim abut 3000m (almost same in yards I think) you could join a Masters Group in swimming! There is swimming competition for Masters where you swim against People Your own age (Example: age 65 to 69 compete against each other), there are even people over 100 years doing this :D Masters are for swimmers above 25 years old :)
Awesome! Thanks for sharing :) In the United States, the youngest age-group for masters meets is 18-24! Happy Swimming!
@@fksebati nice! We also have somthing called pre-Masters, which is 20 to 24 year olds, but they are not allowed to swim relays and I think there is somthing with the individual competitions as well. We don't have any in our group 😉
Happy swimming 😊 This is Norway btw 😊
I'm not quite ready to swim 3000 km yet, but I'm looking forward to saving money on those transatlantic flights!
@@yamabushi170 LOL, I typed wrong ofc 😂😂😂 I ment 3000 meters, going to edit it! Thanks! 😅
I'd want to start swimming, but I'm kind of scared that I might you know get wide shoulders and that my waist might disappear.
Hopefully I didn't sound rude, but I'd like to ask how swimming affects a female body in detail?
I just started swimming again after 35 years of never swimming, 3 days ago. I suffer from extreme hot flashes and was really quite surprised to get them in the pool. I didn't think they would hit as hard since the water is cool but I will debunk that myth about sweating while swimming wholeheartedly. Yup, you do...
Welcome back to swimming :)
I cannot stress #1 enough. I'm a sophomore in high school, and all the time I come up against people who are completely jacked. Meanwhile, I'm 6' 2" and only 145 pounds. Yet while they swim their 50 free in around 25 1/2 seconds, I went 23.56. The difference is not really how much muscle you have, but what kind of muscle. They have a lot of bulk, which is great for pulling water, but It's not very hydrodynamic. Meanwhile, I kind of just knife through the water, since the amount of drag is much less. Think of a bodybuilder trying to push an open umbrella against the wind vs an average person just closing the umbrella and walking into the wind.
Swimming is all about improving technique, reducing drag, and increasing propulsion. In that order!
For eight months a year I only swim structured workouts in the pool but when the open water seasons arrives, boy do I love swimming continuously for a long distance… 😄
You shouldn't eat a lot before exercising. If you eat a small snack, it should be ok.
Triscuits with a small bit of ham, chicken (or whatever meat you prefer) with a little shredded cheese on top, then in the microwave for about 20 seconds. MMMMMM!
@@02chevyguy that sounds good! I love triscuits!
An old miner's myth, weakens your back. I can see where that one is coming from, actually. And, in a miner context, it relates to long soaking baths rather than swimming per se. Keeping that whole thing taut is pretty important. Like I'm pretty sure, after a lot of back pain, two of my vertebrae have fused in some way; whatever, the pain went away but my flexibility is reduced, and I can see how swimming might interfere with that process. Nowadays, I still have a back weakness, but I compensate by doing most of my swimming underwater, with my body in a straight line. Works for me. But then my main stroke is the breast stroke, which is particularly punishing on the back. Working on the crawl; I'm a natural swmmer but unfortunately after primary school there were no swimming lessons, so it's all self taught stuff.
Of course you can lose weight from swimming. You burn so many calories, and are hungry after each workout. I've lost almost 10 lbs already in 2 months.
I've lost like maybe 10 pounds in 3 months and my parents are saying that I lost to much weight when I was regularly practicing and doing my own exercise and insisted on me going to a doctor.
What’s your diet? Do you do other exercises? And how often do you swim? Sorry just wondering for personal reference
@@camrynkeeney284 , I also teach taekwondo (and practice it when my knees allow). I eat reasonably, but am not on a diet of any sort. I try not to eat within 3 hours of going to sleep. I still need to drink more water and get adequate sleep, which I'm told will help me lose more weight.
I love your videos and, an adult swim instructor, I want to thank you for including photos from the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation (now USMS ALTS).
“Happy swimming” 이 말 참 좋네~ 러블리해~~
hi, i am following your swim videos for a while and I like them very much. can you tell what's best to eat after swimming? (because I feel like starving after swimming!)
Great question! I will make a video about this. In the meantime, I recommend checking out this article: myswimpro.com/blog/2016/08/30/eating-guidelines-for-swimmers/
I learn to swim just this year, at 37 years old, and I soooo happy that I did, I just loveeeeed to swim.
So glad you took the plunge! Happy swimming!
Thanks for the info. I'm an older "ex" distance freestyler, and just getting back into some light duty training. (Need to get past the shoulder pain). I like the way you present yourself and your opinions and have become a subscriber. Good luck with your video success, and keep em coming. Thanks again
Happy Swimming :)
Thanks for the support, Joe!
Another myth is anything labelled as a women's swimwear can be used for swimming and it really cannot. So many swimsuit malfunctions from fashion swimwear in my adult swim classes that I feel like they should give everyone a shopping guide.
Great video, very informative. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
When it comes to point number 4 you don’t necessarily need to blow out continuously, this means you are going to be getting rid of the oxygen immediately and your not gonna save your breath and if your trying to breathe as little as possible. You have to learn what breathing patterns suit you, it may be that you take short burst or a long breathe a certain intervals it depends on what suits you.
Emma Holmes my coach makes us do sets of no breaths. it sucks so much bc it makes us more tired than needed. restricting breaths is okay, but no breaths isn’t good
@@layneemowell8367 Lengths with no breath , or repeated lengths with no breaths is not a safe practice. Please see videos on "Shallow water Blackout".
I learned to swim when I was 12.
I am now 15 and got 9th place in my country (not only in my ages, people from all ages competed)
In what event?
@@jamesfairbank8627 200 fly 9th
100 fly 14th
50 fly 13th
With #3, in an 82 degree pool and a 4000 yard work out, I can drop 5 pounds, but I am a heavy sweater...
With #3 and #8, I would guess that there isn't much difference between sweat and pee, but I still never use the pool....
Extra side note, for those of us who have gone through joint replacement (bi-lateral hips and left knee), water exercise is the best thing you can do to prepare for and recover from this type of surgery. You build up your circulatory and respiratory systems, which is crucial for recovery, and there is zero impact. If all you can do is shallow water exercise, that is much better than sitting on your butt... I got through my rehab in about half the time and half the therapy sessions than most others I talked to...
With #11, I get much better endorophine rushes from the sprints...
Would you be able/willing to do a video on tips to offset the effects of chlorine on your body when you swim a lot and/or how to find public saltwater pools (I doubt there are many…haven’t found any where I am)?
I couldn't even float over water until I was 21. Then I learnt to swim and I practiced a lot. After 3 years, now I can swim by all four styles and it definitely feels awesome! Just believe in yourself. 💪🏼
Great work, Ayşe! So inspiring :)
Another myth is thinking that swimming is only positive. You can get a shoulder injury, have problems with your ears and sinuses, skin and hair condition, you can have a chlorine allergy, cystitis, one may worsen the heart problems. I hope that for balance you will prepare a movie on this topic. Personally, I love swimming, but restraint is always advisable.
If I start a swimming for exercise and enjoyment routine , what do I do in the cold of winter when our neighborhood pool gets closed? I’m retired military living on a fixed income budget.
Regarding number 5.... people who have a loose or dilated stomach sphincter should wait until a while after they eat. Or eat lightly...
Thank you so much you don't understand how grateful I am to have had found this video
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! Happy Swimming :)
Happy Swimming!
Actually we were told to wait 2 hours after we eat was because we could get cramps while swimming that could be dangerous, it was weird being told this for bathing as well. This “myth” was also written in our health textbooks when I was in elementary school. Also it was common for us to get a side cramp, called a “stitch” if we exercised or walked fast or ran immediately after eating, so there’s a good reason for this myth?
Because it's true to an extent. Having a full stomach means there's more mass jostling around in your core. I always eat light or wait a while to digest before going on runs or working out. This is just anecdotal but get side stitches and worse gas if I eat too much before. Not instantly cramp up and die, exactly, but it's something I keep in mind.
8 is totally not me lol, omg I pee so much in the pool because my COACH doesn't let me go to the Bathroom because of my other teammates goofing off in there and the miss a set and now we can't go I was SCREAMING. Oh and btw the reason I don't use tech suits is because I need to go pee a lot JUST TO DO GOOD ON MY RACES LOL.
Please stop doing that, you should talk to your coach. That is extremely fucked up if you pee in the pool
Thought I have, and it's hasn't hurt me, if your peeing a lot then 1st you might want get a check up, 2nd There is a chemical called Chlorine and Has to fight Off that Bacteria and Will weaken the chlorine.
Nam’s Gameplay I can't hold it ;-;
@Nam’s Gameplay Okay now since the new policy that we are moe mature again, I can go use the bathroom again!
I can use the bathroom again
Another thing I would like to say about equipment not only does it help with all the great points you said.It’s also a brilliant way of really refining the stroke it’s helped me massively and definitely would recommend it to anyone if they wanted to improve, honestly learned so much from it Great video by the way.
I don't consider implements cheating. However it is much easier for me to swim a mile with paddles and fins then without.
Wow! Super helpful!
This may be my favorite of your lessons.
I currently wear two layers of rash guards and swim leggings, all for drag (and modesty) there are swims where I perform better than I ever did not wearing drag gear. I've not experimented with just the bathing suit to gauge my gains from wearing "clothes" since I started layering a few years back and I don't know if I'll go back to that ever cuz I really like wearing stuff in the water I feel like I'm getting a better workout and getting stronger. Slowly adding to my repertoire in the water and ashore
Great channel. Thanks
P. S. I have silicone short fins and they do feel like cheating compared to my stiffer ones that I used to have I think I'm going to get some stiffer ones and alternate.
I’m watching this right before I have to go to morning training at 5:30AM.....I should be sleeping..😅😅
Happy Swimming!
Same here
Haha not just me stay up late before morning practice
With the fact that some microbes like the Nagleria Floweri aka the Brain Eating Amoeba being so small that when seen through "clear and clean" but warm, fresh, and unchlorinated ot inadequately chlorinated water, being almost guaranteed to kill you of it goes up your nose, number 6 is especially true. And since I also own a small Intex pool in my backyard, I make it my topmost duty for it to make sure the water is not only adequately chlorinated but is also properly balanced and stabilized so that the chlorine can be in its best, most effective fighting shape.
Good to know!
very helpful, thank you!!
I have to use a snorkel for freestyle , I'm still working on my rotation but hate getting a mouthful of pool water .
Do you have a video for swimming for exercise if slightly disabled? Bad lower back and weak legs also having had heavy case of pneumonia??
The great thing about swimming is that it's so adaptable! If you'd like to avoid using your back and legs, you can always grab a pull buoy. If you're having trouble with breathing, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/KASE1gI7XLE/видео.html
Swmming is good to treat or cure back/lombar problems?
it can certainly help ... it helped me build up muscle, and get rid of some back-problems I have had earlier in life.
But, as always, If you have back-pain, go speak to your doctor! Mine recommended swimming to supplement physical therapy.
It has helped my back pain :)
It helped me reverse spondy! Just make sure you do gentle core exercises along with swimming too and tighten stomach during freestyle pull. I only do freestyle. Good luck!
@@hege4318 thank you ☺
@@Gieslly my doctor also recommended swimming / pilates / functional training / water aerobics / rpg what do you think?
I never learned how to swim, I am 38 years old currently. I use to think I was allergic to chlorien but long story short... I only recently learned after water splashed me that it didn't burn my skin. And I decided to try to dip my arm and nothing. So I decided to take this and learn how to swim, now I don't like leaving the water. But sad cause I feel too fat to learn and too old... But this did help ease my mind.
It's never too late to learn! Hope you can continue to enjoy the water, Yuki :)
Can you do video on injuries due to swimming? Especially bachache and neck pain and how to prevent it.
Why some people, particularly kids throw up if they go in the pool after eating, I mean not necessarily swimming, just hanging in the pool. Being diabetic, I’m always worried that my sugar will drop if I don’t eat before swimming, or throwing up if I do eat something.
Another great video all these silly myths debunked
The peeing in pool one made me laughed, and brought back memories to my swim team training days in high school, when I had a team mate who really had to go and didn’t want to have to redo the set, so he peed as he swam the set. The thing was…. I was the one right behind him…. 😅
Could you please make a nutrition video ?
We'll add it to the list!
Myth 7: The Joker is a Swimmer. Is not about the color, is about sending a message.
*I leaned all of this from experience...*
Actually on Myth 5 and eating before swimming is because you have a higher likelihood of cramping up, which if you are swimming in deep water can be a really bad thing.
When I took a lifeguarding class, the instructor said the principle reason behind the 30 minute rule (or any break rule) was to enable the lifeguard to account for swimmers in the pool (it's more personnel managment). May or may not be true, but it makes sense
@@chrish6412 I'n not talking about clearing the pool occasionally. I am talking about someone eating a big meal and coming to swim at the pool. They should wait or they could cramp up.
Sometimes I use fins to keep up with my able bodied teammates
Fins are great! myswimpro.com/blog/2018/03/01/8-benefits-of-swimming-with-fins/
Variety in swimming avoid injuries.
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Better Pizza,
Papa Johns
Iv only been swimming for about a month and half. Only swimming every 3times a week. A hour- two hours a day.
I was 265. Now I'm 239. I've really been cutting my diet and really trying to swim myself out every time. I'm loving getting thinner.
Great job! Keep it up and let us know about your progress!
@@FaresKsebati thanks. I will
Very good vídeo, like it, I do the number 11 😅; I'll give a try at what you said.
Myth Buster #9. I was 40 and overweight when I learned. Now I’m a size 4 and still swim 3x a week.
Rinsing hair after a swim is not enough! If you have curly or damaged hair, FGS get your hair wet AND put conditioner on.
What about Kieran Rahmaan. He looks like a Olympic swimmer
Peeing in the pool is actually fine it doesn't harm anything. The chlorine and ph levels in a pool are not gonna be affected by it and pools know how many people are swimming and what generally comes off their bodies during a swim and they adjust the chlorine levels accordingly or they do regular tests and add chlorine if needed if they aren't counting.
When I use to do swimming in highschool I would eat alot before practice.
All shapes sizes and ages
1:36 *Calories in Calories out*
Another myth which is widely circulated: It's better not to learn how to swim, because it actually increases drownings..
Reply: What could we do in any emergency situation, when we suddenly fall into a body of water, without any plan? Also, we can't fully avoid passing nearby such bodies, so swimming is necessary.. But, never be overconfident on your swimming skills... There are plenty of ways to keep safe while still enjoying swim.. So, you should..
I moved from XXL to L size for 1.5 year
I have the goggles the lady has! They are called, “ The Magic 5”
They're pretty great!
Happy Swimming!
How can you have a video above and below water without picture distorsion ?
I've peed in a pool before. Never a Public pool but in a Friend/Family pool but I think I'll stop know
3... I don't think that we actually believe we don't sweat, but we are willfully in denial lol . I don't what to accept I am swimming in other people's sweat D: !
Chlorine CAN turn blonde hair green. I have a friend who it happened to; she bleached her hair and it turned green during swim season.
ouch! That's no fun! I have dark brown hair and swimming 2hrs a day every single day can definitely lighten the color!
I’d guess it had to do more with the bleaching chemicals. . .I’m blond and swim regularly. Never had it go green. I also try to wash my hair right away after swimming.
Of course you do sweet, my head on the silicon cap.... my god when I take it of... I can feel the saltiness 😅😥😓
Best regards from Syria.
Happy swimming!
# 9 baby
Peeing in the pool should be a crime with heavy penalties. It needs to be policed.
U wouldnt pee in a bus or train station or the airport or in a plane or the shopping centre. U will be prosecuted. So the same should apply in pools. It would give ppl so much more peace of mind knowing ur not swimming in a toilet. 🤢
The one who told me to just pee in the pool, since it wastes much time to go to the toilet was.. my coach 🙃🙃
Exhaling does nothing to your body's co2 levels, it is mostlt when you inhale, when the co2 from your blood dissolves to air. The feeling of relaxation true exhalation is only because of psychology, not because of blood co2.
however, people swimming with fins should have their own lane. I don't want to get up too close to the fins thanks.
Caps don't always help, especially after a long swim session. They don't keep your hair dry!
Zozo and Hen my haitdresser helped me by recommendimg that my hair is totally wet before capped. the cap goes on easier when full of water. whole routine happens in shower before pool
Caps are not meant to keep your dry, it’s just to make faster because it’s smooth
Your not called a “swimmer” if you don’t know how to swim in circles…(non-swimmers who pretends to be a swimmer does not know how to share a lane and do circle swimming) it’s stupid but this happens everyday…peace!!!
The 11th myth of swimming is there are only 10 myths about swimming.
#4...i just use a snorkel..fuck breathing techniques...i swim for exercise..not for competition. lol
does it actually not help you to increase height before Your’e 18
The myth I hate is: swimming isn't a sport 🤬😡🤬😡
Ikr it was like one of the first sports
My hair turns blonde because it’s brown
How is urine a contaminant? It’s sterile
Nandium ammonia in urine combines w soluble chlorine to form chlorine gas and other irritants to eyes and skin
I suck at swimming. Can’t get the breathing down.
Josh S. some people enjoy swimming if they use snorkel
I mastered breathing using a pull buoy.
one time someone told me that fly is the easiest stroke
my 200 flyer ass just looked at them😐
Kool
Your #2 point is partially correct/incorrect. Yes, swimming is better than NO exercise. And, yes, it is indeed one of the best exercise - no impact, whole body exercise (I, myself, swim over 12 km every week).
However, calorie burn per unit time (i.e. Calories/minute) is significantly low for swimming compared to running or cycling with the same perceived effort. What it means: the amount of effort you feel that you are putting (i.e. running out of breath or feeling exhausted or some form of the same) = perceived effort. If your perceived effort is the same, and you run for 30 min versus swim for 30 min, then Calories burned-by-running is way more than swimming.
If you are a World Record holder long distance triathlete (Ironman), then in 30 min of swimming you will burn about 450 Calories (maximum) (and you will cover more than 2 km in 30 min). Compared to that, a very average 150 lb (68 kg) runner would burn 450 Calories by running in 30 min.
So, if you cover more than 2 km in 30 min swimming and really suck at running, then this #2 is correct. However, if you are of similar capabilities in both swimming and running, then #2 is False.
Rana Saha that’s true if you’re swimming frontcrawl, but if you’re a swimmer you have to do other strokes. And we do butterfly which is the hardest movement in sport so if you’re not doing it competitively running burns more but competitively swimming burns more.