I'm gonna Pump Me Up

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


True . . .

Irony of irony. A friend of mine at work has asked me over to the Y to begin swimming.

So this morning I tried on my ol' trunks. All that water must have shrunk them. So this weekend, I'm off to the mall to buy larger ones, and then next Monday, I'm off to the Y.

My wife and I just signed up. I dunno how effective swimming once a week will be, but I figure it's better than nothing.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Footie Mad
If swimming is so great why do competing swimmers need to lift weights in a gym? Good luck trying to build the strength of ligaments and tendons without putting pressure on them.

I guess it depends on why you're working out. If you're just trying to drop some weight and do so w/o causing injury, swimming seems like a decent way to go.

-Arrian

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Footie Mad
If swimming is so great why do competing swimmers need to lift weights in a gym? Good luck trying to build the strength of ligaments and tendons without putting pressure on them.

I was a competing swimmer nothing liek the olympics or anything just city and state stuff and i never went to the gym to lift weights. I still swim in the summer when im in a place that is warm enough to swim Though i havent found a place to do so in florence and its to cold. its geat excercise and refreshing

[Ben Kenobi]

Yeah swimming is lots of fun. It's great exercise and much easier on the knees then jogging.

Jogging is ok, it keeps you trim but the concrete really takes a toll on you.

[Proteus_MST]

I´m registered at Hyperstrike
They give you a computer generated exercise program, and which you can personalize according to your needs.
You don´t even need a gym to do it, as you can swap exercises for other ones which train the same muscle groups and therefore can adjust the exercises according to the equipment you have at home (some basic equipment would be advisable, for example a pair of dumbbells).

I for my part can say that it was a good idea to start the program (with 3 times a week betwenen 1-2 hours every time), as I really feel the difference in a lot of areas ( for example being able to work longer a day, having less problems with getting out of the bed every morning and so on).
I think you can benefit too, ölancer, as long as you do your exercises according to some kind of fitness program (which takes into account all of your muscles for training, not only biceps, triceps and abdominal muscles ) and as long as your program doesn´t neglect endurance training (for example via jogging [hyperstrike for example schedule half of the exercise sessions for muscle building and the other half for endurance])

[Provost Harrison]

He's not back yet

[Provost Harrison]

I do a lot of swimming, although I have lapsed again recently (I keep lapsing, which is a pain). I must go swimming again, try and get rid of this flab.

And I, too, am used to moving iron back and forth. I drive my car to and from work every day

[Lazerus]

If swimming is so great why do competing swimmers need to lift weights in a gym? Good luck trying to build the strength of ligaments and tendons without putting pressure on them.

Because swimming = cardio exercise and weights = strength exercise duh !

[Provost Harrison]

Your username bugs me. Get it corrected. See the other Lorizael thread

[Lazerus]

mine ?

[Nostromo]

And don't forget to do your Kegels

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
He's not back yet

Nah, we had breakfast and I got signed up at the gym. :whew: No lifting today. We'll get to the pumping Friday night (Saturday morning) at 1:30AM after work.

Watched a guy working on a Roman chair. Man, memories of self torture. Think I'll leave that one to the Romans. Someone needs to tell them how to properly use a chair.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Lazerus
mine ?

Aye

and hew:

But Lancer, what is a Roman chair? It sounds like an instrument of torture...I suspect I may not be too far off the mark

[Lazerus]

Gimme link to the other thread, cant find it

[Lancer]

Sit on a crossbar, hook your feet under another. Bend backwards until your dong is at the greatest altitude of anything and your head at the lowest, then try to get back up.

You gotta be young.