By Jenni Brozena, MS, CSCS, CES
Owner/President of Aqueous
www.aqueous.co
Part 1 of this series explored the effectiveness of swimming for weight loss, and Part 2 reviewed training strategies. Here, we consider practical strategies to build a regular swimming weight-loss regimen.
Work, kids, family, school, LIFE ... There are so many (legitimate) reasons that can intrude on our workout schedule. Yes, there are only so many hours in one day, and some days there simply isn’t time to work out. And no, we should not feel terrible when we miss a day here or there.
Swimming, by nature, takes more time than say, running or living-room aerobics. There’s a bit more prep and unless you swam competitively growing up, most adults aren’t cool with walking through parking lots wrapped in a towel and ready to swim.
As a result, the time involved with changing, pre-showering (per the guidelines that we all follow), and dancing on the edge of the lane prepping for the cold shock of a morning open-swim lane can seem like a barrier.
Only had 45 mins to swim but managed another 64 x 25m Swimming lengths for #DiabetesUK #Swim22 challenge, that's a total of 30.8 miles so far! Hoping to hit double my planned distance and smash 44 miles. #Exercise #Gym #Fitness #Cardio #WeightLoss
A Practical Guide to Swimming for Weight Loss
Now that we got that out of the way, here is a practical guide to incorporate swimming for weight loss into your daily routine.
Swimmers have exceptional discipline, so write the word “discipline” everywhere you will see it: smartphone, calendar, sticky note, everywhere. By choosing swimming for weight loss, you’re joining a community, and this community works hard both in and out of the pool.
Swimmers, as a demographic, are internally motivated, high-achieving, and competitively driven. As such, swimmers are typically good students and grow to be committed to their work, families, and workouts.
For the last week inspired by @spanjee I have joined the morning workout club- 40 lengths this morn before work it's such a nice feeling knowing your excercise is done for the day at 7am (even if hard to get out of bed an hr earlier)! #weightlossdiary #weightloss #fooddiary #weightlossstory #weightlossjourney #ww #wwuk #weightwatchers #weightwatchersuk #weightwatchersfamily #swimming #swimminglengths #morningworkouts
Six Steps (or just One)
Swimming for weight loss is worth the few downsides. So how can you schedule time to swim and still keep up with the rest of your life? One way is to buy an Endless Pool and avoid all the scheduling issues, but if you don’t do that, try these:
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