I am currently doing 14 x 25 metre lengths front crawl and 14 breast stroke, every week increasing my lengths by 2 for each stroke. I have been swimming now for around 3 weeks.
2007-06-10 22:53:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
Because you are putting on muscle and muscle is heavier than fat !!! So for a while you'll "gain" wt., but you aren't really getting fatter, you will soon begin to lose wt. according to the scale, for now trust the way your clothes begin to feel loser around the waist !!!
And remember muscle burns more calories as you build them up!!!
keep up that swimming!!! It's the best exercise in the worls (along with the treadmill & bike riding and speed walking!!!)
2007-06-10 23:04:30 · answer #1 · answered by BARBIE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well done you! I think you are building muscle though - you either need to speed up the swimming, or also combine it with a diet (sorry, horrid word) It's the best exercise going, well I think so! You need to push yourself to the point where you are breathless - gentle swimming won't shift weight - sorry!
2007-06-11 05:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, you may be gaining muscle and secondly, swimming makes you hungry maybe you're eating more.
2007-06-11 05:58:30 · answer #3 · answered by ghds 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
calorie input is greater than calorie output.
But having weight is not bad in itself it is rather the type of weight.
2007-06-11 05:56:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
muscle weighs more than fat
and is much better for metabolism
2007-06-11 05:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are eating more calories than you are burning.
2007-06-11 20:00:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋