Swimming is not just for tri-athletes and lap swimmers. Swimming can be a great alternative to the treadmill and elliptical machines for those of you who are looking to cut down body fat for the summer! For a 30 minute session of swimming, an average person would burn 136 calories. When you use the elliptical or treadmill, you are actually burning more calories that may eventually lead to your muscles breaking down. Swimming offers the same amount of cardiovascular benefits while increasing muscle endurance and strength with light resistance. Swimming is a full body, low impact, high VO2 exercise.
A great workout to start off with is what I like to call the “500 Pilates swim.”
How this breaks down is an easy 500 meters (20 laps), really concentrating on tightening your transverse and rectus abdominals, focusing on tightening your abs on each exhale. This will not only work on getting that well desired six pack, but it will also strengthen your oblique’s and is perfect for developing overall core strength.
Next, you want to complete 10 x 100 meter (4 laps) sprints within 2 minutes.
So you would break that down as follows…
· 4 laps and rest within 2:00 minutes. Making sure you are sprinting every 2 min.
Afterwards, there is a 200 meter cool down to end strong!
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