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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Sat, 24 June 2023, 13:22:19
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Do you guys do it everyday ?
Is the water use (shower) and extra calories (food) justifiable ?
Does it lead to better health than say, every other day?
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Regular routine 3x a week for 1hr or more (depending on how much I feel like doing, sometimes more, but never less than 1 hr)
I basically eat whatever I want calorie-wise, while watching the sodium and sugar content. I also have no car and have to walk everywhere, during hot Summers I generally go down 10-15lbs through sweat deviation from my normal weight between May and Aug.
ANY amount of regular exercise makes you feel better after a few weeks. Like I never did pushups, I hate them. My absolute least favorite, but the only real way to exercise your chest without equipment. So I decided to do just 3 sets of 20 a day, and after doing this EVERY DAY for less than 4 weeks I am already comfortably doing 3 sets of 30 a day easily. By August that should be 3x 50 easy.
For reference; Actors getting into "superhero" shape workout 5-6 days a week for 90 minutes. But they also do basically all protein diets, and water starvation on top of that.
If you exercise every day of the week you are certifiable and should speak with someone.
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I used to swim five times a week, but I got a shoulder injury three years ago that I'm still recovering from, and thus haven't been able to swim during that time. I don't really like doing other sports, so I did some home exercises to at least keep up some muscle, but the cardio suffered immensely. I can hugely tell the difference tbh, I really miss going to swim. They gave me some sort of injection recently, hopefully in two weeks or so I can (extremely slowly) start building up again. I was told to start at just 4 lanes, once a week though :( .
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I used to swim five times a week, but I got a shoulder injury three years ago that I'm still recovering from, and thus haven't been able to swim during that time. I don't really like doing other sports, so I did some home exercises to at least keep up some muscle, but the cardio suffered immensely. I can hugely tell the difference tbh, I really miss going to swim. They gave me some sort of injection recently, hopefully in two weeks or so I can (extremely slowly) start building up again. I was told to start at just 4 lanes, once a week though :( .
4 lanes, ooft, that must be killing you, being such a swimmer.
4 lanes a week is not even worth getting in the pool from my point of view.
Not being a swimmer or sports person, I used to do 120 lanes every time I was in a pool, I did not swim a lot, but when I was in a pool, I loved it. And I'm a fat bear :) So for you being a proper swimmer, hearing to do 4 lanes must be terrible. I hope you get back to your form soon, we are pretty much still young people, those injuries should not happen to us, but hey, that's life...
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the unit lane, is that 1 way 1 time or back and forth = 1 time
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I used to swim five times a week, but I got a shoulder injury three years ago that I'm still recovering from, and thus haven't been able to swim during that time. I don't really like doing other sports, so I did some home exercises to at least keep up some muscle, but the cardio suffered immensely. I can hugely tell the difference tbh, I really miss going to swim. They gave me some sort of injection recently, hopefully in two weeks or so I can (extremely slowly) start building up again. I was told to start at just 4 lanes, once a week though :( .
4 lanes, ooft, that must be killing you, being such a swimmer.
4 lanes a week is not even worth getting in the pool from my point of view.
Not being a swimmer or sports person, I used to do 120 lanes every time I was in a pool, I did not swim a lot, but when I was in a pool, I loved it. And I'm a fat bear :) So for you being a proper swimmer, hearing to do 4 lanes must be terrible. I hope you get back to your form soon, we are pretty much still young people, those injuries should not happen to us, but hey, that's life...
Yeah, I'm sure changing will take longer than the actual swimming (even though I'm not allowed freestyle yet, only breaststroke, which is boring) and yeah, it's a bit disheartening, but at the same time, it's been three years since I did ANY swimming, and if my shoulder doesn't immediately go bust again, it can only go upwards from there :) . Plus, it's not like I would be able to do anything near what I used to swim anyway, since I've become so much weaker.
120 lanes is really not bad though :) . That's more than I usually did!
the unit lane, is that 1 way 1 time or back and forth = 1 time
That's one-way. Confusingly, even a "lap" is only one-way in swimming.
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the unit lane, is that 1 way 1 time or back and forth = 1 time
That's one-way. Confusingly, even a "lap" is only one-way in swimming.
What are chyros's thoughts on the toxicity of long term exposure to pool chemicals?
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absolutely important. definitely a big mood lift to exercise in a way that's fun for you. i've always liked biking and been playing a lot of tennis recently. I'll use the gym a bit in the days in between, but I don't enjoy it as much. Getting exercise is really fulfilling and improving at a sport is also really fun, so it's nice to be able to do both at the same time. Otherwise, the gym is the most efficient way to get some quick exercise in, but to me it's pretty boring.
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the unit lane, is that 1 way 1 time or back and forth = 1 time
That's one-way. Confusingly, even a "lap" is only one-way in swimming.
What are chyros's thoughts on the toxicity of long term exposure to pool chemicals?
Hypochlorite? Meh, not that bad. Maybe makes your skin look slightly differently over time or something. But if would be minimal, I think. Plus, if you look at the average swimmer, I don't think they have much to worry about xD .