JUST KEEP SWIMMING,SWIMMING,SWIMMING

So yesterday as per usual my friend and I (Samantha) went swimming at the Rutherford YMCA. (Side bar Sam is my gangster azz boss who is beyond kind to give up her Tuesday and Thursday evenings to teach me how to swim for my charity triathalon). We were there for an hour and a half and when I came home I ate and knocked the hell out. Needless to say the very next morning I was still tired as hell and I didn’t want to get up (neither did Sam…lol). Then I got to thinking… (Side bar – You have to figure me because I am kind of slow) that when you swim you must burn like mad calories!!! Ok…you can say DUH. I won’t get mad.

I have an ignorant gym brain and I think that if you’re not in the gym then it’s not a workout and if you’re having fun then you’re definetly not burning any calories. Well that is a big fat wrong on my part (yes I don’t know everything and I am learning everyday) Swimming is an awesome workout.

Here are some of the benefits:
1) Improves your capacity- When you swim you are using your arms, legs, and lungs at the same time which in the long run improves your aerobic capacity

2) Strenghtens your heart – Swimming helps build your heart muscle which in turn allows it to pump blood at a faster rate

3) Building Muscle – Water is nature’s dumbbell. You have to try 12 times harder to move your body in water than on land which makes your body parts more powerful over time.

4) It’s safe –Swimming is one of the safest and cusioned forms of exercise. If you suffer from joint pain or if you are an athlete recovering from an injury. Swimming is a great way to rehabilate.

I checked out this website (click here) and if I put in my weight and the time I swam it calculates the amount of calories you burn (which was 430…no wonder I was tired) !! So now that it is warming up go outside, put on your googles, and to my sistas not on vacation put on your swim caps with No Apologies.


P.S. If you would like to donate to my charity (Team in Training) click here.

Team in Training is the sports charity division of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They raise millions of dollars each year ($60 million to be exact) for blood cancer research, education, and providing care to patients. If you are interested in joining Team in Trainin click here. They have a ton of events (bike rides, walks, hiking, marathons, and triathalons) all around the country. It’s for an awesome cause and you get to workout too so everybody wins!!!