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Swimming
Does anyone know of anything that i can do in a pool to lose weight? i know swimmging itself can make you lose weight but i want something fun..we have a 3ft-5ft pool and we dont have any of those water weight things but we do have floaties and what not...anyone know of anything i can do?
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I love diving for those little hoops. It burns calories if you do it consistently and can be a lot of fun if you make it hard or do little flips in the water when diving for the hoops.
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basically anything works... pool volley ball, water polo, diving for sticks.
as long as you are moving you are burning calories like anything else.
if your looking for something good try relay races. like me and my sister do like we throw 10 sticks into the pool and we have to bring them back 1 by one and see who gets the most in a certain time or whatever
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Look, I know that summer is coming and everyone wants to look good for the pool and the beach and they want to lose half their bodyweight in 3 days but swimming is among the worst exercises for losing weight. Gives you heart a great workout and helps to condition you very well, but as far as working your heart and getting into a heartrate zone where the metabolism is sped up enough to burn more calories- nope. Actually it causes your metabolism to slow down which is something many people don't know and they never want to listen to because it means that they actually have to get up off their ass and really exercise instead of being in a nice cozy pool, of course Iam not saying this is you by any means- just a generalization.
Water weights are very overrated and I know plenty of fellow trainers who have used them to try something different on clients and the clients really hated it for one, and most importantly saw no results whatsoever.
Just stick to the basics in exercise with plenty of running, calisthenics and weight training along with a good diet and you will do just fine.
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