GPA said...



G'day Ados & crew,

In short - swimming is good for fitness and upper body strength, but unless you go hard and often not good for weight loss... Even when I was doing between 6-8km a week (and at that stage I was timing my km's and going for PB's) I have never lost much weight through swimming... but to be fair I have always been bad for what I eat and drink...

But swimming definately helps maintain paddle fitness... no question.

At my peak fitness I found running was the best way to drop Kgs - but like you that does my back and knees now...

My problem is that I have that many old injuries coming back to haunt me that I have to moderate nearly everything I do to 75% intensity and duration of what I would like - otherwise I pay for it badly...

cheers

GPA said...

^^^
Yes it can be very boring unless you have a hot swimmer girl in front of you!!

I try and think about being efficient and strong in the water and not slip into sloppy technique... I also try and resolve the problems of the day when I am going up and down, up and down.

And I find a 50m pool much better than 25m - and better again if it is outside. You're probably going to Arena Joondalup - I find that they have that too cold for some reason...

And finally, swimming is never my first choice for exercise - but always feel better once I've done it... helps with the back pains too!!

We should probably start getting this thread back on track and issue surf reports

newguy said...

You could also do some hypoxic training. Try to swim for as long as possible without taking a breath. Added benefit as training for surfing when you go under

Ados said...



I thought hypoxic training is what gets free divers/spearos into trouble.

default said...



doing breast stroke

newguy said...



The problem is carbon dioxide is one of the triggers for you to breathe and when you take a deep breath or hyperventilate which some do before do this, you can pass out as the oxygen gets used up making it very dangerous if you are underwater.

What we did at uni was using a 50m pool and swimming sprints where you'd swim without taking breaths or only at the halfway mark. Then we'd add in land base stuff l ike push-ups and things before sprinting and diving back into the water and swimming to the other end without breathing (it killed me ).

Don't quote me if I'm wrong but studying for exams and staring at my boards in my rooms is driving me mad. I'll do some extra research for ya if want to know more when I'm free

jbshack said...

Hey GPA did you happen to check it out today? Just managed to get the night of and hoping there at least rideable

newguy said...


Is it just me or is the line up in the surf generally closest to the which ever entrance from the car park to the beach? I walked about 100m down and had a nice little bank to myself and same with a few others who were ripping it on the next bank.