Is SWIMMING better for you then RUNNING?

[Verstyle]

I was always thinking of swimming.I even joined Gold's Gym to swim.Yet I didnt even go 1 day.haha. I think it can benefit you alot of you do the stair climb machine,running,and swimming.As long as you dont over do yourself.

[Kball15]

K-Ball.

You have never participated in high-level sports. You are not athletic. This is what I believe.

what r u talking about why would u just ASSUME something like that.

I wake up early every morning and i run 3-6 miles a day. I've been doing that everday since highschool!!! And i hit the gym directly after.I played Highschool basketball and i boxed to stay in shape as a kid.

I havent played sports, other then pick up basketball, in years but i used to be extremely athletic and am still in excellent shape.

I hate it when people just assume **** like that, what evidence would u have that im not athletic? I can assure you im in much better shape then u have ever been in, and it comes from hardwork. Demeening what i do when uve never even seen me is just obnoxious

[OptimusWolf]

there was a guy that used to swim underwater as far as possible to improve his anaerobic performance. i think it was a boxer, but if not it was an elite athlete from another sport.

[Kball15]

The fact that you are saying that "holding your breath for minutes at a time" is a) something that you would/should do in swimming or b) something that would enhance your exercise, or c) something that you should do while in ANY training , indicates to me that you haven't trained.

When did i ever say any of that???

I said that Because your head happens to be underwater when your swimming, you have to hold your breath.

And if you know ANYTHING about training, then you know breathing is extremely important to any exersise. Running, Weight Lifting, even swimming im sure (even though ive never done it for exersise) breathing is important.

But in swimming, you gotta hold your breath much more then you would for running or jogging

[Kball15]

there was a guy that used to swim underwater as far as possible to improve his anaerobic performance. i think it was a boxer, but if not it was an elite athlete from another sport.

roberto duran did that when he was young, but im sure others have done it as well

[Verstyle]

When did i ever say any of that???

I said that Because your head happens to be underwater when your swimming, you have to hold your breath.

And if you know ANYTHING about training, then you know breathing is extremely important to any exersise. Running, Weight Lifting, even swimming im sure (even though ive never done it for exersise) breathing is important.

But in swimming, you gotta hold your breath much more then you would for running or jogging

My heads rarely underwater when swimming.

[Kball15]

My heads rarely underwater when swimming.

oh, well i really dont know much about swimming. But i remember a stroke where u swim like a frog and your underwater a lot.

I was just reading Roberto Durans Autobiography and it said that Duran would swim and hold his breath for minutes at a time cause his trainer told him to, and it would help his stamina.

And then i talked about it with someone this morning, and they said Swiming was better then Running

[OptimusWolf]

My heads rarely underwater when swimming.

it should be, for front crawl and breastroke you should come up to breath only as far as I was taught. Butterfly you're out a bit more, and backstroke...well its self-explanatory.

[Verstyle]

it should be, for front crawl and breastroke you should come up to breath only as far as I was taught. Butterfly you're out a bit more, and backstroke...well its self-explanatory.

I always swim above water.I do the regular swimming.For the breaststroke I do hold my breath though.

[OptimusWolf]

buy some goggles mate and stick your head in, will help you swim better. Turn your head to breath every 3 or 4 strokes, depending on what feels comfortable.