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5'11", 195 pounds, age 21 male. Been exercising recently. Treadmill for 1/2 hour occasionally, muscle workout (legs arms abs). I've lost a little bit of weight but I'm certainly feeling a lot better. Pretty good for a weak workout regime.

Now that I'm in school, I have access to a swimming pool. Lane swim coincides with my breaks.

Do I need to take some courses for doing lengths (so I don't find myself exhausted after 10 minutes)? Anything else you can tell me about it? I've heard it's fantastic for the body.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
First, stay in the slow lane, don't jump into a lane with swimmers you know will swim faster than you. It's extremely annoying and rude.

Stick with front crawl until you feel you can learn the more advanced strokes. See if you can swim 500 yards nonstop. (25yards is the pool length, so 20 laps). If you can do it fine, you should pick up a workout plan.
You can find different workouts at www.about.com in the swimming section. They have tons of articles you can read if you're new or experienced, and some pretty decent workouts. I used the 5 week swimming one, but I have about 4 years under my belt, it can be used with anyone though.
good luck
>> Anonymous
what's a course for 'doing lengths'? what you want to do is focus on all-over body strength in your weight training and then either find a coach for stroke or hit that pool like the big wet pussy you are. power strokes = free and back, style = butterfly and breast. stick with the power. and yeah, it's about the best overall conditioning you get. if you do it, you're going to have to pack in the calories like a motherfucker
>> Anonymous
>>pack in the calories like a motherfucker

If I'm trying to lose some weight and get in shape, do I need to worry about the calories? Will I shed the pounds in a few months, or will I simply be exhausted all the time?
>> Anonymous
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you need to eat alot sure, but just keep your diet clean. your body will tell you what you need. and no, you won't feel tired. it's possibly the best form of exercise in terms of fitness you can do. gains you won't get so much but you will certainly build up plenty of residual and strong muscle. looking at your OP post again, personally i think you're doing too little treadmill work but jack that in and stick with the swimming - it's enough
>> Anonymous
Thanks for the help, /fit/. I can't wait to start swimming. It's about time I got on a healthy diet, too.
The final piece to my health puzzle. (Not a hard puzzle, but a puzzle I keep in the corner, hoping not to finish it because pizza is delicious)