I didn't feel like going to the gym early this morning. I slept in instead. Now I find myself sitting at the computer after work wasting time instead of going to the gym. I thought I'd be productive while doing so and I began to read online the advantages of different exercises, mainly cardio.
Today is supposed to be the day that I swim, but honestly, I just don't feel like getting in the pool today so I thought about adding the lap swim later this week. My body is a little sore from my workout yesterday so swimming would be a good thing, but then I read that swimming does nothing to help drop any weight. In fact, it may have the opposite effect (due to the body cooling down and not heating up). With other cardio workouts the body heats up and burns calories for up to 18 hours afterward. The same is not true with swimming because the body never really "warms" up.
This is what I found:
Calories Expended During Exercise for the regular workouts that I do
(for my body weight; at a moderate level; for an hour in duration--based on some formula)
biking-635
running-635
tennis (singles)-635 (my husband and I love to play!)
weight lifting-238
hiking-476 (rarely get to do it, but I enjoy it!)
Looking above are my regular workouts minus the Spinning class and some other cardio machines. Almost all of them burn the same amount of calories according to the formula, so why does it matter which workout I do? Why does my wellness coach want me lifting weights three times a week?
And alas, I am pondering exercise.
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