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From:  John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...>
Date:  Tue Apr 10, 2001  4:56 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Should Singers Swim?


Some tidbits about different forms of exercise I've picked up:

Swimming is a good 'whole-body' exercise, good for heart and lungs, but
there is also some evidence that a lot of swimming in cool water leads to
increased subcutaneous fat increase. The degree of clorination; the
temperature and your own current state of fatigue are all factors in what
kind of infection or irritation you might experience.
If you don't exercise enough to break sweat you're not going to burn a lot
of fat. Maybe the trick is to find a way of having the sweat evaporate or
be absorbed quickly - either by wearing loose-fitting clothing in a nicely
ventilated circumstance or by wearing the kind of sporty clothing that
draws the moisture away from the surface of your body.
If it is the odour of sweat that is a problem - after a lifestyle of
regular vigourous exercise sweat doesn't have as much salt or other items
in it, and isn't as smelly or dirty - but you have to go through it to get
to this lovely state!
john
turning into an exercise-nazi!



John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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