Nancy Young wrote:

> As I understand it, while water exercise has many benefits, weight loss
> is not one of them. A quick google on swimming and weight loss confirms
> it's an issue.

Not so. It completely depends on what kind of "swimming" is being
performed. Swimming involves a relatively large number of
different muscles. It can burn up to 1200 calories per hour,
depending. That's a level only trained athletes can sustain for
very long. It would be quite wrong to say that's of no use
in weight loss.

Part of the reason for the confusion I'm sure is the way
"swimming" is often lumped together when there are in fact
many different kinds that involve very different levels of
exertion.

It's as if you tried to lump together walking, jogging, and
sprinting, all in the same category. You can't. They all
involve very different levels of energy expenditure and
need to be classified as such.

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Reg