Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - March 24, 2021 |
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - March 24, 2021 Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it. Rule #0 still applies in this thread.Also, there's a handy search function to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search r/Fitness by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to check first are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. If you are posting a routine critique request, make sure you follow the guidelines for including enough detail. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk, chit-chat, jokes, memes, "Dear Diary" type comments, shitposting, or non-fitness questions. It is for fitness questions only, and only those that are serious.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2021 06:28 PM PDT What my question is exactly is difficult to explain but I will do my best. I played competitive water polo for a long time, and during conditioning, we would do training drills to increase our ability to hold our breath. Things like hypoxic breathing sets, underwater laps, etc. Now, I understand why this was something we trained to do. One reason being when you swim, you go faster the less you breathe and lift your head to take breaths. Also, it was great conditioning as it was much more tiring to do laps and sprints while you were more out of breath. My question is, now that I'm not a competitive swimmer /water polo player, would breath training and similar drills be effective and beneficial still. I know they'd help my overall conditioning. But aside from just being more tired when I hold my breath when I swim, what could other benefits be? Is putting your body at an oxygen deficit for reasonably short periods of time beneficial in any way? I can easily swim a 25 yard lap under water still even though it's been years since I had to do it for training. And I find it relaxing when I do hop in a pool for a workout. But are there benefits I could still see if I'm not necessarily focused on doing it to be faster as a swimmer or a better conditioned swimmer? Thanks! EDIT: damn I didn't expect to see all of these comments when I came back to Reddit. Thank you all so much for your helpful responses. Sorry I haven't gotten back to many people, I have been away for a few hours. I have read all of the comments and appreciate all the information and help. And a huge thanks to those who gave me awards too, it means a ton! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PDT Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out! There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves. [link] [comments] |
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