I'm about to post some interesting stats on calorie burning exercises and swimming is one of them.

I'm so proud of you I could bust!

> Actually, I just joined "Shapes"
> about 6 weeks ago, and I really love it.
> It's women only, so I don't have to worry
> about my image, haha (if I had one) and it
> was quite comforting that I was not the
> largest kid on the block, ha. They have a
> pool and water aerobic programs and water
> resistance training. It's fantastic! I have
> a bad knee so the water is great for low
> impact. But I discovered that you can
> actually sweat and be in the water at the
> same time (I know that sounds disgusting). I
> didn't think you could actually get your
> pulse rate up in a pool - but you sure can.
> I originally joined because I felt like I
> was becoming a wimp, no muscles anymore, but
> this is helping tremendously.