the lunch debate yesterday was, who is the better athlete, a swimmer or a runner?
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A swimmer is a better athlete, they use their whole body almost every muscle. Runners use a lot of muscles too but not as much as swimmers.
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Duncan won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle and established a world record time of  1:47.25.\n\nHe also won the silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 3:47.15. Uve Dassler won the gold medal with a world record time of 3:46.95
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SWIMMING OF COURSE!!!!!!  Even the question offends. Swimmers are the most diciplined, most independent and focused athletes. By swimming you excercise your entire body.
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Definitely the distance runner.  Building stamina for long races is what a distance runner does.  A sprinter is focused on pure speed over a short distance.
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Jeff Larson\n\nhttp://www.chaffeybreeze.com/media/storage/paper257/news/2005/07/12/Sports/Fastest.Swimmer.In.The.Nation-961662.shtml?norewrite200606080604&sourcedomain=www.chaffeybreeze.com
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i think either one by itself of course is better then nothing. however, doing both would be best. \n\ni would reccomend swimming 5 out of 7 days at least. the easiest way would be to join a park district swim team. they dont go that hard and is great for you if youre looking to just get some exercise.\n\nalong with that, i would reccomend running maybe 3 times a week for about 20 minutes. just run or jog at a comfortable pace that you can finish. \n\nputting these two together would make a great exercise plan. it would also be good to maybe lift weights once in a while too.
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no. I swam for 8 minutes in a race and running can go on forever. where did u hear this?
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Swimming is damn good exercise, but it sucks when you jump in and the water is cold! (shrinkage!)\n\nGirls that swim, except for th big husky water polo woMEN are very hot!\n\nSwimming = thumbs up!
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i agree with marie ...yes swimming is the best sport .
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the 500 is fun(5:36)\nbut i prefer the 200 (1:54)\nbut i really swim to stay in shape and have fun.  so i like most races except breaststroke and long fly.
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Yes, I swam competitively for years.  Its great because it is low impact and wont hurt your joints.  I was in the best shape of my life when I was on the team.
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Swimming is the best excercise for two major reasons.\n\n1 - It is a total body work out. All muscles are worked.\n\n2 - It is non-impact. Meaning your ligaments, tendons, and bones are not exposed to potentally damaging stress. Swimmers do not have bad knees or ankles or backs. Swimmers joints are not stressed in the manner that a runner or a cyclist or a basketball player would.\n\nYou can swim for life. 90 years old 9 years old 9 months old.
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Piersol\n\nbut look out for Lochte and Phelps.. they are both getting really good at back
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SWIMMING! I swim about 20 hours a week training under the coaching staff of 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristine Quance.  It is the best sport ever!
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love the spelling!!\n\nRooney hands down.... Robben would get more praise in the olympic diving team than a football team!
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my friend goes running and swimming and hes losing his...but run long distances and swim laps instead of just playing around...front crawl (freestyle) and back crawl (backstroke) and definitely breast stroke are probably the best swimming methods
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Definitely swimming. You move your ENTIRE body when you swim and you can swim as hard you want or you can take it easy as well. But basketball is easier to get it on as it's just a matter of getting on court and do it. So if you find swimming is too much hassle then just do basketball. Any sport is better than no sport. :)