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Swimming to Lose Weight

Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by admin in Exercise

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So you want to go on swimming to lose weight. Sure, swimming is a great exercise, and fun too, but there are those who don’t think it’s such a good way to lose weight. Well, actually, the question whether or not swimming to lose weight will work is somewhat a yes and a no.

Swimming is definitely a wonderful exercise. It makes use of almost all the major muscle groups and really puts your heart and lungs to work. Swimming also develops endurance, muscle strength, and even improves flexibility and posture. But if you want to use swimming to lose weight, you will want to have a good swimming program (speed up your pace, increase the distance you swim, and swim for longer periods of time). In other words, push yourself as you would if you were working out in a gym.

Just like any other exercise, swimming will be suitable for some people while there will be those who would benefit more from doing something else. Some people are good swimmers and this can make a big difference in how swimming to lose weight will work for them. If your “swimming” is simply made up of splashing around and making clumsy dives, then I don’t really see you losing any weight soon.

Some studies have produced contradictory and inconsistent results concerning swimming and weight loss. Results vary from swimmers losing weight along with body fat, or gaining a few pounds, and others with no weight changes whatsoever. But it should be noted that in the cases where the swimmers put on weight, it was because of muscles (lean body mass) and not weight from fat.

If you’re decided on swimming to lose weight, it’s better if you do it in a pool instead of the beach. You can count the laps you do and there won’t be waves to deal with. Also, you’d be less buoyant so you’d be working a little harder at staying afloat.

In the end, losing weight will depend on a basic formula: burn more calories than you consume. No single exercise is going to be suitable for everyone when it comes to weight loss. What will matter is that you consume a healthy and well-balanced diet while remaining active physically.

Even if swimming doesn’t work a hundred percent for you, it’s still a wonderfully fun exercise you can add to your workout routine. Pleasure is a strong motivator, so if you enjoy swimming go ahead and do it. You would last longer doing something you enjoy as opposed to forcing yourself to go to the gym to exercise where you don’t have any fun at all. You can check out our other swimming related post here achieve fitness by swimming.

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