Weight Loss Swimming

 "Swimmers always have such great bodies. Maybe I should start Weight Loss Swimming? "

These or similar intentions are heard from all the 'determined' to start the New Year with good intentions, from potential triathletes and all the absolutely convinced, casually pointing out that swimming is a breeze.

Swimming can be an absolutely successful way to lose weight when it comes along with other lifestyle changes such as the Diet, rest and regular exercise. The topic of weight loss, however, is now closely linked with contradictory advice and profit-oriented fashions. But the basis of weight loss is still based on two age-old options:

Take Fewer Calories

 Burn More Calories

 However, these two options for weight loss may turn out to be complicated depending on your personal needs. After all, many competitive swimmers enjoy the so-called "swimmer diet", which is not too far from a certain feasting and has even been the subject of many skits during the recent Olympic competitions.

Nutrition for athletes is concerned with the understanding of the metabolic needs of athletes through studies. They need to replenish their energy balance for exercise rather than losing fewer calories or burning more calories for weight loss reasons.

How Much Weight Can You Lose By Swimming?

 Google "How Many Calories Are Burned When Swimming" and you'll get the following answer immediately: "A 60kg person who swims freestyle for 1 hour burns 590 with fast swimming and 413 calories per hour with slower swimming. A 70 kg person who swims freestyle for 1 hour burns 704 with fast swimming and 493 calories per hour with slower swimming. "

Generalized, definitive calorie burning is far from sufficient for an exact profile of our unique body, our movement efficiency, and our metabolism.

This can only be individual tracking - with the help of applied sports science and/or under medical supervision or advice. That's the only way to get exact numbers of how many calories you burned personally. This is because gender, hormones, age, heredity and a lot of physical conditions can affect the actual calorie utilization.

Therefore, as a simple and very clear statement can only be said: Yes, swimming is useful for weight loss. And compared to doing exercises outside the water, like walking or running, swimming to lose weight is quite effective because it does not burden your joints, tendons, and ligaments.

And Why is Swimming so Effective When You Want to Lose Weight?

 Swimming is a physical exercise for the whole body - high or low intensity. It also offers an alternative to sprint, half-distance, and conditioning and endurance training.

The type of exercise affects the potential for weight loss. Fine-motor movements, such as moving your fingers when typing (or just your thumb in today's mobile world), result in low-calorie recovery.

But gross motor movements - large-scale movements that involve different muscle groups - take on multiple body systems and can result in greater calorie burning.

For swimming, the body needs all the major muscle groups - in an extremely coordinated sequence of functions. In order to support this coordinated movement, even smaller, stabilizing muscles (fine motor movement) are required during swimming.

This interaction of movements increases the stimulation of the nerves from the brain, the blood flow to and from the muscles and to varying degrees also the immediate energy consumption (calories burned), based on the structure of the swimming session.

After a swim session, your metabolism stays at a higher level. And that's why swimming is a smart strategy for weight loss ... even if you've already rubbed yourself dry.

So if you want the divinely formed body of an extremely competitive swimmer, then you should be ready for all the sacrifices and training techniques these athletes are taking on. If you are satisfied with recreational swimming for weight loss then you are in luck - this is still a great option!