Swimming is one of my favourite activities so I practice it three time per week but, if you are not accustomed to swimming, the first few days your body will adapt and one of the adaptations is to create more muscle mass to make this exercise more effective. This will make don't note the fats burned because you will be increasing your weigh with the muscle mass.
Normally when you do an aerobic activity such as swimming the percentage of fat burned is greater when you take a few minutes in the activity, this means you should swim at least 15 minutes with a medium intensity.
A mistake in wanting to lose weight by swimming is swimming at a high intensity, it makes the majority used energy are carbohydrates instead of fats.
Don't worrt if firsts days you can't swim more than 5 minutes. Be patient, wait some minute to recover some energy, and continue some more minutes swimming.
Over the days you will be getting more fit and be able to take any more time swimming, so it is also important to take it slow and go in progression.
Swimming is so good. Great advice. I love swimming anyway, and it's so good for us.
ReplyDeleteI love swimming. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI really need to start doing this.
ReplyDeleteSwimming is a great kind of sport, I love it!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to swim and burn some fat with it.
ReplyDeletelove swimming man
ReplyDeleteI need a pool.
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived by the sea to swim everyday. :D
ReplyDeletei liove swimming but its to cold in this season and i dont have the money to go into a swimming hall every week :/
ReplyDeleteThe pool by my house is too short for this... oh well when summer comes I'll probably go anyway.
ReplyDeleteI love swimming, theres no indoor pools nearby though so I'll have to wait til it warms up a bit more
ReplyDeleteI should start swimming more in that case, im surrounded by beaches after all haha. Is there any preferred swimming method for best results?
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to lose weight so that i can feel comfortable swim suit again. I think I would need lessons so that I could get a good work out from it because right now it's just recreational for me.
ReplyDeleteYup, and it really helps develope your body too!
ReplyDeleteSwimming is great your whole body is working out
ReplyDeleteWow, awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is great!
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