Is swimming the best for losing weight? Benefits of swimming for weight loss

　　Everyone who exercises wants to know how many calories they burn, and many of them must be very interested in the topic of how many calories they burn by swimming for an hour. In fact, if you want to calculate the calories burned by swimming, you must first know one parameter, which is exercise intensity, and its unit is METs.

　　After knowing the exercise intensity, the calories consumed by the body during exercise can be calculated by the following formula: Calories burned (kcal) = METs x exercise time (hours) x Weight (KG) x 1.05. Obviously different people have different exercise intensity, swimming posture and speed, which will affect the calories consumed by swimming. Therefore, the calories consumed by everyone during swimming are not exactly the same, but generally speaking, if a person swims in the water for an hour, the calories consumed will be between 300 and 400 calories.

　　There is no doubt that swimming is a very good way to lose weight. So what are the benefits of swimming to lose weight?

　　(1) Able to avoid injuries to the waist, abdomen and lower limbs

　　For obese people, due to their heavy weight, not every exercise is suitable. During exercise, their lower limbs, waist and abdomen need to bear a huge gravity load, and they are easily injured. Swimming in the water can bear these loads through the buoyancy of the water, making it less likely to be injured.

　　(2) Swimming can make people happy

　　When swimming, whether it is the buoyancy, resistance or pressure of the water, it is an excellent massage experience for the body. People can release their whole body and mind during swimming. Swimming more can make people happy, and swimming more is good for the body. skin It also has a very good maintenance effect.

　　like How can swimming achieve good weight loss results?

　　There is no doubt that swimming is a good exercise for losing weight, but why are some people still not seeing the effect so obviously? This is because the correct method is not mastered. When swimming to lose weight, you should pay attention to the following aspects::

　　1. Ensure a certain amount of time and exercise.

　　At the beginning of swimming, it is in the anaerobic stage. Energy consumption mainly relies on the anaerobic glycolysis of sugar, and fat is not used in this stage of consumption. If you continue to exercise, your body will begin to enter the aerobic exercise period. In the subsequent hour of moderate-intensity exercise, energy supply is provided by aerobic metabolism of sugar. Fat will not be consumed during this 1 hour period. If you continue to exercise, you will begin to consume fat through aerobic metabolism of fat. Therefore, swimming must be exercised continuously for at least 1 hour before it begins to produce weight loss effects. If the exercise time is not enough or the amount of exercise is not enough, it will not be effective.

　　2. When swimming to lose weight, you should also pay attention to your diet.

　　There is a phenomenon of "excess recovery" after exercise. In order to adapt to the increase in exercise level in the next stage, the human body must consume more energy after exercise than before. This is a self-protection measure of the human body. Therefore, after swimming, people can often eat well and sleep well, and the calories consumed are replenished, or even more than consumed. Therefore, if you don't pay attention to your diet, especially if you stop exercising for a period of time, you will most easily regain your weight or even exceed it before. This is an important reason why many people fail to lose weight through exercise.