Is swimming a good excercise if your trying to lose body fat and get into shape. How long is it good to swim for in a week and any suggestions about pool excercises would be great!
36 answers by real people - Can you lose weight by swimming?
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Absolutly, swimming uses the energy system in your body that burns fat. IN order of most effective fat burning exercises it goes 1. Cross-Counrty skiing, 2 swimming and 3 long distance running.
Try to go at a pace that will allow you to swim for about a half hour and build up your workout from there.
EDIT: try freestyle and treading water
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Can you lose weight by swimming?
Is swimming a good excercise if your trying to lose body fat and get into shape. How long is it good to swim for in a week and any suggestions about pool excercises would be great!
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There are three main ways to lose weight quickly.
1) Use only water as liquid and eliminate all other liquid drinks from your diet. You must drink as much water as possible every day. You must drink about half of your weight. If you have weight of 200 pounds then you must drink about 100 oz of water.
2) The interval between the eating is very important. If you eat once, then you must eat next after 4 hours. You must take breakfast regularly. In the night eat your food three hours before going to bed.
3) Walking is very good. You must walk as much as you can. Walk everywhere you can. Use of elevators and escalators must be reduced and instead of these you must climb stairs more often.
These are some of the fastest ways to lose weight. By just following the simple steps, you can lose your weight very quickly. You must consult your doctor if want to change your diet or exercise routine.
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swimming is awesome! It really strengthens your body. I would suggest going 2 to 3 times a week, but it varies on your condition and age. But I am not so sure about loosing weight with it. Try eating right and running to loose some extra weight.here are some suggestions :
http://swimming.about.com/od/swimworkoutsandskills…
http://ruthkazez.com/50swimworkouts.html
Swimming is an excellent way to lose weight – you use the most muscles in that sport than in any other.
o yeah especially if you are a competitive swimmer because you will usually swim about 5 miles at practice and swimming works every muscle
Many people do use water aerobics. It helps put pressure on the lower abdominals, along with your arms. It can get quite tiring though.
Here are somethings i found in websites.
I live in a senior community, and we use our pools for lap swimming and water aerobics.
The body is almost weightless in the water, which makes it ideal for increasing lower body strength, power and agility through power jumps. Here are a few steps to performing water aerobics and increasing your lower body strength.
try going on this website. -> it shows step by step how to do water aerobics.
