Does swimming reduce belly fat?

Swimming for weight loss has become a concern. Many women go to great lengths to lose weight through dieting, exercise, and yoga. They spend money and hurt their stomachs, but the effect is not obvious. Swimming is a sport that many people like. No matter it is spring, summer, autumn, or winter, you can swim as long as you find a suitable place. So what are the benefits of swimming for reducing belly fat? What is the effect of swimming on weight loss?

1. Can swimming reduce belly fat?

Yes, swimming is a whole-body exercise that helps improve your cardiopulmonary function and exercises almost all of your muscles, including your abdomen.

Notes on swimming for weight loss: When swimming starts, it is an anaerobic exercise. Energy consumption mainly relies on anaerobic fermentation of sugar. The exercise in this stage is very intense, people are short of breathing, and have insufficient oxygen supply, so fat is not used at all. If you continue exercising, the body will enter the aerobic exercise stage. In the following hour, under moderate intensity exercise conditions, energy is supplied by aerobic metabolism of sugar. If you want to lose weight, each swimming session should be more than 40 minutes before you start burning fat.

2. Benefits of Swimming

Benefit 1

You can enjoy natural massage services: When swimming, the buoyancy, resistance and pressure of water are an excellent massage for the human body and can also have a beautifying effect on the skin.

Benefit 2

Swimming consumes a lot of energy. This is because the resistance of water when swimming is much greater than the resistance of air during land sports. Walking in the water is strenuous, and swimming will definitely consume more calories. At the same time, the thermal conductivity of water is 24 times greater than that of air, and the water temperature is generally lower than the air temperature, which is also conducive to heat dissipation and heat consumption. Therefore, the energy consumed in swimming is much greater than that in land activities such as running, so the weight loss effect is more obvious.

Benefit 3

It can avoid sports injuries of the lower limbs and waist. When doing weight loss exercises on land, due to the heavy weight of obese people, the body (especially the lower limbs and waist) has to bear a great gravity load, which reduces exercise ability, makes people easily fatigued, greatly reduces the interest in weight loss exercises, and may damage the joints and bones of the lower limbs. Swimming is conducted in water, and a considerable portion of the obese person's weight is borne by the buoyancy of the water, which makes the lower limbs and waist feel much more relaxed, greatly reducing the risk of joint and bone injuries.

3. How to lose weight most by swimming

1. Use swimming equipment

Swimming to lose weight can achieve better results by using swimming equipment technology. You can use some kickboards, lifebuoys, hands, hand paddles and other equipment, which can not only bring some fun swimming, but also accelerate the burning of calories, which is very beneficial for weight loss.

2. Use the best fat-burning swimming style

Everyone’s obesity problem is different. Some people have obesity in their lower body, while others have thick arms. Although swimming is a whole-body exercise, different swimming styles exercise different parts of the body. The following four postures are the most commonly used postures when swimming. You can compare your body shape and choose the posture that suits you for training.

For most people, it is not easy to find an easy way to lose weight through exercise. Swimming is a safe and comfortable sport. Not only can you be constantly active in the water, but you can also reduce your belly through swimming. It really kills two birds with one stone. Swimming can quickly consume body fat, improve immunity, and reduce your belly.