Can squats help you lose weight?

We often see some people doing squats repeatedly in the gym. Squats are a relatively simple exercise that anyone can do. They are very suitable for young people who want to shape their leg muscles. Squats require a lot of lung capacity and are very physically demanding. So although this project looks simple, it is not so easy to actually do it. So, can squats help you lose weight? Let’s analyze it together.

Squats can help you lose weight. They can effectively reduce fat in the legs, buttocks and abdomen, making the buttocks more upright. You can also try skipping rope, aerobics, and hula hooping, which are also good exercises to reduce belly fat. Girls' main fat is concentrated in the legs and abdomen. If you lose the fat in these two places, your weight will not be too high and your body will have curves.

Squats are a leg muscle exercise and an aerobic exercise that can fully burn sugar in the body, consume body fat, enhance and improve cardiopulmonary function, prevent osteoporosis, and regulate psychological and mental state. They are the main form of fitness exercise.

1. Improve overall strength

The largest muscle groups are used during squats. If the supporting function is taken into account, almost all skeletal muscles are involved in the force. Scientists have measured the work done by many movements. Using the same weight, squats do the most work, nearly twice that of deadlifts and five times that of bench presses. The weight that can be used for squats exceeds that of deadlifts and much more than that of bench presses.

2. Strengthen cardiopulmonary function

Generally speaking, anaerobic training has little effect on cardiopulmonary function. But squats are recognized as a cardiotonic exercise. When practicing squats, you may experience shortness of breath, panting, and even dizziness, which you don't experience when doing deadlifts or bench presses. This is not a bad thing. With gradual exercise, cardiopulmonary function will also be strengthened.

3. Improve explosive power

Explosive power is the ability to exert as much force as possible in the shortest possible time. The key points of explosive power training are heavy weights, rapid force, coordinated use of as many muscles as possible, and good neural regulation ability.

Things to note when doing squats

1. When doing squats, if you do them too fast, too many times, or use explosive force and rebound force, you will injure your knee joints. Some people often combine squats and running together, which is the most harmful to the knees.

2. Bend your legs and squat down, keeping your eyes on the ceiling. This is to ensure that your torso always keeps a vertical downward movement during the squatting process, and you do not make the wrong movement of bending over and sticking out your butt.

Based on the above analysis, we know that there are certain precautions when doing squats. Because squats are relatively intense, people who are just starting to do them must do them according to their physical fitness and ability. Don't be in a hurry to do as much as you can. Squats also require certain skills. You must learn how to squat and don't do them randomly. Not only will this fail to achieve the effect of losing weight, it will also hurt your legs.