Can mountain climbing help you lose weight?

Everyone has their own hobbies in life, so different people choose different ways of exercising. Some people choose swimming or running when they are losing weight, but others like hiking and choose hiking to lose weight. So can mountain climbing really help us lose weight? If you also want to lose weight by mountain climbing, why not take a look with me. I will also teach you how to lose weight by mountain climbing!

Hiking is an aerobic exercise that can allow muscles to obtain 10 times more oxygen than usual, thereby increasing the protein in the blood, increasing the number of immune cells, enhancing immunity, helping the body to excrete carcinogens, harmful substances, toxins, etc. in time, promoting metabolism while accelerating fat consumption. Therefore, hiking has the effect of losing weight.

Go up the hill to work the quadriceps muscles in the front of your thighs. The movement is the process of the knee from bending (less than 90 degrees) to straightening (180 degrees). At the same time, the tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calf play an auxiliary role in stabilizing support. When going downhill, the knee goes from straight to bent, and the main force is applied to the hamstrings on the back of the thigh. Therefore, mountain climbing has a shaping effect.

Climbing mountains can burn fat in the legs, which can shape perfect buttocks and help you lose weight. In addition, you don’t have to worry about gaining muscle because it is an aerobic exercise and will not stimulate the muscles and make the fibers thicker.

How to climb mountains to lose weight effectively?

1. When going up the mountain, the calf muscles have been fully exercised, and you have to continue to exert force when going down the mountain. It is easy to be exhausted and cause instability of the lower limbs. Therefore, it is most dangerous when going down the mountain. It is recommended that you take a full rest before going down the mountain to allow this part of the muscles to recover. It saves the most energy to put the entire sole of your foot on the ground when climbing.

2. Try to take a step forward with one leg, then lift your body with force and move the other leg higher and farther. The gluteus maximus and quadriceps femoris (the muscles on the front of the thigh) will be effectively exercised.

After reading the editor's article, I believe everyone has already known that mountain climbing can help us lose weight. The reason why some people in life often climb mountains to lose weight but have no effect is because they have not mastered the correct method. So just like the climbing method described in the editor's article, if you didn't have a method before, you might as well learn it now!