Swimming and Losing Weight

[BlueDragon1]

Can anyone give me any advice as to how to use swimming for weight loss?

I go to a 33m pool and usually do 30 lengths breaststroke in half an hour, is that enough?

 

[julia353]

How often do you go swimming? If it's something you do daily or several times a week then I'd say it's a great start.

 

[mikespitzer]

As long as you are in your Target Heart Rate zone, 30 minutes of swimming, treadmill, elliptical will ALL help with fitness and some weight loss ... BUT .... remember the # 1 rule of fat loss.

DIET is 70% of the answer, physical training and exercise only account for about 30% of fat loss.
Resistance training and cardio are important for conditioning and vascular fitness , but they are secondary for fat loss.

Too many people still suffer from the belief they can "burn away" fat with exercise.
YES it helps, but when you look at a chart of calorie expenditures per hour you quickly realize you CAN"T train hard enough or long enough to shred fat is your eating is horrible.

Michael Spitzer - Author - FITNESS at 40,50,60 and BEYOND

 

[Karen22]

Do interval training.
Do quick bursts of swimming, followed by a rest period, and repeat.
It works your body harder than sticking to a steady pace.