Above about swimming.
There is no doubt that swimming is good exercise. But - is it a good exercise choice if your primary goal is to lose body weight? Apparently not, according to
research on swimming and weight loss reported on by Louise Burke:
- Many people feel like "eating a horse" after they finish a swim session, and may eat more calories than they just used during that swim.
- Swimmers may be so tired from the training that they sleep, sit or otherwise do generally nothing outside of their swimming workouts.
The on-line Merck Manual explains that swimming may not be the best way to lose weight due to the cooling effects of being in the water:
while you do use a lot of calories swimming, once you get out of the pool much of that calorie burning stops. Why? Because when you are in the pool you don't heat up as much as you do on land, and your body does not have to work to cool you down as much once the exercise session concludes. Swimming does exercise almost the entire body - heart, lungs, and muscles - with very little joint strain.
Swimming is great for general fitness, just not the best way to drop excess pounds.
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