Swimming helps burn calories

Swimming not only gets you in shape, but it keeps you in shape as well! It's a high-intensity workout that's great for helping burn off calories. There are four different strokes of swimming, which are freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly stroke, and backstroke.

We can all burn calories from these four strokes, before we get into discussing the most effective stroke, let’s talk about calories and how we burn them!

What is a Calorie and how it burned 

A calorie is a unit of energy. Most of us associate calories with what we eat or drink, as in "This soda has 200 calories". But actually, they apply to anything that contains energy. They are essential to our health and consuming the right amount is key. Factors such as age, sex, size, and activity level come into play here.

When swimming, all the muscles of the body are involved in the exercise, which can make the muscles of the whole body get good exercise. In addition, water is denser and more heat-transmitting than air, so swimming uses more energy than other sports. Experiments have shown that four minutes in 12-degree water burns as many calories as an hour on land at the same temperature. It means that under the same time and intensity, the calories consumed in water are much larger than that on land. The energy consumed in exercise is replenished by the sugar and fat in the body, burning calories by swimming promotes weight loss and build muscle.

Remember that achieving healthy weight loss requires exercise and a healthy balanced diet.

Which of the Swimming Strokes Burns the Most Calories?

Breaststroke is the best way to burn calories for newer or average swimmers. It burns 704 calories per hour and is more likely to last longer. The freestyle burns the same amount in an hour. The technique of breaststroke isn’t hard to learn, which is probably why most people learn it in the first place.

The breaststroke is the slowest stroke, but swimming faster increases the number of calories you burn. Although, you may get tired quicker!

Benefits of Breaststroke 

Burning more calories means burning more oxygen which increases your heart rate.

Pushing through the water’s resistance is the best way to burn calories. The breaststroke uses the leg muscles and is a slow, but effective calorie burner.

Swimming is great for your cardiovascular and respiratory health. Long-distance breaststroke swimming improves heart health and expands lung capacity.

Choose What works for you

However, One stroke does not work for everyone. The best way to lose weight is what you do best. Make sure you mix them up every once in a while. Doing the same strokes can get tiring and boring. Try doing other exercises in the pool to revive your workout!