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Breaststroke swimming for weight loss: How often should we swim breaststroke to lose weight?
All you need to know about breaststroke
How often should you swim breaststroke to lose weight fast and see results? Does breaststroke swimming help you lose weight? How many times per week and for how long should you swim breaststroke to lose weight and burn fat? The tool below enables you to track the effects of breaststroke swimming over a month. Simply select the duration of your swimming session—either 30 minutes or 1 hour—and choose a frequency of 1, 2, 3, or 4 times per week to shed those extra kilos!
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Beware, exercise alone is not enough to lose weight!
Exercising helps to burn calories, shape your figure by gaining muscle mass, and increase the basal metabolic rate (calories burned at rest). Thus, exercise has a significant long-term impact on weight control and better health. However, to lose 1 kg of fat, you need to burn 7700 kcal, which represents hours of running.
So what is the right solution?
Exercise and daily activity are guarantees for controlling and maintaining weight in the long term, but as any athlete will tell you, 30% is about moving and 70% is about what's on your plate. Weight loss must therefore be a mix of expenditures (essential) and a diet that does not exceed your needs.
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Breaststroke swimming: How many times per week and for how long should we swim breaststroke to lose weight?
Find out more about breaststroke swimming for weight loss!
While regular exercise combined with a healthy diet can help you slim and tone your body, some disciplines are more effective than others at helping you lose weight. What about breaststroke and its calorie burn? How long and how many sessions per week can you do breaststroke to lose weight and get results? Here are some answers.
Calories burned by swimming the breaststroke!
Breaststroke, like all swimming sports, is an excellent way to improve your well-being and fitness. As well as being fun and relaxing, swimming the breaststroke will help you maintain your figure and burn calories. Breaststroke burns an average of 450 calories per 45 minutes of practice. It also has a positive effect on the appearance of the skin (cellulite, orange peel skin) thanks to the ‘massaging’ action of the water, which encourages better blood circulation. As with any physical activity, regular breaststroke practice must be combined with a healthy diet to guarantee long-term results.
What is the metabolic equivalence of breaststroke?
The metabolic equivalent of a physical activity is a statistical unit(MET Metabolic Equivalent of Task) which expresses the ratio between the energy expenditure of a physical activity during exercise and the energy expenditure of an individual at rest. With a MET value of 8, breaststroke is classed as a low-intensity physical activity (> 3 METS and ≤ 5 METS), such as brisk riding and aqua aerobics. This means that brisk walking allows you to burn 8 times more calories than at rest.
Breaststroke swimming: Which plan should you follow and how often should you do it to lose weight?
Estimates, calculations and weight loss results from several examples of breaststroke training plans!
Do you know how much weight you lose by doing breaststroke for 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours? How often should you train to lose weight and burn fat? The tables below will give you an idea of your weight loss as a function of weight, duration and number of training sessions per week.
Performance, effects and impact ‘before/after’: List of breaststroke programmes over 1 month at normal intensity!
Breaststroke
High intensity
Weight loss results for 1 session per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.37 |
| 50 kg | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.47 |
| 60 kg | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.56 |
| 70 kg | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.65 |
| 80 kg | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.75 |
| 90 kg | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.84 |
Breaststroke
High intensity
Weight loss results for 2 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.75 |
| 50 kg | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.93 |
| 60 kg | 0.28 | 0.56 | 1.12 |
| 70 kg | 0.33 | 0.65 | 1.31 |
| 80 kg | 0.37 | 0.75 | 1.49 |
| 90 kg | 0.42 | 0.84 | 1.68 |
Breaststroke
High intensity
Weight loss results for 3 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.28 | 0.56 | 1.12 |
| 50 kg | 0.35 | 0.70 | 1.40 |
| 60 kg | 0.42 | 0.84 | 1.68 |
| 70 kg | 0.49 | 0.98 | 1.96 |
| 80 kg | 0.56 | 1.12 | 2.24 |
| 90 kg | 0.63 | 1.26 | 2.52 |
