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- Swimming for weight loss: How often should we go swimming to lose weight?
- Swimming: How many times per week and for how long should we swim to lose weight?
- 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 swimming training plans!
- Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of 1-month low-intensity swimming programs!
- Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of swimming programs over 1 month at medium intensity!
- Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of high-intensity 1-month swimming programs!
Swimming for weight loss: How often should we go swimming to lose weight?
Everything you need to know about swimming
How often should you go swimming to lose weight fast and see results? Does swimming help you lose weight? How many times per week and for how long should you swim to lose weight and burn fat? The tool below enables you to track the effects of 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 pounds!
Result of your expenditures
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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Swimming: How many times per week and for how long should we swim to lose weight?
Find out more about 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 swimming and its caloric expenditure? How many times a week should you go swimming to lose weight and see results? Here are some answers.
Calories burned with swimming!
As well as being fun and relaxing, swimming is a complete discipline that will help you to keep in shape gently. Regular swimming (at least 45 minutes per workout) promotes cardio work and burns fat reserves. In fact, swimming for 45 minutes burns between 300 and 800 calories. Although swimming is a sport that’s good for your health and your figure, it’s important to remember that regular practice must be combined with a healthy, balanced diet to ensure lasting results.
What is the metabolic equivalence of swimming?
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. Swimming, for example, is a high- or even very high-intensity activity, with a MET value of 8 to 10, depending on intensity. This means that it burns between 8 and 10 times more energy than at rest.
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 swimming training plans!
Do you know how much weight you lose by swimming for 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours? How often should you train to shed pounds and burn fat? The tables below will give you an idea of your weight loss according to weight, duration and number of training sessions per week.
Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of 1-month low-intensity swimming programs!
Swimming
Low intensity
Weight loss results for 1 session per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.22 |
| 50 kg | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.28 |
| 60 kg | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.34 |
| 70 kg | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.39 |
| 80 kg | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.45 |
| 90 kg | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
Swimming
Low intensity
Weight loss results for 2 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.45 |
| 50 kg | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.56 |
| 60 kg | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.67 |
| 70 kg | 0.20 | 0.39 | 0.78 |
| 80 kg | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.90 |
| 90 kg | 0.25 | 0.50 | 1.01 |
Swimming
Low intensity
Weight loss results for 3 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.67 |
| 50 kg | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.84 |
| 60 kg | 0.25 | 0.50 | 1.01 |
| 70 kg | 0.29 | 0.59 | 1.18 |
| 80 kg | 0.34 | 0.67 | 1.34 |
| 90 kg | 0.38 | 0.76 | 1.51 |
Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of swimming programs over 1 month at medium intensity!
Swimming
Medium intensity
Weight loss results for 1 session per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.30 |
| 50 kg | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.37 |
| 60 kg | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.45 |
| 70 kg | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.52 |
| 80 kg | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.60 |
| 90 kg | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.67 |
Swimming
Medium intensity
Weight loss results for 2 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.60 |
| 50 kg | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.75 |
| 60 kg | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.90 |
| 70 kg | 0.26 | 0.52 | 1.05 |
| 80 kg | 0.30 | 0.60 | 1.19 |
| 90 kg | 0.34 | 0.67 | 1.34 |
Swimming
Medium intensity
Weight loss results for 3 sessions per week
| Weight | 30 minutes | 1 hour | 2 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.90 |
| 50 kg | 0.28 | 0.56 | 1.12 |
| 60 kg | 0.34 | 0.67 | 1.34 |
| 70 kg | 0.39 | 0.78 | 1.57 |
| 80 kg | 0.45 | 0.90 | 1.79 |
| 90 kg | 0.50 | 1.01 | 2.02 |
Performance, effects and impact “before/after”: List of high-intensity 1-month swimming programs!
Swimming
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 |
Swimming
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 |
Swimming
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 |
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