Swimming or Cycling, which is better for Weight loss and Fat Burn?
If you want to effectively lose
weight, then you should manage to create calorie deficit. Performing any excise
and/or activity and combining with proper balanced diet help in successful
weight loss. The amount of calories you burn while performing any physical
activity depends on entirely on its nature. Most significantly burning of
calories depends on intensity of performance and duration of activity.
Moreover, it is wise to select the physical activity you enjoy most and would
perform regularly. If you select something you do not care for, then you might
not practise it regularly.
Here, in this article we have
compared two different physical activities namely swimming and cycling.
Further, we have discussed on which exercise is better for weight loss.
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1. Swimming
Swimming is a well-known workout
with low impact using all the parts of the body. Thus, most people get the
impression that swimming helps in burning more calories than other activities.
Also, swimming helps in maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system, lungs and
heart.
Swimming is beneficial to people
suffering from joint aches and pains. While swimming, the water supports the
body weight. Therefore, during swimming there is no pressure or strain on any
joint. Although swimming can be exhausting, it offers great toning and
definition especially to the upper body.
Swimming is considered as a
low-intensity exercise. This sort of exercise is best for burning fats for
longer term effectively. Hence, swimming is better for long term weight loss
than high-intensity exercise such as cycling.
Men weighing about 70-80 kilos can
burn approximately 750 calories after one hour swimming session. During
swimming, both upper and lower parts of the body are used for the physical
activity. Hence, swimming is one of the perfect workouts for the entire body.
When swimming is properly performed, it has calming and meditative impact on
your body and mind.
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2. Cycling
Cycling carried out at a moderate
speed is also considered as low intensity activity or exercise. When your cycle
is not of correct size and/or you do not ride properly, cycling causes injury.
These are some of the drawbacks of cycling. Yet, it is easy to incorporate
cycling in daily routines by travelling to office and/or market. You do not
require taking out extra time from daily routine as you do for swimming.
High intensity cycling helps you to
build muscles especially in your calves, quadriceps and glutes. While cycling,
you need to constantly move your legs to perform the physical activity. In
cycling only the lower part of your body gets exercised. Thus, swimming
exercises the entire body but, cycling focuses on lower part of the body.
Men weighing 70-80 kilos burn
approximately 600 calories after cycling at a speed of 10-15 mph. You burn more
calories while swimming than cycling for the same amount of time.
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Last but not least
The down side of swimming is that
it is considered as a non-weight bearing exercise. Hence, you cannot strengthen
your bones structure that is offered in cycling. Of course, both swimming and
cycling help you in building muscles, improving pulmonary and cardiovascular
health.
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