Swimming Workouts for Weight Loss

If you know the basics of swimming and understand how each stroke is executed, then following the swimming workouts for weight loss won't be an issue for you. But the total amount of weight loss will determine if swimming will actually help. If we're talking about hundred or more than hundred pounds of total weight loss, then just the swimming workouts won't be able to help. Targeting each muscle group with a collaboration of various exercises along with these workouts will help you lose a considerable amount of weight and tone your body overall.

Now as far as the workouts is concerned, if you're wondering, "Does swimming burn calories", then the answer is, yes. Depending on your daily calorie intake and the amount of time you spend each day doing these workouts, the results will be beneficial. Wondering how you can use swimming to help lose weight? Read the following article to find out.

Swim to Lose Weight

Before we begin, I'd like to make a point clear. Don't confuse these workouts with swimming exercises. Because, both the exercise forms require different techniques; for swimming workouts, they utilize different swimming strokes which help you lose weight.

There are different types of workouts that are done inside the pool to help you lose weight fast. Right from workouts for beginners to triathletes, these workouts vary upon your personal fitness level. So I highly suggest you speak to your swim coach or an instructor to give you pointers on which workouts should you be looking for. And keeping that in mind, the following workouts are divided in the course of a week.

Day #1	Day #2
200m warm-up freestyle stroke 300m butterfly stroke 200m sidestroke 100m breast stroke 200m cool-down freestyle stroke	500m warm-up breast stroke 1600m pyramid* swimming 300m backstroke 300m butterfly stroke 300m cool-down backstroke
Day #3	Day #4
300m warm-up butterfly stroke 300m freestyle stroke 200m sidestroke 100m breast stroke 100m cool-down dog paddle	400m warm-up butterfly stroke 1650m ladder** swimming 100m backstroke 50m low pace swimming 200m cool-down dog paddle
Day #5	Day #6
500m warm-up backstroke 1600m pyramid swimming 200m low pace swimming 100m cool-down backstroke	200m warm-up dog paddle 800m freestyle stroke 200m backstroke 100m dog paddle

* Pyramid Swimming - This is a type of swimming where you only do freestyle strokes and the meters are counted in a pyramid shape. The structure looks something like this: 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m. So without stopping, you will finish 1600meters of swimming.

** Ladder Swimming - This is a type of swimming workout where the entire 1650meters will be counted down. The structure looks something like this: 400m, 300m, 350m, 200m, 150m, 100m, 50m, 50m. There are 8 intervals and at every interval, you will change the strokes. So shuffle between freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke.

In between the pyramid, ladder, and other strokes mentioned above, it's important that you take a 10 second interval. This style of training during swimming is the most ideal to get back in shape, lose weight, and tone your body. And as for day 7, take a break, relax, and let your body de-stress itself. Taking a break while swimming to lose weight is a good way to reach your weight loss goal.

The main thing to remember while doing these workouts is that even though there are many health benefits, just indulging in this exercise routine is not enough. Mixing up workouts won't make you bored of them and give your body a chance to compete with itself. This trick in turn helps you lose weight quite easily and quickly. Whether you're searching for workouts that work out your abs, arms, legs, thighs, back, or the entire body, these workouts will work if you include proper diet and adequate rest as well.