Myth 1: Swimming can lose weight.

Watching the swimming competition on TV, you can easily see that swimmers, both men and women, are generally plump and slim. Therefore, swimming cannot be equated with losing weight.

At first, swimming was in the anaerobic exercise stage. Energy consumption mainly depends on anaerobic glycolysis of sugar. At this stage, the exercise is very intense, people are short of breath and lack of oxygen, and they don't use fat at all. Continue to exercise, and the human body begins to enter the aerobic exercise period. In the next hour, in the state of moderate intensity exercise, the aerobic metabolism of sugar provides energy supply. You won't burn fat this hour. Recommended reading: Aerobic exercise for healthy weight loss (1)

At the same time, at the water temperature below body temperature, the comprehensive massage effect of water is more likely to promote the growth of subcutaneous fat in human body.

In addition, many people will feel hungry after swimming, so they need to consume more energy than before. At the same time, due to fatigue, the quality of sleep is improved, which is also the reason why they failed to lose weight by swimming.

Myth 2: Swimming can become bigger.

If you compare a swimmer with a bodybuilder, you will find that the former is relatively insignificant in muscle size. Recommended reading: getting out of the misunderstanding of women's equipment fitness

Swimming relies on high-frequency and low-intensity muscle movements to realize the lateral progress of the body. Every movement stretches the muscles very fully, which can only improve the lines of the muscles and improve their flexibility. The increase of muscle mass depends on high-intensity exercise, especially weight-bearing exercise, so it is the best choice to go to the gym for equipment training in order to increase muscle mass.

Tips for swimming shaping

The effective parts of various strokes are different, so you can choose according to your own needs:

Butterfly waist: Because it acts on the body together with the waist, it can eliminate the fat in the waist for a long time, make the waist slim, soft and powerful, and reach beautiful lines.

Breaststroke thigh: Because the thigh needs to be fully stretched and contracted when swimming, it can eliminate the fat inside the thigh and turn it into a strong muscle, so that the fat on the thigh will not rub against each other when walking.

Freestyle arm: make the lines of the arm symmetrical, powerful, beautiful and soft.

Hip: make hip muscles firm and elastic, and effectively prevent hip sagging.

Legs: modify the leg lines to make them look even, elegant and slender.

Backstroke abdomen: it is very effective to eliminate excess fat in the abdomen, so that there is no loose fat in the abdomen, and the elasticity of the feet and waist is exercised to make it firm.

Chest: it can keep the chest firm and not prone to sagging.

In addition, due to the friction and massage of water on the skin during swimming, it can also make the skin smooth and shiny.