Swimming

A low impact Best Fat Burning Exercise, excellent as an Upper Body Work Out and a Best way to Burn Fat!

Swimming is a great source of low impact, fast fat burning exercise to carry out for your cardio. In fact, Swimming as full body workout routine is the lowest form of impact cardio readily available to the vast majority of people. 

This is so due the the lack of heavy resistances often encountered in most other types of cardio, such as jogging, where large forces are exerted through the body.

These large forces result in an increased recovery times as opposed to Swimming where recovery times are usually the fastest. 

It is for this reason, we commonly hear of sport persons using Swimming pools for rehabilitation from injuries and other such ailments.

The light resistances in the water give the individual the opportunity to increase flexibility and strength in the injured area.

It is advisable for those who engage in high impact exercise and sports to take a day of cardio in the pool rather than the road or field.

For those looking for the best exercise for fat loss swimming is ideal in more ways than one. Swimming not only burns calories, but it also builds muscle, primarily to the ab muscles and upper body. Over a period of time this muscle will act as a calorie dispensing machine!

In other words, speeding up your metabolism. So, for example Currently: 

     Your consumption -- 2000 Cals

     Burn in cardio -- 400 Cals 

     Metabolism burns -- 1300 Cals

     Surplus -- 300Cals

Week 8 of consistent swimming 3 to 4 times per week: 

     Your consumption -- 2000 Cals 

     Burn in cardio -- 400 Cals 

     Metabolism burns -- 1900 Cals 

     Deficit -- 300Cals

For those trying to aquire their ideal body fat percentage, it is advisable (as with every type of cardio) that it be done for greater than 35 minutes and no more than an hour at a slow to moderate pace for optimal results. As a general guideline, 60 to 70 percent of your maximum effort.

Also, depending on your swimming capabilities, it maybe wise to alternate your style every ten lengths. Whether it be breast stroke, front crawl, backstroke or whatever takes your fancy. 

This kind of variation can help to improve your flexibility and strength according to the muscle groups predominately used!