Future Health Frontiers Q&A Weight loss

Can swimming really help you lose weight?

Asked by:Snowdrop

Asked on:Apr 01, 2026 07:00 AM

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  • Patroclus Patroclus

    Apr 01, 2026

      Swimming to lose weight can fully relax the bones of people in the water and give them the opportunity to stretch, which is very good for keeping a straight body. For teenagers who are growing up, they often insist on swimming. exercise It can make you grow into a "tall man".

      Can swimming help you lose weight? The benefits of swimming to lose weight:

      1. It can avoid sports injuries of lower limbs and waist. When performing weight loss exercises on land, obese people have a large weight, which causes the body (especially the lower limbs and waist) to bear a large gravity load, which reduces exercise ability and makes them prone to fatigue, which greatly reduces the interest in weight loss exercises and can damage the joints and bones of the lower limbs. When swimming is carried out in water, a considerable part of the obese person's weight is borne by the buoyancy of the water, which makes the lower limbs and waist much more relaxed, and the risk of joint and bone damage is greatly reduced. If you don’t know how to swim, you can read how to lose weight by swimming?

      2. Swimming consumes a lot of energy. This is because the resistance of water during swimming is much greater than the resistance of air during land exercise. Walking in the water is laborious, and swimming again will definitely consume more calories. At the same time, the thermal conductivity of water is 24 times greater than that of air, and the water temperature is generally lower than the air temperature, which is also beneficial to heat dissipation and heat consumption. Therefore, the energy consumed during swimming is much greater than that in land-based sports such as running, so the weight loss effect is more obvious.

      3. You can enjoy natural massage services: When swimming, the buoyancy, resistance and pressure of the water are an excellent massage for the human body. skin It can also play a role in beauty

      Now you know whether swimming can help you lose weight. In the hot summer.

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