There are many variables when it comes to burning calories while you are swimming, such as what gender you are, your weight, how fast you swim and what stroke you use, but on average you will burn around 256 calories for 30 minutes of swimming.
There is no doubt that exercise has many benefits to health: It increases the metabolism; strengthens muscles, joints and bones; burns calories; and can actually make you feel better mentally.
There is no doubt that swimming is an excellent exercise for many reasons including giving people with reduced mobility the chance to participate because of the buoyancy of the water. From a calorie burning point of view, though, there is debate as to which kind of exercise will burn the most.
For a 10-stone person, jogging will burn 322 calories in half an hour; aerobics would burn 192 calories; cycling, 128 calories; tennis, 224 calories; and salsa dancing, 195 calories. It’s great knowing that you are burning calories when you are trying to lose weight, but not everyone gets the time to go the gym, or the inclination to pull on their running shoes, so what about the things you do every day and don’t even think about?
It’s good to know that general house work will burn around 111 calories in half an hour; cooking would burn 80 calories; walking the dog, 112 calories; and gardening, 164 calories.
You may get a sense of achievement from burning all those calories but how do they compare with what you consume? Well, a jam doughnut is 250 calories, so half an hour’s swimming, and a large glass of red wine means you’ll have to get the lawn mower out!
There is no doubt that exercise has many benefits to health: It increases the metabolism; strengthens muscles, joints and bones; burns calories; and can actually make you feel better mentally.
There is no doubt that swimming is an excellent exercise for many reasons including giving people with reduced mobility the chance to participate because of the buoyancy of the water. From a calorie burning point of view, though, there is debate as to which kind of exercise will burn the most.
For a 10-stone person, jogging will burn 322 calories in half an hour; aerobics would burn 192 calories; cycling, 128 calories; tennis, 224 calories; and salsa dancing, 195 calories. It’s great knowing that you are burning calories when you are trying to lose weight, but not everyone gets the time to go the gym, or the inclination to pull on their running shoes, so what about the things you do every day and don’t even think about?
It’s good to know that general house work will burn around 111 calories in half an hour; cooking would burn 80 calories; walking the dog, 112 calories; and gardening, 164 calories.
You may get a sense of achievement from burning all those calories but how do they compare with what you consume? Well, a jam doughnut is 250 calories, so half an hour’s swimming, and a large glass of red wine means you’ll have to get the lawn mower out!
