Swimming as effective as walking for weight loss

December 26th, 2006 | by admin |

Many have suggested that swimming was not as effective as land based exercise for weight loss. The reasoning was that swimming in cold water encourages a insulating fat layer.

In this study, swimming was as effective for weight loss as walking… as long as the intensity, duration and frequency was the same.

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