I'm not overweight but I was wondering what would burn more body fat:
long distance type of workouts with a lot of even-paced long swim sessions or sprint workouts with mainly sprint intervals.
I don't get it. Of course you need to lose weight in order to lose body fat and the way to do that is by exercising(plus diet). Any form of exercise burns fat, not just running.
I know that both, long distance swimming and sprint training, burn fat. My question was which of the two do you think burns more fat if you train each for an hour for example.
Btw, running does not burn more body fat;)
Right, I understand your question. What I'm saying and Chris and Q have said even better is there really is no difference in how each type of workout burns fat. In fact, everything you read states that the whole notion of a fat burning workout is kind of ridiculous.
If I have an hour to train I will work as hard as I can regardless of the workout type. With sprint I will go less yardage, indulge in hot tubbing, call friends and family and get in about 200-300 yards, which is about your typical sprint workout, maybe more. With a real workout for distance I'd try to pack in about 4K yards. Either way, I'd be gassed at the end and the same amount of fat would be burned.
I don't get it. Of course you need to lose weight in order to lose body fat and the way to do that is by exercising(plus diet). Any form of exercise burns fat, not just running.
I know that both, long distance swimming and sprint training, burn fat. My question was which of the two do you think burns more fat if you train each for an hour for example.
Btw, running does not burn more body fat;)
Right, I understand your question. What I'm saying and Chris and Q have said even better is there really is no difference in how each type of workout burns fat. In fact, everything you read states that the whole notion of a fat burning workout is kind of ridiculous.
If I have an hour to train I will work as hard as I can regardless of the workout type. With sprint I will go less yardage, indulge in hot tubbing, call friends and family and get in about 200-300 yards, which is about your typical sprint workout, maybe more. With a real workout for distance I'd try to pack in about 4K yards. Either way, I'd be gassed at the end and the same amount of fat would be burned.
