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.
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Regardless of how you exercise, if you intake more calories then you use, you won't be losing weight. You also can't cut your calories too much or your body will think there is a famine and it will slow your metabolism down too much and you will lose muscle. I think the ideal calorie deficit is supposed to be 300-400 per day.
I believe what Chris Stevenson said above is true. A sprint workout if it is intense enough will increase your metabolism for 24+ hours and burn more calories over the day.
I started swimming with masters in September last year and I have gone from 194 to 178 pounds. I have been swimming 3x 1 hour a week and going to the gym 2x 30 minutes a week (no cardio). I would credit it mostly to eating very well and increasing my metabolism from swimming and lifting weights.
Regardless of how you exercise, if you intake more calories then you use, you won't be losing weight. You also can't cut your calories too much or your body will think there is a famine and it will slow your metabolism down too much and you will lose muscle. I think the ideal calorie deficit is supposed to be 300-400 per day.
I believe what Chris Stevenson said above is true. A sprint workout if it is intense enough will increase your metabolism for 24+ hours and burn more calories over the day.
I started swimming with masters in September last year and I have gone from 194 to 178 pounds. I have been swimming 3x 1 hour a week and going to the gym 2x 30 minutes a week (no cardio). I would credit it mostly to eating very well and increasing my metabolism from swimming and lifting weights.
