What is the best swimming stroke for Toneing muscles and burning fat?
Every swimming stroke will help you tone muscles and burn fat, as long as you focus on maintaining a challenging pace for yourself. Try to keep a pace that keeps you breathing deeply and rhythmically, but doesn’t get you out of breath, panting. Each swimming stroke uses slightly different muscles, so your best bet would be to alternate between the main strokes: freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, sidestroke and breast stroke. Try doing each one for six minutes, then doing the entire routine over for your final thirty minutes of exercise. Tips for each of the strokes can be found by clicking on the first link below. if you get fatigued at any point, lower your pace a little, or just stop and tread water if you feel cramps coming on. This is the same priniciple for all kinds of workouts: the best way to keep all your muscles toned is to do a variety of exercises. Fitness guru Jack Lalanne recommends changing your routine once a month for best results. Lalanne loves swimming too, and will b