Your metabolic rate can be several times higher in a pool or other body of water than it is on land without any exercise at all. Body heat is lost at a much higher rate when you are submerged in water and your body will burn more fuel to maintain core temperature.
Anon swims
Submitted 11 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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woobie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So why isn’t “a long cold bath every day” the trendiest weight loss method??
Wogi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is something fighters do when they’re going extreme weight loss before a weight in. I’m addition to dehydrating themselves and eating clean, they have several different cold exposure methods that causes the body to burn more calories.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Because it still isn’t going to make that extra large pizza disappear.
littlecolt@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Google “ice bath”
BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
cold plunge is hyped up but idk if its for the weight loss
woobie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because it would be too difficult to monetize that trend, maybe?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thanks. I’ve had that theory for years, but you just articulated it much better than I could.
someguy3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is why they say find an activity you enjoy.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Swimming is amazing for the elderly as well as the heavily obese. Buoyancy takes all the load off joints/cartilage and significantly reduces wear or arthritic pain while still providing consistent, firm resistance to movement that burns calories.
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In Iceland all the public pools are full of old people. Due to geothermal energy, all outdoor pools in Iceland are heated, even in winter. I think it’s a really great public health program honestly.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 months ago
All you need is rich parents
jak@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Or the wherewithal for and availability of a public one
1371113@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or to live near a lake or beach.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 months ago
That immediately increases the time investment required for use. The whole point of the post is that it’s easy because it’s in their back yard. Public pools aren’t relevant here.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Ehhh, rich isn’t really applicable. Someone with good income and good debt management skills can have a pool. You don’t have to be “rich”, which is a pretty vague word that’s very subjective.
I have friends that make very good money, and have the freedom to decide what their debt goes to. Nice house, nice cars, but if their income goes away, they’re fucked because the debt doesn’t magically disappear when the income does. To me, that’s not rich. Rich is when you have enough resources that a change in income doesn’t fuck you over.
Now, some people would say that the ability to choose what debt goes to is rich. I can see that usage being just as valid. I sure as hell can’t decide what my debt goes to, it has to go only to survival needs. I can’t take on debt for funsies like a pool, at least not in any amount that’s significant (so, nothing big as a pool, but maybe enough for switching out an appliance that isn’t dead, as an example).
For real, pools can be had with relatively low incomes. They cost about the same as a car for in-ground (a new car, not something lightly used lol). You don’t have to be in six figure income brackets to have one. Do I think it’s dumber than dammit to do so if you don’t? Yes, but it’s still possible as long as you want something basic
If an above ground is applicable, and it can be for light exercise, you can get by with as little as a grand. Which ain’t cheap, bit it’s a debt most people in the typical “middle class” income range can manage at some point, if it’s a priority.
beetus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They cost about the same as a car for in-ground (a new car, not something lightly used lol). You don’t have to be in six figure income brackets to have one.
People with less than 6figure income aren’t spending as much as a new car on a backyard in ground pool. Where do you think they have the cash for that? What bank is going to loan them the funds? Hilariois you think it’s possible in this economy.
Eheran@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pool = rich, got it. By the way, they start at around 100 $.
You can also go to public places for swimming. Some of those completely for free.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 months ago
You must be brain dead if you legitimately believe all you need is 100$. What about the place to put it? Most people don’t own their property, and if they do, many don’t have space for one.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How expensive do you think an above ground pool is?
Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 months ago
Well first you need to own a house with enough yard space so that immediately excludes a majority of the population
jak@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
That’s unbelievably cheap. What the actual fuck? It was updated this year, too.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Or you know, a body of water close to you.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 months ago
A non polluted, publicly available body of water.
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Also a body
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Anon ate a normal, healthy diet for the first time in their adult life.
AGD4@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That was my first thought, lol. Anon’s folks prepared healthy meals for them.
LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When did it change from .jpg to .webp?
Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Where my .jxl stans at?
LolaCat@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I was going to reply with a .jxl meme, but Lemmy doesn’t support it, which is a genuinely better .jxl joke than anything I would’ve made.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Must be a Zoomer thing
blandfordforever@lemm.ee 11 months ago
27 lbs ago
SeabassDan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Jokes aside now anon’s gotta make sure to use sunscreen, or he’s only trading in one killer for another.
Aermis@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Eh a good diet and acclimating will help with that too.
naught@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Can’t acclimate to skim cancer 😅
go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d argue the most difficult part about losing weight is boredom.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah. You can’t outrun your fork, but you can’t mindlessly snack because you’re bored on a bicycle.
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 11 months ago
You underestimate my power
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
So you are saying we’re screwed if we ever had a fork invasion?
Nighed@sffa.community 11 months ago
Handlebar bag with trail mix.
…Actually done to fuel long rides so I don’t run out of energy
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 11 months ago
30lbs in 2 weeks using this one neat trick.
Ok anon.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well, they never mentioned they ate anything in those two weeks, just bobbed around in the pool
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Anons mom refuse to bring Cheetos to the pool.
Aabbcc@lemm.ee 11 months ago
That would be a 7500 calorie deficit every day. Not possible.
Even if we assume half of that is water weight, still hardly possible
ARk@lemm.ee 11 months ago
consistency son
calavera@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Ok, but how much is this in regular units? 100kg?
Serpardum@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Swimming is the best exercise for loosing weight.
corus_kt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Swimming’s really good for losing weight, no sweating or knee pain involved. Wish I had a private pool too, you can definitely tell the public ones are 30% filled with piss.
bfg9k@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I find it funny that there is an acceptable level or urea in a pool and it’s like 10% lol
Chobbes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is sort of how everything works, unfortunately! Guaranteeing 0% of something is really hard. Your flour probably has a small percentage of bugs in it, for instance. Urea is a relatively small molecule that I imagine you can find tiny amounts of pretty much anywhere. I would be unsurprised if there was at least one molecule of urea in literally anything you eat!
That said, dear god I hope I’ve never been in a pool that’s 10% urine :(. Those kiddie pools at the water park are probably like 90% urine, though. Sometimes I wonder if by volume adults pee in the pool more than kids, though. I have a suspicion a good chunk of adults think it’s fine or will do it secretly anyway.
stockRot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You definitely sweat when you swim. People need to rehydrate while swimming, even indoors