Can women squat to lose weight?

Losing weight is always popular all year round. No matter when and where, girls are always losing weight. Recently, the saying "No squats, no perky butt" has been widely circulated and is highly praised by girls who are trying to lose weight. Friends who like fitness and weight loss will more or less know the benefits of squats. So, can women lose weight by squatting? Today I will take you to understand the exercise of "squats" and see where the secret of weight loss lies.

1. The muscle mass of the lower body accounts for more than 70% of the average person's total body muscle mass. The quadriceps femoris (the one at the front of the thigh) is the largest muscle in the body. If you want to lose weight by increasing your basal metabolic rate, leg muscle training is definitely the best choice because it works your thighs, buttocks and entire core muscles at the same time.

2. Compared with other leg movements, squat can better improve your flexibility and coordination. Since the squat is a movement that spans two major joints in your body (hips and knees), it can improve your overall coordination and stability better than simply training a single part, such as the front, back or inner thigh. In addition, for some people who have poor posture due to poor flexibility in the back or back of the thighs, the correct squat posture can improve your flexibility and fundamentally correct the problem of incorrect body posture.

3. The muscles of the lower body are the second heart of the human body. Your blood pressure is highest at the moment your heart squeezes the blood out, and by the time it starts to flow back, it has already weakened a lot. Especially your legs, which are farthest from your heart and located at the lowest point in your body. The contraction of your leg muscles can help your blood circulate smoothly and reduce the amount of fluid that accumulates in your lower limbs and makes it difficult to move. You'll have more energy and be less likely to tire.

4. Strong leg muscles reduce your risk of knee injuries. In short, strong leg muscles protect your knees, just like strong core muscles protect your spine.

5. Squats are fun. Every time I finish doing squats, I always have an inexplicable feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, although the reason may be just the pleasant mood caused by the secretion of endorphins after sweating exercise.

After understanding the above content, have you also fallen deeply in love with this weight loss exercise? Here I would like to remind everyone to do the squat posture, because the hip and knee joints must flex and extend at the same time during the squat movement, which requires a high level of joint flexibility. Some people believe that this situation can be improved through more practice. They face challenges head on, thinking they can overcome them with force. But the end result is to hurt yourself, so everyone must be careful.