Calories
Burned Swimming
First,
convert your current weight to kilograms
By dividing by 2.2.
Example 150# person = 68.2 kilo
Here are the conversions,
you'll have to decide how fast and intense you worked out.
You can "piece meal" it and add it together or figure
out what your average is.
The following numbers are
based on ONE HOUR's worth of work.
Take that into consideration on how long the session is. After
watching the Olympic Trials this year I was inspired.
Swimming (kind of), Playing, treading, some
standing around
Use Kilo weight X 4.0 = calories per hour
Swimming, Playing, Throwing your kids around,
not standing around
Use Kilo weight X 6.0 = calories per hour
Swimming Laps, freestyle, backstroke, breastroke,
slow moderate effort
Kilo weight X 8.0 = calories per hour
Swimming Laps, Freestyle, backstoke, breaststoke
Fast vigorous effort
Kilo weight X 10.0 = calories per hour
Swimming Laps, Butterfly or other strokes
full blown effort or race
Kilo weight X 11.0 = calories per hour
These factors I'm using are
METS or metabolic equivalents determined by the American College
of Sports Medicine
