how many calories am i burning by swimming 1500 yards in 60 minutes?

Question

i weigh between 110-115 pounds and i'm female. i always swim 200 yards with the kickboard and the rest of the 1300 yards doing freestyle. i usually keep track by keeping a count in my head of each 100 yards. since i swim in a public gym, sometimes i have to take unwanted breaks between each lap because of people in front of me. i try to complete each 100 yards without stopping at the wall for longer than 1-3 seconds (can't do a flip turn). how many calories do you think i'm burning? is there an easier way to calculate this? thanks :]

Answer 1

In general, you use about 1 calorie for every 3 yards that you swim. Therefore, you'd be using around 500 calories.

Answer 2

1500 yards in an hour (4 minutes per 100 yards) is really slow - even for kicking. Does your heart rate ever get elevated? Do you ever get out of breath? If you are simply drifting along at that pace, I don't see how you could be burning more than 200 calories an hour. There's nothing magic about swimming and calorie burning; if you don't feel like you are exerting yourself, you aren't.



Here is a Livestrong article that describes some of the variables involved:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/18842-many-calories-burned-swimming/

Answer 3

There are numerous factors that determine the amount of calories being burned such as swimming stroke, intensity, and weight. The link below will provide a very useful chart to help you determine the number of calories you are burning.

Answer 4

Very few, because that's slower than Christmas. Even an average person should reasonably be able to do it in about half an hour.