Increasing my weekly yardage seems to have increased my hunger. How can I determine the calories really expended during swims of various lengths or intensities?
And when the office hits the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet, how many laps equate to that second or third serving? (Not giving up the food can justify extra time in the pool!)
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Now, some of the distance freestylers that have the most weight are open water swimmers like Lynn Cox. But maybe, that extra-fat helped her swim in the south pole. She weights the same as Tom Dolan and she is a foot shorter than him. But I agree with Emmet swimming freestyle alone is not going to make you fat. I read in Mr Phillip Whitten book on general swimming that the other three strokes burn more calories but if you are swimming freestyle at fast rates its going to burn a lot of calories too.
Now, some of the distance freestylers that have the most weight are open water swimmers like Lynn Cox. But maybe, that extra-fat helped her swim in the south pole. She weights the same as Tom Dolan and she is a foot shorter than him. But I agree with Emmet swimming freestyle alone is not going to make you fat. I read in Mr Phillip Whitten book on general swimming that the other three strokes burn more calories but if you are swimming freestyle at fast rates its going to burn a lot of calories too.
