How many laps do you swim on a average workout? I ask because of the lap counter questions. I used to count laps but that was when I was swimming 18 laps or a 1/4 mile I stopped because it got to be a hassle and really did not care..Exercise is what it is but got to wonder how far I do swim.. I try to swim 30 to 45 minutes a day.. 36 laps to about 50 laps I guess. And a lap I am counting is once across 25 meters or 75 feet depending on the pool. Or is that a lenght across..? I am a lightweight compared to some as I know some swimmers training for Olympics measure their distance in thousands of yards a day. or 1760 yards a mile. thats..71 laps a mile 36 laps a 1/2 mile 18 laps a 1/4 mile give a bit.. Now meters unless I'm wrong its about 1624 meters a mile, or 65 laps a mile or 33 laps a half mile or 16 laps a 1/4 mile in a 25 meter pool rounded off.
Ok, I will bite. A lap is 2 lengths. So how far you go in a lap depends on pool length. I swim in a 25 yard pool, so a lap is 50 yards.
I average about 2500 yards in a 45 minute noon swim, up to 3500 yards if I can spend an hour to hour 15 in the pool. I never swim continuous the whole time, the most I swim at one time is a 1650, and I am miserable the whole time. I love interval IM work, so doing a 1650 free is my grunt work, I do it once in a while because it is good for me, ha.
I print my workouts from a variety of sources and they usually include a yardage total after each set and for the whole workout. Usually about 3200 - 3500 per hour, depending on how much kick there is.
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I've been swimming since I was 3 and have never been able to count laps. I can only count yardage (meterage?). People ask me how many laps I swim, and I say "I dunno - I'm up to 1800 meters, what's that?" It keeps me from having to worry about whether a lap is one length or two :D
Because I, also, am not a great mathemetician, I separate out in smaller, more managable chunks - 300 Free, 300 ***, 2 x 150 kick, 2x 150 pull, etc. That way I never have to count more than about 300 meters. And if I forget what number I'm on, I usually never wind up off more than 2 lengths.
Can those lap counters display in distance?
Kae
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Originally posted by Kae1
It keeps me from having to worry about whether a lap is one length or two :D
This is one of the eternal disagreements in swimming. It was that way when I was swimming in high school over 30 years ago, and I expect it will be that way after we're all dead. Lapswimmr set the ground rules in the initial post. One "lap" is 75 feet (in a SCY pool), yet already some people in this thread are calling 50 yards/meters a lap.
It's easier for me to consider a "lap" in the way Lapswimmr defined it, but I know that purists say a lap is one "up-and-back." (And they have sound reason to do so.)
I do about 4000 yards per hour, depending on the number of intervals I do. 160 laps? 80 laps? 2.25 miles? Once a person asked me how long I swim. Instead of going through the litany of conversions, I just said, "About an hour." And then I pushed off for my next set.
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I did 52 laps (or 2600 scy) yesterday, in just around an hour or so.
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Counting a lap as each time I touch the wall (since that's when I press my finger lap counter button), I usually do between 84 - 110 laps, it depends on my mood I guess! This is a 25 yards pool, by the way. Yesterday I did 102 laps which is equivalent to 2550 yards (2331 meters/1.44 miles).
Still not as much as a lot of the swimmers here, but I swim for fitness and because I love it, and the last thing I want is to push myself to a point where I'll start dreading my workout (and end up not swimming as often as I do)!
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Originally posted by dorothyrde
Ok, I will bite. A lap is 2 lengths. So how far you go in a lap depends on pool length. I swim in a 25 yard pool, so a lap is 50 yards.
I average about 2500 yards in a 45 minute noon swim, up to 3500 yards if I can spend an hour to hour 15 in the pool. I never swim continuous the whole time, the most I swim at one time is a 1650, and I am miserable the whole time. I love interval IM work, so doing a 1650 free is my grunt work, I do it once in a while because it is good for me, ha.
I'm with you - I love to do repeats of 100 or 200 IM. Sometimes 400. Go all out, and finish gasping for air. It may sound sick, but that is fun!:D
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It really varies - if I do all freestyle and freestyle drills, I can do about 3500 yards in an hour. In a SCY pool, that's 70 laps.
If I do a lot of kicking or other strokes (which I do often), that number will be more in the range of 2500 yards (50 laps).
As far as I'm concerned, a lap is returning to where you started. Sooooo down and back is one lap.
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I generally swim between 2000 and 3000 yds in an hour, all different strokes.....in a SCY pool.
~Kyra
p.s. Where do you find the finger lap counters? I've only found one's that are like stop watches.
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I'm worried about the same question. I swim between 3,900 and 4,600 yds. Will a lap counter go that high?
