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.
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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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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.
