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 Guvnah
What if you're circle swimming?
:o Oops! you got me on that one. :confused:
Just for the record...
Circle swimming is just a device to picture swimming on the right side of the lane. You'd have to think of a circle (or a very narrow ellipse) then flatten it, making it a circle no longer. Essentially, a lane is split into two lanes, and the swimmers still have to momentarily interrupt their forward progress to reverse direction.
It's more like a length of narrow two-way street where each car makes a broken u-turn at the end of the distance rather than a continuous u-turn. In the case of lap swimmers or the cars analogy, you shouldn't be too close to the one in front of you near the end of the distance because the reverse course of the leading swimmer/car will overlap a small part of the forward course. If both were courses truly closed (implied by circular) there'd be no overlap.
Originally posted by Guvnah
What if you're circle swimming?
:o Oops! you got me on that one. :confused:
Just for the record...
Circle swimming is just a device to picture swimming on the right side of the lane. You'd have to think of a circle (or a very narrow ellipse) then flatten it, making it a circle no longer. Essentially, a lane is split into two lanes, and the swimmers still have to momentarily interrupt their forward progress to reverse direction.
It's more like a length of narrow two-way street where each car makes a broken u-turn at the end of the distance rather than a continuous u-turn. In the case of lap swimmers or the cars analogy, you shouldn't be too close to the one in front of you near the end of the distance because the reverse course of the leading swimmer/car will overlap a small part of the forward course. If both were courses truly closed (implied by circular) there'd be no overlap.
