I've read in a few web sites that you burn less calories swimming freestyle than using a breaststroke, is this true ? why ?
Can anyone expand on this concept ?
-Rc
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Typically breaststroke is pretty inefficient compared to freestyle, so for a given distance, the swimmer will need to expend more energy in that stoke compared with freestyle. But it depends on how far you swim each stroke.
Typically breaststroke is pretty inefficient compared to freestyle, so for a given distance, the swimmer will need to expend more energy in that stoke compared with freestyle. But it depends on how far you swim each stroke.
