calorie burning - *** vs freestyle

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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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  • Originally posted by Fritz I can see that it burns more calories because it takes longer to get from point a to point b but if someone swims a 52+ 100 *** and the same person swims a 52+ 100 back, does the 100 *** burn more calories? I don't know and I wonder if anyone really does. You could have a new swimmer that can barely complete a 25 yard free burn more calories than an olympic swimmer sprinting a 50 yard ***. It depends on technique and conditioning.
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  • Originally posted by Fritz I can see that it burns more calories because it takes longer to get from point a to point b but if someone swims a 52+ 100 *** and the same person swims a 52+ 100 back, does the 100 *** burn more calories? I don't know and I wonder if anyone really does. You could have a new swimmer that can barely complete a 25 yard free burn more calories than an olympic swimmer sprinting a 50 yard ***. It depends on technique and conditioning.
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