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Hi
Can someone shed some light on freesstyle and backstroke compared with breaststroke when it comes to swimming for fitness and weightloss.
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Originally posted by hofffam
Breastroke swum quickly consumes more energy than freestyle or backstroke because breastroke is essentially accelerating and decelerating over and over.
I think breaststroke requires more energy because of the higher drag due to the less streamlined positions in breaststroke and depending on style the amount of energy used in vertical movements. Although there would be some energy expended on accelerating the swimmer's mass the dominant underlying cause is the drag causing the deceleration.
Since drag increases in proportion to the cube of speed you will burn a lot more energy swimming a given distance faster than slower. Of course the "best" way to burn a lot of calories is to be very inefficient.
Originally posted by hofffam
Breastroke swum quickly consumes more energy than freestyle or backstroke because breastroke is essentially accelerating and decelerating over and over.
I think breaststroke requires more energy because of the higher drag due to the less streamlined positions in breaststroke and depending on style the amount of energy used in vertical movements. Although there would be some energy expended on accelerating the swimmer's mass the dominant underlying cause is the drag causing the deceleration.
Since drag increases in proportion to the cube of speed you will burn a lot more energy swimming a given distance faster than slower. Of course the "best" way to burn a lot of calories is to be very inefficient.
