Does swimming burn as many calories as other sports? Unless you're putting in some real yardage, it doesn't seem like it does to me. I was chatting with some tri teammates awhile ago. They think they're slimmer when they're doing multiple sports and not just swimming. Me too, I think. Anyone else have thoughts on this? I guess I should be lifting weights ... Thanks in advance. :)
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Does swimming burn as many calories as other sports? Unless you're putting in some real yardage, it doesn't seem like it does to me. I was chatting with some tri teammates awhile ago. They think they're slimmer when they're doing multiple sports and not just swimming. Me too, I think. Anyone else have thoughts on this? I guess I should be lifting weights ... Thanks in advance. :)
I wear my Polar Heart rate Monitor for every workout (5days a week). I put in about 3000yds in a little over an hour. Moderate intensity, some hard, and mostly interval work with some distance thrown in. I typically get KCAL listings from the 680-790.
When I get back home tonight, I will try to look back and find some Kcal readings from an elliptical workout or when I actually was still getting out on the road on the bike last fall (I don't put in that type of intensity on the indoor trainer for an hour....)
But I second (third, ++) the fact that you have to take into account the change in body composition and proportion and not just weight. Since starting back up swimming in December after a year off, I don't think I have dropped much weight, but man do my shirts sure fit different, again. But I'm also able to eat without as much care/attention paid to every calorie with what we are burning off.
Does swimming burn as many calories as other sports? Unless you're putting in some real yardage, it doesn't seem like it does to me. I was chatting with some tri teammates awhile ago. They think they're slimmer when they're doing multiple sports and not just swimming. Me too, I think. Anyone else have thoughts on this? I guess I should be lifting weights ... Thanks in advance. :)
I wear my Polar Heart rate Monitor for every workout (5days a week). I put in about 3000yds in a little over an hour. Moderate intensity, some hard, and mostly interval work with some distance thrown in. I typically get KCAL listings from the 680-790.
When I get back home tonight, I will try to look back and find some Kcal readings from an elliptical workout or when I actually was still getting out on the road on the bike last fall (I don't put in that type of intensity on the indoor trainer for an hour....)
But I second (third, ++) the fact that you have to take into account the change in body composition and proportion and not just weight. Since starting back up swimming in December after a year off, I don't think I have dropped much weight, but man do my shirts sure fit different, again. But I'm also able to eat without as much care/attention paid to every calorie with what we are burning off.
