The doc wanted to see me this week in order to refill a medication prescription. Just after 8 holiday parties, I went in and was weighed as usual. Oh boy.
I know I gain during the winter and loose it in the more active summer, but did I need to be weighed right after Christmas? My weight increased so that now for the first time in my life I am considered overweight (but no obese:D), according to the BMI calculation.
I have begun watching calories & keeping track of calories in a written log, (which I understand is good for achieving results.) As part of my 'recovery', I am also discovering how to burn calories.
So how many calories does each stroke burn? From the internet, in a one hour swim (assume that means swimming continuously) for my weight / age:
..backstroke 651
..breaststroke 931
..butterfly 1024
..freestyle fast 931
..freestyle moderate 651
(Note to self: 1 pound of body fat = 3500 calories)
I had an interesting workout today which speaks to the issue.As my main set I did 25 SCY sprints,all out,on the min. as-4 BR,4 fly,4 free,4 eggbeater kick with snorkel,4 dolphin kick (SDK going to kicking on the surface when I ran out of air) with snorkel.These were continuous with no break in between.During the 4 BRs I was not quite recovering between swims and my splits showed it-16,16,17,17(16 is a good workout 25 time for me.)The fly my recovery was about 100% between 25s with my splits being 15,15,15,15.(14 would be a good sprint time and that would be with no breaths ,where as this was with 2 breaths.)The free I felt stronger for the last than the first with splits of 14,14,14,13,so I was able to recover completely in the interval(13 is a good sprint time for me.) The eggbeaters nearly killed me with the splits being 20,20,21,24.I felt like my legs were on fire by the end and as fast as possible was pretty slow.The dolphin splits were 28,29,30,32.I think the biggest difference with them wasn't fatigue directly but rather ability to stay underwater which went from about 12.5 yd to about 9 yd.(this also shows that my SDK is slow and my surface dolphin kick is slower.)There is the confounding parameter that the strokes with the best recovery(fly and free) were also the ones with the most rest,but I am not sure how much difference 1-3 sec makes in this.My greatest perceived effort was in eggbeater,followed by BR,which fits with my idea of the big leg muscles taking the most energy.
I had an interesting workout today which speaks to the issue.As my main set I did 25 SCY sprints,all out,on the min. as-4 BR,4 fly,4 free,4 eggbeater kick with snorkel,4 dolphin kick (SDK going to kicking on the surface when I ran out of air) with snorkel.These were continuous with no break in between.During the 4 BRs I was not quite recovering between swims and my splits showed it-16,16,17,17(16 is a good workout 25 time for me.)The fly my recovery was about 100% between 25s with my splits being 15,15,15,15.(14 would be a good sprint time and that would be with no breaths ,where as this was with 2 breaths.)The free I felt stronger for the last than the first with splits of 14,14,14,13,so I was able to recover completely in the interval(13 is a good sprint time for me.) The eggbeaters nearly killed me with the splits being 20,20,21,24.I felt like my legs were on fire by the end and as fast as possible was pretty slow.The dolphin splits were 28,29,30,32.I think the biggest difference with them wasn't fatigue directly but rather ability to stay underwater which went from about 12.5 yd to about 9 yd.(this also shows that my SDK is slow and my surface dolphin kick is slower.)There is the confounding parameter that the strokes with the best recovery(fly and free) were also the ones with the most rest,but I am not sure how much difference 1-3 sec makes in this.My greatest perceived effort was in eggbeater,followed by BR,which fits with my idea of the big leg muscles taking the most energy.
