Swimming folks out there

splashwags
splashwags Posts: 262 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How do you track your calories burned? Know my Garmin HRM was not meant for the pool... Just curious. I think the MFP calories burned are generally over what my HRM says

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  • pinguwing
    pinguwing Posts: 9
    I (very unscientifically) estimate. I usually knock off about 50% of what MFP database says I have burned.
  • ejwme
    ejwme Posts: 318
    I have the 310xt, which is water proof. I wear it in the water, and pop up between laps every once in a while to get readings (stroke changes or whenever). Then I just assume it's pretty even throughout the whole time (which is tracked on the watch, assuming a single stroke), and do a full edit of the garmin data in Connect based on that. It's not perfect, but it works.

    I also don't swim more than about once a week, so if I'm off it "comes out in the wash" anyway.
  • mleech77
    mleech77 Posts: 557 Member
    I use a Garmin Swim and it does a calorie burn estimate based on the time spent doing a type of stroke with the standard numbers (age, height, weight).
  • KettleTO
    KettleTO Posts: 144 Member
    I use a Garmin Swim and it does a calorie burn estimate based on the time spent doing a type of stroke with the standard numbers (age, height, weight).

    I had a good wave of gadget envy looking up the device after reading your post. I no longer swim enough to justify buying one, but back in the day it would have been a nice tool for my uncoached sessions. Thanks for sharing.

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