Swimming :/

lina1131 · July 2010

I seriously thought swimming burned way more calories than it did for me today. I put my polar on, went in the pool and swam. Swam laps. Played with my daughter. I wasn't just hanging out. I was actively swimming the entire time.

One hour, and I only burned 215 calories.

Does that seem wrong? lol

The tracker thingy here says 450. Dang is it off or whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

jrich1 · July 2010

With my Polar I was burning like 6-8 cals for every length of the 25m Pool, so it was like 12-16cals a lap of 50m

affie1984 · July 2010

I think it depends on how much you weigh. I go by this site and so does my sister. I'm alot heavier than she is and even though we swim for the same amount of time, I always burn more calories. The science is, the heavier you are, the more fat you will burn

bellanean · July 2010

your polar is prolly right, I have yet to test it out, I will soon though! But this site usually is way to high for what I normall burn , i would never go off of it!

LotusF1ower · July 2010

I seriously thought swimming burned way more calories than it did for me today. I put my polar on, went in the pool and swam. Swam laps. Played with my daughter. I wasn't just hanging out. I was actively swimming the entire time.

One hour, and I only burned 215 calories.

Does that seem wrong? lol

The tracker thingy here says 450. Dang is it off or whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

It DOES burn way more calories than that! I don't know how those things work, however, swimming = 600 calories for an hour of breast stroke swimming. 215 is way too low, seriously, it is wrong. Front crawl stroke would equal to around 500 calories per hour. Good grief even treading water would equal 236 if it were moderate effort and for an hour.

215 calories?? You could burn more than that walking two miles which should take 40 minutes at 3mph pace and swimming has a hell of a lot more effort in it than walking.

lina1131 · July 2010

You guys are not replying the way I wanted you to. I wanted someone to tell me that the Polar doesn't work in the water properly (but it does on the machines at the gym because I burned a crapload the other day according to it). And that I should add another 200 calories to the 215 that I already burned. Oh and that I should go ahead and have that chocolate chip cookie because the Polar was THAT OFF and well, cookies fix all problems. :bigsmile:

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lina1131 · July 2010

I seriously thought swimming burned way more calories than it did for me today. I put my polar on, went in the pool and swam. Swam laps. Played with my daughter. I wasn't just hanging out. I was actively swimming the entire time.

One hour, and I only burned 215 calories.

Does that seem wrong? lol

The tracker thingy here says 450. Dang is it off or whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

It DOES burn way more calories than that! I don't know how those things work, however, swimming = 600 calories for an hour of breast stroke swimming. 215 is way too low, seriously, it is wrong. Front crawl stroke would equal to around 500 calories per hour. Good grief even treading water would equal 236 if it were moderate effort and for an hour.

215 calories?? You could burn more than that walking two miles which should take 40 minutes at 3mph pace and swimming has a hell of a lot more effort in it than walking.

Now THIS is what I wanted to hear! :laugh:

jrich1 · July 2010

You guys are not replying the way I wanted you to. I wanted someone to tell me that the Polar doesn't work in the water properly (but it does on the machines at the gym because I burned a crapload the other day according to it). And that I should add another 200 calories to the 215 that I already burned. Oh and that I should go ahead and have that chocolate chip cookie because the Polar was THAT OFF and well, cookies fix all problems. :bigsmile:

Please delete and re enter your reply. Thanks!

Did you check to see if it lost transmission, mine does that during my water aerobics class where the water makes the band slip and it loses my heart rate for a min or two?

jrich1 · July 2010

I seriously thought swimming burned way more calories than it did for me today. I put my polar on, went in the pool and swam. Swam laps. Played with my daughter. I wasn't just hanging out. I was actively swimming the entire time.

One hour, and I only burned 215 calories.

Does that seem wrong? lol

The tracker thingy here says 450. Dang is it off or whaaaaaaaaaaaat.

It DOES burn way more calories than that! I don't know how those things work, however, swimming = 600 calories for an hour of breast stroke swimming. 215 is way too low, seriously, it is wrong. Front crawl stroke would equal to around 500 calories per hour. Good grief even treading water would equal 236 if it were moderate effort and for an hour.

215 calories?? You could burn more than that walking two miles which should take 40 minutes at 3mph pace and swimming has a hell of a lot more effort in it than walking.

She was being active but mentioned playing with her daughter so she wasnt swimming the whole time, my wife burns MAYBE 300 cals doing water aerobics in an hour so its probably close to being right

jennylynn84 · July 2010

Is it a wrist HRM? I understand those to be far less reliable.

I'm a swimmer as well and I've always gone by what MFP tells me for 45 minutes of breaststroke (I'm usually in the pool 50-55, but subtract some time for wiping fog off goggles, catching my breath, etc).

None of my limbs certainly feel like I've burned that few calories in the pool and I checked other sites as well for the estimated calorie burn because MFP seemed so high and it was about average. Seems weird that every site would be SOO off.

lina1131 · July 2010

It is the Polar F4 with the chest strap and watch.

It's probably right. I was just being overdramatic and having fun.

beautyqueen1979 · July 2010

This is why I've ordered my polar tonight! I started swimming this week and MFP says I burn over 400 in 40 minutes (I'm 212lbs). I just do laps, usually breaststroke. But I still want to know what I personally burn, so I'll let you know how close my calorie burn is next week when my HRM arrives and I get in that pool!
Either way I get a heck of a workout, it is tough going for me!

workingitout · July 2010

I've got to agree with the poster who said that just couldn't be right. I swim laps for 45 minutes solid, with my feet never touching the bottom of the pool, no breaks at all. Surely I'm burning at least what mfp tells me. When I get out of the water, I'm totally worn out and feel like I ran that whole 45 minutes. PLEASE tell me there's no magical bad thing here that makes swimming effort only count half as it feels like.

beautyqueen1979 · July 2010

I've got to agree with the poster who said that just couldn't be right. I swim laps for 45 minutes solid, with my feet never touching the bottom of the pool, no breaks at all. Surely I'm burning at least what mfp tells me. When I get out of the water, I'm totally worn out and feel like I ran that whole 45 minutes. PLEASE tell me there's no magical bad thing here that makes swimming effort only count half as it feels like.

At the end of the workout in the water - I feel good. As soon as I step out of the water - whole body gasps and sags! It completely wears me out too!

lina1131 · July 2010

I did not swim laps the entire hour. I swam some, played with my daughter, etc. I wasn't on constant workout mode. But, MFP said 450 calories should be burned for one hour of leisurely swimming. To me that is what I did, but I sure as heck didn't burn 450 calories.

Either way, 215 is better than 0 - so i'm good.

LotusF1ower · July 2010

I've got to agree with the poster who said that just couldn't be right. I swim laps for 45 minutes solid, with my feet never touching the bottom of the pool, no breaks at all. Surely I'm burning at least what mfp tells me. When I get out of the water, I'm totally worn out and feel like I ran that whole 45 minutes. PLEASE tell me there's no magical bad thing here that makes swimming effort only count half as it feels like.

Seriously, I am not trying to fool anybody.

You carry on right how you are doing, because I don't care what any HRM says, swimming is one of the very best exercises you can do and burns a ton of calories. Roughly 100 calories every 10 minutes for breast-stroke.

It is a hell of a lot more than 250ish that's for sure and as you are swimming non-stop I think you can rest safely in the knowledge that you are burning loads! :flowerforyou:

shawnalmil · July 2010

i too swam no breaks laps chasen kids for 2 hours it said it was 1400 cals burnt.....i wasnt sure

Swimming :/

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