Calories per hour of constant swimming?

How many calories are burnt swimming by a male 165 lbs per hour?

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    You will burn approx 600 calories while swimming for one hour. The small calorie or gram calorie (symbol: cal)[2] approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degrees C. This is about 4.2 joules.

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You will burn approx 600 calories while swimming for one hour. The small calorie or gram calorie (symbol: cal)[2] approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degrees C. This is about 4.2 joules.

If you are a male that is 165 pounds you should burn approx 600 calories in one hour swimming. The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. It was first defined by Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat. Thanks!

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