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Calories for swimming?

Does swimming burn more calories than.....?

  • when i go swimming i swim front crawl for 1 hour solid but it does not feel like i have the same exertion as weight training or cardio? so does anyone know if swimming burns a lot of calories or is it more for muscle toning?

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    Depending on how hard you work in the pool, running tends to burn more than swimming, and swimming more than most cardio machines. Swimming will tone your muscles technically, but it also keeps them longer and leaner, so you don't get the same "toned look" you get from weights, which gets better definition than swimming does. Thus, swimming is good for both calorie burn and toning, but it depends on how much definition you want from your exercise, as you'll get less obvious definition from swimming than you will from out of water activites. Prime example is Michael Phelps- (did it just get warm in here?? ;) ) he's toned and you can tell he's got loads of muscle, but he's not body builder toned. PS: Swimming does pose the risk of injury- my right shoulder and surgery record can attest to that- you just don't get the same types of injuries you'd come across in running or lifting.

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Swimming is a good form of exercise to improve fitnes and does not posses the risk of injury. Swimming for an hour will burn more calories than weight training, as it is for a longer period of time and more continuous. Compared to cardio training it depends, compared to a cross trainer then it is more of a calorie burner, but running for an hour would undoubtedly burn the most calories. On a bike machine it would depend on the intensity. Typcially you need your heart rate to be above about 60% of resting to fat burn.

Neils Dad

It depends on how you are swimming. Swimming doesnt burn as many calories as cycling or running. It burns more calories than it does tone muscles. Depending on the length and intensity of weight work and cardio, swimming does not usually burn as many calories as weight work or cardio.

James

Siwmming burns loads of calories and is not just for muscle toning. It also doesn't have an impact on your joints like running does. Cross/Eliptical training machines are also amazing for burning calories

Nikki B

Swimming burns more calories than anything. If you swim hard for an hour you can burn more than 700 calories.

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