Swimming excersizes?

Question

hi i just wanted to know how effective of a workout swimming has on your body

i have an inground swimming pool and its pretty big(its about 25 feet long) and im gonna use that to excersize since i dont wanna stay inside on the eliptical on a beautiful day in summer

so how many calories could an average person burn while doing however many laps in the pool?

and also what other effective workouts could u do in the pool?

thanks for ur time and dedication to answering questionns like these lol

Answer 1

it dosent matter hoiw much yu swim..

it matters on how yu work.

so mayb do a 500 warmup

and then 4 50s hard any stoke yu want

and then a warm down i guess.

if yu want it to be short..

and btw im sooo very jealousss of yur poool!!! :]

Answer 2

i know from experience that you can swim for about a hour and a half ( hard practice with barely no breaks)  and can eat about anything because of how many calories youve lost.

Answer 3

! hour of hard swimming is around 800 calories