how many calories do you burn in a pool?
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According to Harvard Medical School, a 125-pound person will burn about 180 calories in 30 minutes of leisure swimming. People who weigh 155 pounds will burn around 223 calories, and at 185 pounds a casual swimmer will burn about 266 calories during that half hour of swimming.
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A pace of 1 mile per hour swimming breaststroke at moderate exertion works out to 15.25 calories burned in swimming pools for every 50 meters you swim according to a swimming calories-burned calculator by Nanyang Technological University. That amounts to 305 calories consumed by your body throughout 1,000 meters.
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You may not realize just how many calories those slow, graceful movements will shed. It has been calculated that a 125-pound person burns approximately 240 calories in a one-hour session, while a 155-pound person burns approximately 300 and a 185-pound person burns roughly 356.
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And of course, it varies by your weight: A 130-pound person swimming freestyle for one hour will burn 590 calories swimming fast, and 413 calories swimming slower.
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So what about the easier strokes? A fast-paced freestyle, or front crawl, burns an average of 704 calories per hour. It's the fastest swimming stroke and one of the most energy-efficient ways to swim, meaning you're likely to manage more time in the pool before you're exhausted.
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That's 150 to 280 calories for a 30 minute session, depending on your weight and speed. Doing the same swim in front crawl will burn 10% more calories.
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Some manufacturers of infrared saunas claim that everyone can burn from 300 to 1000 calories during one session of 30 minutes. On average, it is from 10 to 33.3 calories a minute! It sounds a bit unbelievable to me, especially if we know that athletes on a treadmill burn approximately 14 calories per minute.
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4th place: Breaststroke Average calorie burn: around 200 calories for 30 minutes swimming. Breaststroke is a much better cardiovascular workout than the other strokes. It helps strengthen heart and lungs while toning thighs, upper back, triceps, hamstrings and lower legs.
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“A 150-pound person will burn roughly 400 calories during an hour-long swim at a moderate pace and 700 at a vigorous one,” says Tom Holland (an exercise physiologist, triathlete, and founder of TeamHolland).
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Compared to walking at a brisk pace for the same amount of time, a water workout can burn as much as three times the calories. Simply treading water in a pool burns 11 calories per minutes; that's the same as running six-miles-per-hour.
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And of course, it varies by your weight: A 130-pound person swimming freestyle for one hour will burn 590 calories swimming fast, and 413 calories swimming slower. A 155-pound person swimming freestyle for one hour will burn 704 calories swimming fast, and 493 calories swimming slower.
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It's true—a 154-pound person burns 255 calories for a half hour of slow pool strokes, versus 140 calories for the same amount of time spent walking and 295 for jogging. And you can torch even more by getting your heart rate up with swim intervals, says Heggy.
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Vigorous riding — like in an intense spin class — burns 315–466 calories. This is an excellent cardiovascular exercise, which burns 300–444 calories per 30-minute session. Bonus: It's easy on your joints. So if you find other exercises wreak havoc on your knees, shoulders, etc., jump in the pool for a great workout.
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Classes range from 30 mins to 55 mins and you can burn up to 540 calories per session. Say whaaaat?! It sounds like an intense workout, but I liked the sound of 'light weights' being used.
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It is also recommended that you swim at least 2,5 hours every week when in process of losing weight, and an hour after that to keep the weight. To burn 3500 calories means you need to swim for about 7 hours so it is an achievable monthly goal for most of us.
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4th place: Breaststroke Average calorie burn: around 200 calories for 30 minutes swimming. Breaststroke is a much better cardiovascular workout than the other strokes.
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How Many Calories Do You Burn In a Sauna? Some manufacturers of infrared saunas claim that everyone can burn from 300 to 1000 calories during one session of 30 minutes. On average, it is from 10 to 33.3 calories a minute!