On the 5? On the 10? does that mean 5 minutes for each 400? 10 for 800?
just curious about how fast I am swimming....thanks.
On the 5? On the 10? does that mean 5 minutes for each 400? 10 for 800?
just curious about how fast I am swimming....thanks.
puddlejumpergoober wrote:
On the 5? On the 10? does that mean 5 minutes for each 400? 10 for 800?
just curious about how fast I am swimming....thanks.
yea, Lappers was saying 5min per 400, and 10min per 800. Unlike running tho, most swim intervals include rest. So if lappers is really doing 8x400 on 5:00, he's probably hitting near 4:25 per 400 with 35s rest in between which is pretty darn good - not like phelps good - but probably swam in college.
cool name here wrote:
I've heard people refer to a "lap" as just the length of the pool but it seems like it should be down and back, as that would make it more like a full circle (so to speak). Anyone know the official definition? How do the professional swimmers define a lap?
If I asked the swimmers at my high school about their workouts, they would describe them in terms of miles covered. The debate about the definition of "length" is as meaningful as "Ginger or Mary Ann"(Mary Ann is a no-brainer).
I install the security alarm systems in the swimming pools www.poolclinics.com and you know, That almost all pools have specific constructions. Sports pools for competitions are built so that the swimmer makes the same circle when he swims to the end and makes a turn back.
How many strokes does it take you to get across the pool?
At my best it too me 9 strokes with zoomer fins.
25 Yard Pool
1 length = 25 yards (from wall to wall)
2 lengths = 50 yards
4 lengths = 100 yds
¼ mile = about 500 yards = 20 lengths
½ mile = about 800 yards = 32 lengths
1 mile = about 1700 yards = 68 lengths
1.2 miles = about 2000 yards = 80 lengths
2.4 miles = about 4000 yards = 160 lengths
So if you swim one mile, up and back is one lap.
So you swim 34 each time you hit the wall where
your water bottle is at, to swim one mile.
Good luck and merry christmas
At the olympics they’re saying the1500 is 30 laps
30 lengths times 50 meters equals 1500
So that means they’re calling one length a lap
D-Nice wrote:
Problem is, a LOT of people, recreational swimmers, parents of kids who take swimming lessons, the kids who take swimming lessons, use "lap" to refer to one length of the pool, no matter the length of the pool.
Technically it's wrong, but in that context, no one really cares and everyone understands what they're talking about. Even I use it, knowing better.
So, you have crossed to the dark side.
A length in swimming terminology is universally accepted as the distance from one side of the pool to the other (for axis of swimmers - usually longest side).
Lap is not well defined, but is usually taken to be the same as a pool length... so out OR back... not both.
Ernest wrote:
A length in swimming terminology is universally accepted as the distance from one side of the pool to the other (for axis of swimmers - usually longest side).
Lap is not well defined, but is usually taken to be the same as a pool length... so out OR back... not both.
you are correct. except for this one situation. in a distance race. if a faster swimmer gets ahead of another swimmer by 2 lengths of the pool. more likely to happen in a 25 yard pool. the faster swimmer is also ahead by 2 laps. but. the faster swimmer then "laps" the slower swimmer. which could be confusing. especially to those who specialize in being confused. and refuse to listen to their superiors. or to those who believe that anyone on deck with a mouth has an equal say as to what the term means.
i should also say. in reference to the alleged dark side..... it is not a matter of some confused swimmers call a length a lap. it is a matter of all club swimmers call a length a lap. and if you have a problem with that you might check how the swimmer natalie coughlin answered the same question. since that is what the people who write the dictionary would do. and she says-a lap is 1 length. and she is not the dark side.