how much running is 1 mile of swimming equal to?
how much running is 1 mile of swimming equal to?
4 miles running at least.ALso depends on intensity.
From my experiences is that if it is for weight i get quickly leaner when swimming then when running.Always do the distance times 4 and its quite accurate
top swimmers swim 100 in 49 100-400 and 400 in 4.47 same goes for the best couple of milers in the world.But i also think it depends on biomechanics.Some people will always use a ton more enegy swimming 100 meter then othes(taller build,effctive technique,good flexibility,....) thus burning more calories.
49 per 100? 4.47 for 400? what are you talking about? Anyways, swimming is something you can do harder for longer without the pounding. The water pressure acts on the heart, creating a environment in which the pressure makes it so the heart rate isn't always through the roof. I also agree, about the conversion between running and swimming. But remember running doesn't help swimming, but swimming can help running.
It completely depends. For some runners it would be nearly impossible to swim a mile without stopping, not to mention take a long ass time. However, for a regular swimmer a mile would equate to about 1/3 a workout so perhaps you could convert that to 1/3 your daily mileage.
hmmmm wrote:
49 per 100? 4.47 for 400? what are you talking about? Anyways, swimming is something you can do harder for longer without the pounding. The water pressure acts on the heart, creating a environment in which the pressure makes it so the heart rate isn't always through the roof. I also agree, about the conversion between running and swimming. But remember running doesn't help swimming, but swimming can help running.
True, most runners would be shocked at the amount of training that the top swimmers do.
poised wrote:
hmmmm wrote:49 per 100? 4.47 for 400? what are you talking about? Anyways, swimming is something you can do harder for longer without the pounding. The water pressure acts on the heart, creating a environment in which the pressure makes it so the heart rate isn't always through the roof. I also agree, about the conversion between running and swimming. But remember running doesn't help swimming, but swimming can help running.
True, most runners would be shocked at the amount of training that the top swimmers do.
True dat! I did some swimming for rehab and it kicked my butt! I trained with some very good swimmers and those guys are in shape! They were still working out long after I slugged out of the locker room.
True, most runners would be shocked at the amount of training that the top swimmers do.
Not only the top swimmers. Doubles become a way of life for any kid who comes up through a halfway decent age-group program. It is always comical to listen to runners talk about making such a huge commitment when they decide to get themselves out of bed at 9AM for a 30 minute run before their first class at 1030AM so they can say they did doubles. The 12 year old swim team girls have already finished their first two hour practice of the day.
probably because its physically impossible to run 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening every day...just like you can ride a bike 100 miles a day but you can't run a marathon every day (rough equivalent).
Running beats up your body in such a way that you can't put in the same hours as swimmers or cyclists...but thats not to say that runners don't work every bit as hard.
When was the last time you saw a swimmer hobbling around like an old man after a hard workout?
I'm doing both running and swimming for Pentathlon. As a matter of fact I just took a swim/run test a few days ago.
2.37 200m Freestyle and 8.28 3000m, both at 6200ft of altitude. I've been running for a long time but I've only been swimming for a few months. I agree with the person who said that swimming helps running but not the other way around. I heard swimers in multisports say their swimming got slower when running picked up. I swim about 1.5 mile/day and I try to run 65-70 miles/week. It takes about the same amount of time. Swimming is a lot of fun and it's not as hard as running. I'm out of breath a lot of times but it's a low impact sport so it's not as painful as running. I think the cardio and all the kicking could only help running.