what is the best stoke to burn most calories/tone up/lose weight with!?

Graca · 21-03-2011 07:27PM #1

thanks

ician · 21-03-2011 09:43PM

Graca wrote: »

thanks

I would say the one you are most proficient at. You need to be able to put in plenty of metres and at a high intensity, there's no point in saying fly if you can't really swim fly for more than a few hundred metres.

okane1 · 21-03-2011 09:43PM

What stoke are you able to do?

Front crawl prob be the best for all round fitness as you can do greater distance with this stoke.
Butterfly for shear strength and calories burning, but it is very hard to hold any distance on this stoke as it’s basically all or nothing!!

mad m · 21-03-2011 10:07PM

okane1 wrote: »

Butterfly for shear strength and calories burning, but it is very hard to hold any distance on this stoke as it’s basically all or nothing!!

Checkout the link below, a girl called "Kathryn Mason" she did 17k doing butterfly...:eek:

Link

promethius · 21-03-2011 10:42PM

swimming would not be known for its ability to burn fat, it's great for cardiovascular fitness, flexibility and toning all over the body but something like running would be much better for losing weight, maybe a mix of running and swimming to get you in the shape you'd like.

cassid · 22-03-2011 10:44PM

mad m wrote: »

Checkout the link below, a girl called "Kathryn Mason" she did 17k doing butterfly...:eek:

Link

omg thats amazing

okane1 · 22-03-2011 11:01PM

mad m wrote: »

Checkout the link below, a girl called "Kathryn Mason" she did 17k doing butterfly...:eek:

Link

Bloody hell, cant imagine the pain. I would be in bits after 200m. I think butterfly is very hard to do it "easy", takes so much efford to get the body out of the water.

what is the best stoke to burn most calories/tone up/lose weight with!?

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