- Doing freestyle laps in the swimming pool burns anywhere from 450 to 700 calories an hour. Speed up the pace and burn off 150 calories more than that.
- The immensity of the butterfly stroke requires a full body workout. This swimming stroke provides the most calorie burn of all strokes at 650 to 950 calories an hour.
- Some swimming can save a life as well as calories. Depending on the speed of treading water, this swim style can take off anywhere from 200 to 900 calories in 60 minutes.
- Similar swimming strokes have no effect on the amount of calories burned per hour. The sidestroke, backstroke, recreational swimming and even synchronized swimming all burn around 450 to 700 calories.
- Where you are swimming and what kind of water affects the intensity of the workout. Swimming in calm water burns less calories than swimming against a current or in the ocean with waves.
- Using diving gear or deep-sea equipment adds weight to a person and increases the calories burn.
