How To Perform Backstroke For Beginners

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Watch How To Perform Backstroke For Beginners from the leading how to video provider. This advice video will give you informative instructions to guarantee you get good at swimming.

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How Many Calories Do You Burn by Swimming?

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How many calories you burn while swimming depends on your stroke, effort, speed, distance, duration, gender, weight and skill. Because most people swim a mix of strokes at various intensities, computing your exact calorie count is difficult.

For example, a 150 pound athlete burns about 272 calories by swimming 1500 yards in 30 minutes; swimming butterfly for 30 minutes burns 38 percent more calories, breaststroke burns 25 percent more and backstroke 12 percent less. Compare that with a 120 pound athlete who burns only 218 calories swimming the same 1500 yard workout (60 lengths in a 25 yard pool).

Generally, the faster an athlete swims, the more calories he burns in an hour. For example, if the 150 pound swimmer above swims one more length per minute, he burns 102 more calories in the same 30 minute period, but it works out to nearly half a calorie LESS per length. This anomaly occurs because he swims more efficiently.

The table below lists the approximate calories burned per hour for a person weighing 150 pounds:

Swimming moderate effort 272 calories

Swimming ocean, river, lake 408 calories

Swimming none-lap, leisure 408 calories

Swimming laps, moderate to light effort 476 calories

Swimming backstroke 476 calories

Swimming crawl/freestyle, 50 yards per minute 544 calories

Swimming sidestroke 544 calories

Swimming synchronized 544 calories

Swimming fast, vigorous effort 680 calories

Swimming breaststroke 680 calories

Swimming butterfly 748 calories

Swimming crawl/freestyle, vigorous effort, fast 748 calories

Your weight affects the number of calories burned, with heavier people expending more than lighter ones when doing the same exercise. For example, a 100 pound person burns 1/3 fewer calories, so multiply the above numbers by 0.7; a 200-pound person burns 1/3 more so multiply by 1.3.

Because most people are unable to do butterfly continuously, crawl or freestyle is the most effective swim stroke, burning between 540 and 750 calories per hour.

Inexplicably, elite swimmers have an average of 5% more body fat than their equivalent running counterparts, despite burning the same and sometimes even more calories with their high intensity interval training which the steadier pace of distance running lacks.

Interestingly too, women, regardless of their skill level and weight, typically use fewer calories per mile than men because of their higher body fat percentage. They naturally stay afloat without having to burn calories doing so.

Swimming nonstop for half an hour is realistic for a beginner but strive for an hour. Vary your strokes. For example, warm up by doing 4 lengths freestyle, 4 lengths breast stroke, then get your heart rate up by swimming 4-6 lengths freestyle at a faster pace. When you feel tired or out of breath, switch to breast stroke or back stroke or even use the kicker board, and when you catch your breath, go back to freestyle.

If you can, incorporate butterfly. Flip turns too; they ensure a continuous workout without you needing to pause between lengths.

If swimming appeals to you but you are not strong enough to swim for an hour, consider using flippers together with the kicker board which you hold out in front of you. Because your head is above water the entire time, breathing is not an issue; while your legs and butt get a fabulous workout.

Despite being surrounded by water, you sweat when you swim. Be sure to stave off dehydration by drinking water before and after your session, even if you do not feel thirsty.

Swimming is an excellent aerobic workout, using a large number of muscle groups and burning as many calories per hour as running or cycling at the same intensity. It increases your heart rate for the full duration, you breathe harder and work your entire body.

Swimming strengthens your heart muscles thereby improving the delivery of oxygen to all parts of your body, it improves your physique, flexibility, stamina and balance. If you do other exercise, swimming serves as a great cross-trainer, lengthening and strengthening your muscles.

Mentally it relaxes you and frees you of tension; socially you can enjoy it with friends and family to develop a spirit of competitive camaraderie.

Swimming poses no strain on connective tissue or joints, so is safe for the overweight, elderly, people with lower back and leg problems, and those whose joints cannot handle high-impact sports. Because water supports the body, swimming is recommended as a rehabilitation exercise.

Ideal for pregnant women, swimming strengthens both abdominal and back muscles, enabling them to better carry their extra weight. High blood pressure, joint stiffness and discomfort commonly associated with pregnancy can all be eased by exercising gently in water, although you may want to consult with your doctor beforehand.

Whether you splash around burning 400 calories an hour, or expend 748 calories per hour perfecting your butterfly stroke for hard-core competition, any swimming burns calories. In fact which ever sport you enjoy is the one which will burn the most calories for you in the long run.

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What to Wear for Your Portrait Session

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People always want to know what to wear for a portrait session and I’d tell you “wear whatever you normally wear” but, well, I’ve been known to wear some fairly bizarre concoctions if I think I’m not leaving the house and then decide I need to go to the grocery store and there I am in a linen skirt, ratty old t-shirt and crocs and I’d really rather not have myself preserved on film in one of those get-ups. I know I’m a walking “before” picture for a fashion make-over but with small kids and a computer full of backlogged proofing I can’t always quite be bothered and if I do there’s some odd risks involved in clothing when you have preschoolers. Today I’ve stepped in chocolate milk and sat in honey. So I’m going to pretend that you are like me and in your daily life wear things that are, perhaps, not QUITE as lovely as you’d like to present yourself and your family to the world.

So…

Newborns: Newborns should be naked. If you have a special, heirloom outfit or a sweet little sweater someone made for you, have it ready. If you have a quilt someone made for you that is important to you, have it ready. Solid colored, lightweight swaddling fabric is good to have around as are cute hats, simple headbands but don’t feel the need to invest in anything you don’t already have because, well, naked is good.

There, wasn’t that easy? Not even any shopping required.

Girls: You should allow her to dress herself and then subtract from the outfit anything you really hate and cannot bear to see on your wall. This IS a portrait of her and her clothing should reflect who she is, not who Gap or Tea Collection want her to be and my goal is to get a portrait of the actual child, not a heavily stylized advertisement for childhood. Be aware that she’ll probably be dirty by the time I’m done with her (I do tend to encourage children to play and that messes them up) so avoid anything so precious you couldn’t bear it if it got stained. Does she have a stuffed bear she won’t put down? Bring it. Does she insist on wearing a tutu over everything, including her snow suit? Leave it. When she’s grown up you’ll want to remember her as she was, tutu, snowsuit, stuffed bear and all.

OK, you want specific instructions. A solid colored dress made out of woven fabric like linen, not a knit or t-shirt type fabric, with some swing to the cut and some texture. Going a size up often helps with the flow. If you keep it simple the final picture will remain about the child, not the styling.

Boys: Again, the goal is to make a portrait of the child, not a magazine spread, so don’t make yourself nuts with the styling. Let him wear what he likes and take away anything you hate. Jeans, a plain shirt and some kind of layering are perfect. Feel free to invest in a new t-shirt – they often tend to get subtly “pilly” after a while.

Families: Unless you tend to wear matching reindeer sweaters in real life, you shouldn’t wear them for your portraits. Instead of trying to match everyone lay out all the things you are thinking of wearing and ask yourself if this would work if it were one outfit. Do the patterns go nicely together? Is there some variety? Then you are good to go!

Things to Avoid:

I once, when watching the summer Olympics, observed a man who had just medaled in butterfly, a physically demanding stroke, stand, poolside, in a Speedo. This was before swimmers wore full body suits and he was in tight, underwear like spandex. There was a bit of what looked like a spare tire around his waist and I thought if THIS MAN, who is about as physically fit as it is humanly possible to be, looks less than perfect in a Speedo there is simply no hope for any other man anywhere.

There are some items of clothing that look bad on you no matter how good you look. Some specific things to avoid:

Speedos. You’ll freak me out if you show up to your photo session in a Speedo and see the anecdote above about the world class swimmer.
Yoga pants, sweat pants, or any variation thereof. These only look passable on the pretzel chick from your yoga class. If you are a professional dancer, go for it. For the rest of us mere mortals, no.
Polo shirts. They drape in unflattering ways. I know they are comfortable. I know you wear them every day. Don’t wear them for your photo shoot. Please.
Khakis. Ubiquitous these days, most of these are designed by the same sadists who make high school band uniforms to look bad on everyone. At least, unlike those marching band uniforms, khakis are rarely 100% polyester but you should still avoid them.
Athletic shoes and Crocs. Big bulky shoes just look lousy in pictures. If it’s summer, go barefoot or wear sandals. In winter go for flattering boots.
Giant headbands for the baby with silk flowers as large as the baby’s head and an elastic band that looks eerily like a cheap garter. There are beautiful, simple headbands available on Etsy if you have a headband yen.

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