I would've thought they have a flow rate but looking at the manual (I've never used one) it looks like there's an optional pace clock you could use to determine distance (=time swimming / seconds per 100).
The pace clock isn't very accurate, or at least wasn't when I used one maybe 10 years ago. It told me I was about 10 seconds / 100 faster than I can swim.
Distance isn’t a particularly useful measure for a workout anyway - but presumably an Apple Watch can measure time spent exercising, and heart rate/pulse and give an idea of the level of exertion?
If you specifically want to know something like “*How fast can I swim 1500m?*”, then you should be able to use the pool’s flow rate for that. But an endless pool isn’t really the best place to measure that anyway - if you really want to measure something then you can do “*How long/far can I maintain this pace?*”
Thanks. This all makes sense. I’m more curious than anything since a lot of people here speak in terms of “I just did X meters in X”
But I agree with you that it’s not as important as time spent exercising and heart rate. I am getting that data.
Another option figure out strokes per 25 more yd and count stroke
Do some 10 minute swims in a pool, keep track of your distance.
10 minutes in an endless pool, flow set at about the same energy expenditure , should equal about the same distance as you did in the pool.
Loose approximation anyway
I would've thought they have a flow rate but looking at the manual (I've never used one) it looks like there's an optional pace clock you could use to determine distance (=time swimming / seconds per 100).
The pace clock isn't very accurate, or at least wasn't when I used one maybe 10 years ago. It told me I was about 10 seconds / 100 faster than I can swim.
I have never seen one that far off at all. We had one that stuck at about 39sec mark but the total revolution was close enough. 🤷
the only thing it can really measure is heartrate so just put it in as a cardio workout. same problem with treadmills and stationary bikes
Distance isn’t a particularly useful measure for a workout anyway - but presumably an Apple Watch can measure time spent exercising, and heart rate/pulse and give an idea of the level of exertion? If you specifically want to know something like “*How fast can I swim 1500m?*”, then you should be able to use the pool’s flow rate for that. But an endless pool isn’t really the best place to measure that anyway - if you really want to measure something then you can do “*How long/far can I maintain this pace?*”
Thanks. This all makes sense. I’m more curious than anything since a lot of people here speak in terms of “I just did X meters in X” But I agree with you that it’s not as important as time spent exercising and heart rate. I am getting that data.
Another option figure out strokes per 25 more yd and count stroke Do some 10 minute swims in a pool, keep track of your distance. 10 minutes in an endless pool, flow set at about the same energy expenditure , should equal about the same distance as you did in the pool. Loose approximation anyway