Does swimming build muscles?
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swimming is a great calorie and fat burner.. if you really want to build muscle you would have to really train hard. \n\nusing paddles will build some arm muscle, and kicking fly will tone your stomach
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Swimming is a great exercise for ab muscles and legs.  If you see yourself as an "apple or pear" shape person, swimming will definitely help you in these areas.  It is nonshocking to your joints, it is aerobic and also fun.  As far as diet pills, stay away from them the side affects do more harm than good and there isnt a wonder pill on the market as of yet that doesnt have a side affect that can kill you.  Of course, a good diet would be helpful- join a gym that has a pool and have a trainer go over what exercises you can start off at and gradually increase to get the results you want by the summer, they also have nutritionists at the better gyms and since it is near the holidays, they usually run specials for Christmas - so check it out--- good luck on your goal to a new you!!
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for body fat it would be running then jump rope. How ever swimming lets you exercise muscles you never thought you used
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i think some people misunderstand you and think your talking about actually running inside the pool.\n\nhowever, as another swimmer, i believe you are talking about actually running outside of the pool. \n\nin my opinion, i think it helps somewhat. you really should be doing both strength training and endurance training. i dont believe running helps all that much because first of all, it does not really help your kicking muscles at all. and second, all it does is increase your heart rate. so, what i reccomend, is running maybe 3 times a week for just 20 minutes in addition to your workouts.
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Try circuit training. Circuit training is when you have a set order of exercises that you will be doing. Do high reps at your first station for 1 minute. Use a weight light enough that you will be able to lift it continuously for the whole minute. Once done, rest for a minute and move to your next station. At your next station do your exercise for the minute then rest for a minute and so on. If 1 minute is too long do 30 or 45 second intervals.\nThe exercises you do should hit each of your major body parts; legs, back, chest, shoulders, arms, and abs. Try and do 3 movements per body part. Work through each body part, then cycle through each body part again doing a different exercise, then your final cycle through the body part with a different exercise.\nSuggestion for exercises:\nLegs - leg press, leg extensions, leg curls\nBack - lat pull downs, cable rows, straight arm pull downs\nChest - Press, incline press, flys\nShoulders - shoulder press, bent over flys, upright rows\narms - curls, tricep extensions, hammer curls\nabs - crunches, situps, hanging leg lifts\n\nThe key to lifting weights when swimming is to do high reps at light weights. You don't want to bulk up. Lift in the off season and start to cut down your lifting during the season. Make sure that you stretch out well after done. You don't want to lose flexibility.
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swimming, lifting weights, and tennis.
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Yes, and this is great exercise.  Easy on the muscles and very effective.  The water resistance is what helps.
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When I was swimming in college, my coach told us to do lighter weights and more reps.   \nYou want to do exercises that will work the muscles that you use during the power part of the stroke.\nI swam the butterfly & concentrated on my triceps for the power push at the end of the stroke.  It would be pretty much the same for freestyle.\nDo anything that will work the muscles that you use when you swim. \n\n I would suggest swimming more during the week if you really want to improve your times.  The best thing to do is swim with the correct technique & do drills that emphasize different parts of that technique.
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I will go for swimming - you are talking toning not building\n\nThe bench press thing is second to aerobics in your case. Please read this about the myth of toning\n\nhttp://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/goulet5.htm\n\n ^_^
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It's an ongoing work, problem is people when they reach a reasonable point in skill they stop pushing themselves really hard, which is what you probably need to do more. Also going to the gym and working on the muscles used in swimming can also really improve your swimming.
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Because it is believed that it can stunt your growth to use weights and such, before you full develop. The muslces develop awkwardly and may cause the tendons to fuse irregularly. It's not healthy to do weights before this age, so do natural exercises like swimming. Swimming is a great way of developing the muscles in proportion and healthily, aswell as offering a full cardio workout.
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SWIM SWIM SWIM. The best excercise in the world. Swimming is totally weightless and it works a series of ways. It is Aerobic and resistance training in one. Aerobic works to get your heart rate going and thus will increase metabolism and help circulation which all burn fat. Also if you are swimming and not doing a stationary type of water work out then your breathing becomes regulated by the type of stroke you are swimming. Resistance training is from the water friction. Every step and stroke you make is like having a few pounds on your hand. Resistance and light weight training is important when losing weight because you have to tighten the skin as well. Good luck, it will change your life when you lose the weight, but make sure you do it right.
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Swimming is said to be good for muscle tone, therepy, and weight loss.
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put as much weight on your shoulders as you are comfotabl with when you work out. the only way to build muscle is to tear it. no pain-no gain. muscle grows on 3 things- protein, creatin, and water
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Swimming is the best all round exercise
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being a swimmer, running  about a mile 3 times a week builds up your endurance, working out with wieghts helps you make your muscles in shape so that it does not feel like your going to did, swim at least 45 minutes 3 times a week, and doing pyramids which build you endurance up and your breathing capacity up, streaching is the key before you swim so you will not tear any muscles...it sucks if you strain your muscles for swimming because it will hurt so bad you probally will not be able to swim.
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Hello,\n\nSwimming is a wonderful sport that helps buil up our body. It is also touted as the best form of exercise for weight loss too.\n\nThere are a lot of strokes in swimming:\n\nFreestyle\nThe freestyle stroke, as it's name implies, is not limited by any particular technique. The stroke we now call freestyle, which is also known as the front crawl or Australian crawl, has been used since early last century. Only 15 meters can be swum underwater (from the start and from each turn), otherwise some body part must always be above the water. Some believe that the freestyle stroke was developed by Richard Cavill, an Australian who combined the overarm stroke with the up and down kick motion.\n\n\nBreaststroke\nSwimmers of the breast stroke must follow strict rules when performing the stroke. Their shoulders must be kept in line with the water, arm and leg movements must be pushed forward together, and brought back under the surface of the water. At the turn and finish, both hands must touch the wall together. At the start and first stroke and kick after a turn, the swimmers are allowed one arm stroke and one leg kick. At all other times the swimmer's head must be kept above the surface of the water. No dolphin, scissors or flutter kicks are allowed, nor tumble turns.\n\n\nButterfly\nThe butterfly stroke evolved from experiments with the breaststroke. When swimming the butterfly stroke, the swimmers must keep their shoulders in line with the surface of the water, and make arm and leg movements together. They also must not swim underwater, except for the first stroke after the start and each turn. Only 15 meters are allowed underwater at the start and after each turn, and the wall must be touched with both hands.\n\n\nBackstroke\nWhen swimming the backstroke, the swimmers remain on their back. This technique was first swum with a frog kick (like the breaststroke) then the up and down form that is used now. Similar to the freestyle, only 15 meters can be spent underwater from the start or from each turn. In 1991, the rules were changed so that when turning, the swimmers did not have to touch the wall with their hand, enabling them to do a much faster turn.\n\n\nMedley relays\nIn the individual medley races, the order of strokes is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. \n\nIn the medley relay, the order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle, with the first swimmer starting in the water.\n\nHope this helps...\n\nCheck out the sources for more Help...