Can Swimming Get You Ripped?

Ever since I joined a club with a pool I've stayed away from the treadmill. I did some search on a bodybuilding forum and read that swimming is not very effective in burning fat. I'd like to say it is, at least if done a certain way. So the real question is, what is the best way to swim freestyle and butterfly to get ripped? You certainly can get ripped swimming....this type of ripped... But not that type of ripped... Swimming can help you 'get ripped' by shedding fat, adding muscle tone, and in my opinion improve overall muscle 'physique'. Sometimes I see huge, muscular ripped guys at the gym that obviously have giant muscles and are strong, but their chest/6 pack(many swimmers have 8) and overall muscle structure and shape is just funny looking to me. I don't know how to describe it, its like their muscles grew too big too fast or are out of proportion because of lack of variety of exercise or something I dont know but it makes me proud to be a swimmer!

Ever since I joined a club with a pool I've stayed away from the treadmill. I did some search on a bodybuilding forum and read that swimming is not very effective in burning fat. I'd like to say it is, at least if done a certain way. So the real question is, what is the best way to swim freestyle and butterfly to get ripped? You certainly can get ripped swimming....this type of ripped... But not that type of ripped... Swimming can help you 'get ripped' by shedding fat, adding muscle tone, and in my opinion improve overall muscle 'physique'. Sometimes I see huge, muscular ripped guys at the gym that obviously have giant muscles and are strong, but their chest/6 pack(many swimmers have 8) and overall muscle structure and shape is just funny looking to me. I don't know how to describe it, its like their muscles grew too big too fast or are out of proportion because of lack of variety of exercise or something I dont know but it makes me proud to be a swimmer!