https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/12620/how-to-strength-my-leg-musclesHello, This winter I started swimming to maintain my fitniss which I built all over the year by cycling a lot. Winter is always bringing my fitness down, so I decided to swim 3 times a week this winter, one hour each time. I see some first progress nowen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/200024?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:45:39 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:629ce4a9-d812-4ea1-b96c-4414ac78f241Former MemberBonjour Thomas. <a href="http://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle/swim-kick-technique/">effortlessswimming.com/.../</a> I tried it only by today. Kicking breastroke is the most easiest, freestyle is tough.Merci, Thomas.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/200010?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:54:52 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0ca24093-daf4-42f2-a415-a3f412f70199knelsonKicking using a kick board works well. Lots of swimmers don&#39;t kick a lot while swimming, so using a kick board to focus on the legs is very beneficial.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/199997?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:41:31 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5a2b4659-e908-435a-896d-e3204bb1a96aorca1946Tom. Do you go to the gym to work on leg exercises? There are many ways out of the pool the gain stronger leg muscle along with the pool.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/199918?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:37:58 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:23c29455-222b-4baf-8400-3bb5389af321Former MemberThanks for your help, Thomas<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/199899?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:37:20 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e5903bc4-3a6d-4ccb-95cb-c6e003c4aca7j cookRecently, I ran across an article(wish I could give the credit to the source) about a plmetric style exercise done in the pool. Basically you squat down and powerfully try to jump out of the pool in the streamline position for sets of 10. I believe it was called darters. I found really when you work legs, as long as you don&#39;t really isolate legs, you really work the entire body.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/199881?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 22 Nov 2016 05:41:05 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:9f1b4938-fbbe-40e8-8efd-7a45f37b6eafflystormsBonjour Thomas. The swimming should help, and doing both the *** and crawl/freestyle will develop your legs in different ways with different muscle groups. One thing you could do to focus on your legs more is find the deep end of the pool and do some vertical kicking. You can make it harder by raising your arms higher. Start with 60 second intervals where you&#39;re kicking hard, then take a 30 second break where you&#39;re kicking easily. If you add fins, it will also change up the intensity. <a href="http://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle/swim-kick-technique/">effortlessswimming.com/.../</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>