Is the SPLITS essential to a competitive swimmer?

Terry and David: I don't know about you two, but I'm doing fly on Thursday. Terry, the concept of yoga sort of appeals, but I'm already flexible and I'd rather do pilates. But no time. Cross country skiing. Too cold. I spent/wasted my entire youth in the states of Minnesota, New Hampshire and Illinois. Rowing. My husband did that in college. Now we could start a thread on whether cross training with rowing helps swimming. My husband is always telling me I should get on that rowing machine....

Terry and David: I don't know about you two, but I'm doing fly on Thursday. Terry, the concept of yoga sort of appeals, but I'm already flexible and I'd rather do pilates. But no time. Cross country skiing. Too cold. I spent/wasted my entire youth in the states of Minnesota, New Hampshire and Illinois. Rowing. My husband did that in college. Now we could start a thread on whether cross training with rowing helps swimming. My husband is always telling me I should get on that rowing machine....