In cycling, it is a widely held view that losing weight yields faster times (yes, I read the steroid thread). How about in swimming?
I could imagine a theory where carrying a few extra ice cream sundaes in swimming might make you faster due to the increase in bouyancy. In fact, I had this very theory after my freshman year in college. Hey! Who doesn't like ice cream.
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The relationship to fat and swimming has been going on at least since the 1940s. My mother who was very athelic but also tended to be a little chubby as a young woman was always told she had the perfect body for a female swimmer. She wa about 5'7" tall and was a basketball star at her high school in Iowa. She never practiced swimming but was very good. After she had 4 children, I'm # 6 she got very heavy but could still do a mean free. After the entire 7 of us were born she switched to *** and was very good. My fahter wa over 6ft 3in and very skinny, like me. He swam before there was a butterfly. He swam a great free but couln't ever do back or ***.
The relationship to fat and swimming has been going on at least since the 1940s. My mother who was very athelic but also tended to be a little chubby as a young woman was always told she had the perfect body for a female swimmer. She wa about 5'7" tall and was a basketball star at her high school in Iowa. She never practiced swimming but was very good. After she had 4 children, I'm # 6 she got very heavy but could still do a mean free. After the entire 7 of us were born she switched to *** and was very good. My fahter wa over 6ft 3in and very skinny, like me. He swam before there was a butterfly. He swam a great free but couln't ever do back or ***.
