First off I'm new here and this is my first post so if this question has been answered on a different post, sorry.
I come from a bodybuilding background and recently started swimming and liked it so much that for the summer I'm forgoing lifting for swimming. I've been swiming four times a week now for about four months and I've lost about 8 lbs - as far as I can tell it's all body fat. My question is, can I build muscle mass by just swimming or will I just be reducing body fat? Also is it possible to burn muscle? In other words could some of my weight loss be muscle loss? The reason I ask is that a couple of my friends have told me that my back is getting broader - I haven't really noticed.
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I've been back at swimming for 8 weeks after a 20 year break. I haven't really lost much weight in the last 8 weeks, maybe a couple pounds. I hope I've lost fat and gained muscle, I'll get some caliper testing done to find out. I'll add more treadmill time and possibly weight training to my schedule and we'll see what happens.
I've been back at swimming for 8 weeks after a 20 year break. I haven't really lost much weight in the last 8 weeks, maybe a couple pounds. I hope I've lost fat and gained muscle, I'll get some caliper testing done to find out. I'll add more treadmill time and possibly weight training to my schedule and we'll see what happens.
