Here's my question: Should one intentionally loose muscle mass and weightlifting strength in order to be more streamlined and potentially go faster in the water? How much mass would one have to lose in order to present less resistance in the water?
Maybe on a related note: Let's say a swimmer has a muscular build, and their technique is very good, would they benefit from losing ten lbs. of extra muscle mass and maybe becoming a more streamlined vessel?
Any thoughts? :weightlifter::banana::weightlifter::banana:
Hi!
What distances are you aiming at?
If you are a sprinter in *** or butterfly I think you need to be very muscular to see any negative effects from your volume. Sprinters in freestyle and backstroke tend to be a little bit more slimmed.
Superfly, thanks for the response. I would consider myself a sprinter, although I'm not very tall (5'10"), I swim 50s and 100s in both free and fly. When I get older I might try distance, but not yet (still don't have the patience). I'm not quite "bodybuilder big", but am fairly muscular. I'll probably ease off the weights and see about losing maybe 10 lbs and see what happens.
Hi!
What distances are you aiming at?
If you are a sprinter in *** or butterfly I think you need to be very muscular to see any negative effects from your volume. Sprinters in freestyle and backstroke tend to be a little bit more slimmed.
Superfly, thanks for the response. I would consider myself a sprinter, although I'm not very tall (5'10"), I swim 50s and 100s in both free and fly. When I get older I might try distance, but not yet (still don't have the patience). I'm not quite "bodybuilder big", but am fairly muscular. I'll probably ease off the weights and see about losing maybe 10 lbs and see what happens.
