Hey there. I started doing a particular workout regimen at my local college's gym, which involved quite a bit of swimming. I started noticing that most of the guys on the swim team had the type of build I'm going for- especially in the shoulders, upper back, and chest.
I was thinking of working in some new strokes and was wondering what you guys think leads to this physique- freestyle? butterfly? I know they do a combination, but I imagine you seasoned swimmers out there must know which are the best for these muscle groups.
Thoughts?
I just watched an episode of Penn & Teller addressing body-type and fitness myth issues that talked about this. It left me wondering if anyone's done any kind of study on body types that are genetically best suited to each stroke. I'm sure there would be a variation but there might be some kind of pattern as well.
USA Swimming did a study around the 2000 olympics about body types and stroke specialities... it's pretty interesting, and if i'm remembering correctly, it seems to correlate to masters swimmers too...
(i know it works for me personally...)
www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx
I just watched an episode of Penn & Teller addressing body-type and fitness myth issues that talked about this. It left me wondering if anyone's done any kind of study on body types that are genetically best suited to each stroke. I'm sure there would be a variation but there might be some kind of pattern as well.
USA Swimming did a study around the 2000 olympics about body types and stroke specialities... it's pretty interesting, and if i'm remembering correctly, it seems to correlate to masters swimmers too...
(i know it works for me personally...)
www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx
