Hello folks,
I'm 20 years old and have been swimming occasionally in the last years -- sometimes twice a week, sometimes not even one time in months.
Last week I've enlisted in a local swimming club. I'm going to train three times a week, one time for 1 1/2 hours, the other ones for one hour. The emphasis of our training is put on front crawl. Besides this I'm doing martial arts.
Due to the fact that I've done sports regularly for years, I consider myself as being in good form. So the primary cause for me to go swimming is simply because I like being in water.
Do you think that swimming helps in increasing the chest's size?
Wait, you're 20 and giving up on a big chest?
When I was 20 I was benching 195. When I was 25 I was benching 325 and got stretch marks.
almost same thing for me too. I swam until I was 21 weighed roughly 176-180lbs and was maxing around 225 flat and 275 decline.
at age 25 I was able to max at 335lbs but weight closer to 195lbs.
I'm 34 now and haven't done any real workouts with weights in over 2 yrs, as I am trying to get smaller these days, but I do go in from time to time for my "disco" workouts, I can still put up 90lbs dumbells on the bench and 80lbs dumbells in shoulder press.
as far as getting bigger with swimming. I can't say that I have notice that Ihave gotten bigger since I started swimming again 2 yrs ago, but you can see my muscles now, the fat around the chest and shoulders area so going away, my collar bones are starting to be visible. and I had to buy new dress shirts, since they were way too loose around the neck.
Wait, you're 20 and giving up on a big chest?
When I was 20 I was benching 195. When I was 25 I was benching 325 and got stretch marks.
almost same thing for me too. I swam until I was 21 weighed roughly 176-180lbs and was maxing around 225 flat and 275 decline.
at age 25 I was able to max at 335lbs but weight closer to 195lbs.
I'm 34 now and haven't done any real workouts with weights in over 2 yrs, as I am trying to get smaller these days, but I do go in from time to time for my "disco" workouts, I can still put up 90lbs dumbells on the bench and 80lbs dumbells in shoulder press.
as far as getting bigger with swimming. I can't say that I have notice that Ihave gotten bigger since I started swimming again 2 yrs ago, but you can see my muscles now, the fat around the chest and shoulders area so going away, my collar bones are starting to be visible. and I had to buy new dress shirts, since they were way too loose around the neck.
