It's often said swimming makes your shoulders wider, perhaps breaststroke and butterfly in particular? Are there any real swimmers here who can confirm this with their personal experience?
If true, what length of time and intensity of swimming did it take to result in such changes? I suspect this can happen only to competitive swimmers.
When you say "wide shoulders" what do you really mean?
I read it from many sources, so it's up to whoever made that conclusion to explain ;) I think they mean muscles, which over developed from swimming. But I doubt it could be that drastic. Could it be the other parts of the body become more slim (streamlined ;)) so shoulders look wider?
In fact, what I noticed during watching the Olympics was that the necks of many swimmers were very thick, some having the same width as their heads. :rolleyes:
When you say "wide shoulders" what do you really mean?
I read it from many sources, so it's up to whoever made that conclusion to explain ;) I think they mean muscles, which over developed from swimming. But I doubt it could be that drastic. Could it be the other parts of the body become more slim (streamlined ;)) so shoulders look wider?
In fact, what I noticed during watching the Olympics was that the necks of many swimmers were very thick, some having the same width as their heads. :rolleyes:
