Does swimming and mountainclimbing in contrary with?

I don't see any problem with it. Cross training is usually beneficial. It can be difficult building strength in the water, so I can see where it would help. I'm not a doctor, but the whole hard vs soft body thing you mentioned doesn't make any sense to me. Either you're building/strengthening your muscles or you aren't. If your coach says you swim like a robot and you feel tense, then you probably need to stretch more or space out your time between mountain climbing and swimming. It sounds like your body is not used to mountain climbing yet. Did you start that recently? If you plan on doing climbing 2-3 days a week, your muscles and joints will adjust and not be sore and tight all the time. If you're trying to climb every day, then it could definitely take away from your swimming.

A swimmer I knew was an National champ in breaststroke in college.After college he got into rock climbing and that became his primary exercise.Then he would come to a meet every few years and set a Masters world record. If you "swim like a robot" it may be a flexibility issue and stretching would help,or it may be a feel of the water issue and you should do some drills to help that.

Hike at high altitudes..12,000 -14,000 footers. It makes swimming at sea level seem easier! I enjoy hiking in the Colorado Mountains more than looking at a black line in the summer! Actually I did climb a bunch of 14' teeners before Nationals at Woodlands and Mt. Hood and it helped! I enjoy cross training..cycling, skiing, and hiking. I try to swim at least 3-4 times a week...more as I get closer to major meets. I did too much skiing before Atlanta plus I drove there and my times showed it!

...Shoud I stop these? My earlier post was too complicated. There is an easy answer. "No" Both are wonderful exercise and fun activities.

I think that the answer depends somewhat on whether we are talking about high-altitude alpinism, rock climbing, or relatively low-altitude hiking. My understanding is that most people start to experience non-trivial altitude-induced physiological issues between 7000 and 9000 feet above the altitude where they live so by "low-altitude an am referring to anything "short muscles". In general both sports require muscle strength and endurance.

Does swimming and mountain climbind in contrary with each other? i do both and even some workouts on my stomach to reduce its fat but the lifeguard said you can't make progress in your swimming this way. those sports made youre body hard while swim needs a soft body. i want to know how true is it? and Shoud I stop these? I mean my coach said my body in water is not that much relaxed. He said i constrict my muscles during swim (swim likes a robot; he said). and he said it is because of montain climbing and other activitie which i do , they made my muscles compressed while swimming needs relaxed ones. also I am not so sure about his opinion maybe my problem is somethin else? i will be glad to hear you opinion I believe both lifeguard and coach are incorrect. Apart from oxygenation issues, mountain climbing, whether of the "uphill hiking, sometimes with a backpack" variety that I do or of the "technical climbing with ropes" variety, which I am about to learn, is SUPERB for core conditioning, strengthening, and overall body mobilization and toning. My swimming is much faster and easier after a week or two in the mountains. I do not understand the comment about "relaxed" muscles for swimming. That's called floating. Generally, swimming hard - for fitness, competition, to make a time interval, or because you feel like it - requires ginning up the muscles. (Come on, baby, it's work time!) However, one doesn't necessarily clench the muscles. But swimming definitely puts a demand function on muscles. :)