Can You Build Muscle Just By Swimming?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Most athletes combine their regular training sessions with gym sessions in order to build not just form, but also strength. But do you need to use the gym to build muscle? Some research has shown that you can build muscle through swimming alone! Heather & Mark investigate, & show you some strength-building exercises you can use in the pool!
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Of course it does. When I was in the best shape of my life I swam a mile 4x a week. My back and abs were ripped. I didn't really have to weight train to engage those muscles. Now I lift a lot and my back still hasn't looked as good since I no longer have access to a pool.
that’s good to know thank u!!
Do you by any chance know if you can also get toned by swimming on ketogenic or carnivore diets?
@@Ordell-L-Jacksongo keto run your body on fats to keep it healthy and not on carbs keep carbs lower then fats
At what age?
Thats the real question, @@KeepChessSimple
Swimming the day after weightlifting works well for me! I think it helps getting the sore muscles moving again and builds muscular endurance. Also a low risk recovery exercise, being that it's not weight bearing.
i am 29 years old and before this summer, I had never swum in my life. Hell, i was even afraid of putting my head uner water. I have recently taken up swimming and I LOVE it. It doesn't just help my physical fitness but more importantly my mental health. I feel so peaceful and calm when I am in water adn the more relaxed I get, the better I swim. I can't swim very well still but I will be there.
I definitely get a massive "pump " in my shoulders and chest after doing a 1km freestyle . Similar to a gym workout
Initially u will build muscles yes but that is how far you can go.. remember muscles adapts hence you need constant loading the muscle fibres with more resistance so hit the gym and also swim .. aweseome combo 💪
I have seen people get huge shoulders the most from swimming and it’s insane
Speaking of strictly swimming, I can't imagine anything more muscle building than max effort intervals. 30-60 seconds all out explosivity. Could do some fartlek-style swimming each length of the pool by alternating between maximum effort one way and cruising and recovering on the way back.
Ooooff
The sweamer's body type looks much much better than pumped bodybuilding muscles.
Yeah, wide shoulders and wide lats
bodybuilding at the beginning is very different, not that weird like today
So true
5:40 - I'd also add make sure your swimming trunks are securely tied around the waist before doing many of those!
Simple push-ups after swimming and swimming on the next day make significant difference. And the best part is - you can do push-ups everywhere. And yes, swimming does build muscle. I am swimming for almost a year and I can definitely tell that there's a difference in my physique, so much that my friends told me: "Man your shoulders really gained since you started swimming, it's actually noticable". I noticed my triceps and a liiiiitle bit of the biceps grew up as well. Overall my arms feel really toned, although not ripped at this point.
Weight training is superior! Swimming is great but its better for cardio. There may be some resistance in swimming but soon your body will adapt to this and then it will be hard to progress without using weighted exercises.
If you do fitness swimming, yes, you can. Especially the core muscles. did abs workouts but had a six packs at the age of 13 ahah... I was doing particular “drills”, isolating low and upper body... I only swam about 1km-1,5km. I won’t advice doing too long sessions.
Why not
Why not
Of course you do. I swam with Ennis Swimming Club all my life and we were all absolutely shredded.
Thanks for sharing
I’ve found doing pull sets at the end of your swim sessions really forces you to work your upper body muscle under fatigue
When you are swimming with a training buddy, an easy alternative to using a parachute is that the one swimmer grabs the ankles of other swimmer. The swimmer in front goes as hard as possible, while the swimmer in the back just stays a float.
Love this! Thank you!! The vertical kicks ( which I do with flutter and dolphin kicks while holding my arms above head) as well as the L shape kicks are my personal favorites. 🙂
It is quite noticeable when both of you are doing the vertical kicking, that both of you pronate/go pigeon toed. This is one point that isn't stressed much in teaching how to flutter kick, or dolphin kick. I consider it a big point to make, especially with runners, which I am not, or people with poor ankle flexibility. For years, I tried my kicks with a gymnastic toe point. I was the slowest in the pool. Then I saw a clip from the Race Club that changed all that. When you go pigeon toed, you get an extra 20 or so degrees of dorsi flexion, and you are using the entire side of your foot rather than just your toes,. I do like paddles and fins. Don't see how you can use those huge hand paddles though, I guess I could get used to them. For sure when using paddles, stroke rate goes down.
One thing I have wondered is if swimming helps increase lung capacity? Mine is double normal, and I started swimming at about age 5. 72 now.
The answer is yes, but it will take a lot of workouts haha. I do remember this worked really well for me in HS
Found swimming after heavy weights session help with midigating muscle soreness. Along with calories deficit diet to lower fat ratio.
Where the heck are you with those palm trees in the background and that gorgeous, shorts wearing weather? 😮❤🎉
Good tips, THANKS!!
Somewhere on Teneriffe I think.
Looks like Teneriffe Top Training just above La Caleta
I swim because I love it. I taught myself to swim when I was four years old. My parents wouldn’t let me go into the “big pool”. They said I couldn’t swim and until I learned how, I couldn’t get in the pool. I remember watching the older kids playing and swimming, obviously having an awesome time. So I tried to replicate what they were doing in the “baby pool”. (The shame of such a baby stigma.) Eventually I could go from one side of that shallow pool to the other without touching the bottom. And one day as my mother was loaded down with pool towels and things, I broke away. I ran full speed to the “big pool”. Jumped as far as I could. Hit the water and began thrashing for all I was capable of doing. There was a lot of shouting, whistles blowing, and lifeguards jumping into the water. Quickly I was scooped up by a lifeguard and brought to my frantic mother. She thanked and apologized over and over. And then said to me, “what do you think you were doing? You can’t swim.” To which the lifeguard replied, “Lady, he was half way to the other side when I caught him.” I loved swimming more than any sport I have ever done. And even though I never had a lesson , any type of coaching or got to swim more than a few months out of the year. I managed to eventually swim all four competitive strokes well enough to sub one minute in the one hundred yard freestyle and butterfly. And could swim the 200 IM in 2:10.00 ish. I can still bring in a 1 minute 10 seconds 100 yards freestyle at 65 years old. And now have time to swim almost every day. Though my shoulders often make me take a day or two off. I especially love swimming in the clear warm waters of the Caribbean. In clear ocean water I have often swam for over three hours at a time. I literally dream about swimming regularly. Swim on!
Love all this information! Will be trying these moves in my future swims. Just not all at once. Will try to master each of them, one at a time!
Breast and butterfly certainly do
That vertical board kick is a real killer !
Swimming will make you gain muscle, swimming will make you lose weight only if you follow a proper diet and muscle-building exercises.
swimming is very beneficial, I know people who have been swimming for years and years, and well these people are graceful, friendly and look much younger than their real age, so without a proper diet and muscles building exercices swimming neither builds muscles nor makes you lose weight, but swimming every day makes you look younger!
What kind of diet, is a good diet eating only at 6 pm a lot of protein,and that's it for the day, combined with swimming, is that a good plan?
What I do. I swim 3 kilometres a day, doing some gym or calisthenics and eat everything in abnormal amounts. I am more than happy how I look. Have muscular body but not much fat.
Shoutouts to all the triathletes.
I am 50yo, I like my river its free, I can swim 30 meters seven times with stops, can I get thicker arms thighs and reduce my beer belly I am quite skinny fat?? And when in the water my legs feel 65 pounds lighter not having to stand.
Thanks! Gonna do these drills at the lake. I’m excited
I include some butterfly for strength training while swimming.
It's like you can read my mind! Been flexing in the mirror recently and there's definitely some lat development 😆
Also, why do my pecs feel the pump after swimming?
Yeah, regularly doing breaststroke at pace did seem to add a bit to my lats. Noticed when a few shirts were a bit tighter than before, and my weightlifting routine was the same. I don't think it builds much, but can add a bit.
Thank you 👍
Kickboard vertical? Gonna give it a go. I still remember how hard it was using paddles. Now I can warm up my upper back and arms using them without difficulty.
Give it a try and let us know what you think 🙌
Some very good tips here.Thank you.
Yes! You can.
Simple answer:
If you've NO MUSCLE, yes, you'll see improvements.
If you've got LOTS OF MUSCLE, yes, but you might struggle to notice it.
*Of course, a lot depends on other variables: age, sex, swimming regimen etc
I see track sprinter vs bodybuilder vs swimmer coming ;)
🎾(also know as anti-paddals), but that’s a post-scull (vectored scull wheee your arms are either in Superman or Tadasana propulsively) level skill.
Y’all had me at deck-ups, 🪂 & drag suits. There is so much utility in going too slow to develop your fast. Muscles are a nice side effect we can converge upon together.
These two swimmers with lean bodies is confirmation that swimming gives you lean muscle as opposed to being gym jacked
They just lack muscle that’s why they have lean bodies…hypertrophy workouts in the gym still have the best ROI when it comes to muscle building!
If one combines that with cardio like swimming it’s optimal.
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Great exercises. Thank you. Can the swimming pool water affect your health long term because of chemicals?
If the pool is outside you should be fine. Indoor swimming for very long periods can irritate the lungs if the chlorine is high.
You can 100% build muscle by swimming alone as long as its instense and you push yourself.
I swim 4 times a week. I used to life 4 times a week. Im in far better, leaner more defined shape from swimming
What’s your swim routine? I have a pretty bad wrist injury and im limited in the gym, but not in the pool. Just looking for a good intense swim workout
@@brandonaikens505 I swim freestyle mainly in 100m bursts. Really high intensity, 45-50 minutes of until complete failure, like you would in weight training. I try to increase the speed every single section and try and increase the amount of laps swam per session. In between the 100m sprints I have around 30 seconds rest and go again.
I swam a few k’s last week and applied the ocean walker technique with my head facing the floor and I hardly used my legs but I must say that I have had such a sore arse and thighs and I think I must have stretched them although didn’t use them - it’s bizaare but goof
Will it build muscle for a teen?
You guys rock!
The problem is that the muscle built through swimming doesn’t translate into functional strength outside the pool. Many swimmers look great but are very weak outside of the pool.
Which paddles was Heather using as I want some bigger ones and they look perfect
They were from Orca, they are certainly large!
Where is that ?
Sen 😊😊
the whole argument about the viscosity of water being higher than air and therefore swimming being harder than eg. running is such a stupid argument! With all that said, I love swimming and I prefer it to running and everything else but come on!!!
Of course not, but it strengthens what you have.
pool jumps are not recommended for pelvic floor health, I advise against it especially if you are a woman
Weird how the accent doesn’t fit the setting somehow.
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Not really. 70 years of age I can testify to that if you want to build muscles lift weights
You’re wrong it will build muscle but definitely not gonna see the hypertrophic results like from lifting
You absolutely can! It’s lots of kms, etc. I was an extremely muscly child because of swimming
@@eleanorhenderson9896 exactly resistance is resistance, your body doesn’t know if it swimming or weights
I think it work’s differently per person. Some people’s metabolism etc work differently - for example, I’ve been swimming 7 months and do 2.8km in 60min a session 3x a week, with a slight diet change and I’ve toned up and lost 2 stone.
@@bp19870 dude is talking out of his ass, swimming obviously builds muscle. It’s not gonna be as effective at building mucle mass as specifically training for hypertrophy with weights but it definitely will build muscle. To the body resistance is resistance, it doesn’t know if it’s weights or swimming
Unfortunately if you only rely on swimming all of your muscle will whither away and you will die. That's why its important to avoid swimming TOO MUCH. All the best swimmers strictly limit their swimming to 15 minutes at a time.
It's hard to find places to swim properly. The gym pool is usually full of large people walking back and forth and gyms themselves are full of roided out dudes. A crossfitter died in the swimming event. It doesn't look right. I like swimming because I'm trying to go places. running and bike riding is going places too. or climbing things. it's locomotion. That's what they should have as a fitness movement, locomotion. any type of trying to go somewhere. I like paddling, and kayaking too. or racing cars. getting big and lifting weights is insane. Your trying to not get squished like an ant. I can't get into it. What's the fantasy? Am I the witch in the wizard of oz and did a house fall on me? If I'm climbing a rope, I'm pirate or jack and the beanstalk. If i'm swimming, I'm tarzan swimming across a river in the jungle, or surviving a ship wreck.
Looking at you 2 no