swimming for the look

i'm not sure that swimming is the best choice for what you appear to be looking for. generally of
most continuous endurance sports, swimmers have higher body fat %'s. swimmers who have well defined
musculature usually get that from the dryland that accompanies competitive swimming, not the water
work itself. maybe others will disagree, but if i'm understanding what you're after, swimming may
not be the best option.

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport

for

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this purpose. how many training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean
muscular swimmer body? is twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim
training?

thx for advice

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport

for

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this purpose. how many training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean
muscular swimmer body? is twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim
training?

thx for advice

bodybuilding? Most swimmers on our team, even the really good ones don't have the "swimmer" body.

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport for this purpose. how many
training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean muscular swimmer body? is
twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim training?

For "the look"?

I used to swim five times a week, two or three hours a day (twice a day, split in half) to
achieve that.

You'll want to do supplemental ab work, as well.

Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

(Kudos to Cap'n Jim Wyatt for this link) BEFORE you ask a dumb-ass question
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I think I know *the look* he's going for. It's not necessarily a chiseled look (altho it
incorporates a certain amount of it), but a rounded-yet-defined look.

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i'm not sure that swimming is the best choice for what you appear to be looking for. generally of
most continuous endurance sports, swimmers have higher body fat %'s. swimmers who have well defined
musculature usually get that from the dryland that accompanies competitive swimming, not the water
work itself. maybe others will disagree, but if i'm understanding what you're after, swimming may
not be the best option.

"Fabien Chukro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport

for

Quoted message said:

this purpose. how many training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean
muscular swimmer body? is twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim
training?

thx for advice

Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

(Kudos to Cap'n Jim Wyatt for this link) BEFORE you ask a dumb-ass question
here...http://www.speakeasy.org/~neilco/bart.gif

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Fabien Chukro left this mess on Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:10:19 +0100 for The Way to clean up:

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport for this purpose. how
many training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean muscular swimmer
body? is twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim training?

For "the look"?

I used to swim five times a week, two or three hours a day (twice a day, split in half) to
achieve that.

You'll want to do supplemental ab work, as well.

Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

(Kudos to Cap'n Jim Wyatt for this link) BEFORE you ask a dumb-ass question
here...http://www.speakeasy.org/~neilco/bart.gif

I totally agree with Tao te Carl here. You have to swim at least 8-10 hours a week at 80-85% your
MHR, not just lazy laps. You need to feel the pain. Give yourself 2 ot 3 years to get there. Yes,
abs and crunches as well.

Hugo

Fabian probably means something like a body similar to an olympian such as Ryk Nethling , a multiple
NCAA champion swimmer.

rykneethling.comrykneethling.comOpen ↗

Ryk suggests this 8000m workout:

WARM UP 2000m 1500 freestyle @ 18:00

3 x 500's @ 6:00 (descending, total time faster than the 1500)

5 x 300's @ 3:40 (descending, total time faster than the 3 x 500's combined)

15 x 100's @ 1:20 (descending, total time faster than the 5 x 300's combined)

Hey, if Hugo Zhang can do 10000m, maybe I can try this...........warm up -
2000m?...............NOT!!! Maybe that's why I'm not an olympian :-)

Cheers

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport

for

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this purpose. how many training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable"
lean muscular swimmer body? is twice a week

enough?

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and are the abs worked efficiently during swim training?

For "the look"?

I used to swim five times a week, two or three hours a day (twice a day,

split

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in half) to achieve that.

You'll want to do supplemental ab work, as well.

Tao te Carl "It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

(Kudos to Cap'n Jim Wyatt for this link) BEFORE you ask a dumb-ass

question

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here...http://www.speakeasy.org/~neilco/bart.gif

I totally agree with Tao te Carl here. You have to swim at least 8-10 hours a week at 80-85% your
MHR, not just lazy laps. You need to feel the pain. Give yourself 2 ot 3 years to get there. Yes,
abs and crunches as well.

Hugo

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i´d like to do some bodystyling and consider swimming as the best sport for this purpose. how many
training sessions per week do you recommend to achieve a "desirable" lean muscular swimmer body?
is twice a week enough? and are the abs worked efficiently during swim training?

thx for advice

How old are you? For me about 80% of your strategy is driven by your age.

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i'm not sure that swimming is the best choice for what you appear to be looking for. generally of
most continuous endurance sports, swimmers have higher body fat %'s. swimmers who have well
defined musculature usually

get

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that from the dryland that accompanies competitive swimming, not the water work itself. maybe
others will disagree, but if i'm understanding what you're after, swimming may not be the
best option.

I agree with that. Swimming will be good for your aerobic fitness, but to get the lean muscular
look, you'll need to diet and do weight training too.