How do I get a Swimmer's Body?

[murdock_]

Ok, well, I want something close to it, with nice sholders, arms, chest and defined abs. So yeah, a swimmers body with thicker arms .

sounds like u wanna be a bodybuilder. swimmers r pretty strong and im sure they work there legs a **** load too... just get a good bb reutine and swim for cardio

[SnackAttack]

To get a swimmers body:
Lift very light weights
Shave body 5 times a week
Eat lean little protein food.
Do not squat
Do not lift heavy.

[Teen_Titan]

Thanks for the help guys!

[badrymz]

michael phelps is 194 at 6'4

[Teen_Titan]

He's tall!

[madnerb]

To get a swimmers body:
Lift very light weights
Shave body 5 times a week
Eat lean little protein food.
Do not squat
Do not lift heavy.

If you mean by a swimmers body someone that swims about once a month then yes. Otherwise, that was an ignorant post.

[Drakage]

Hey man, ironically a lot of trainers say that a swimmer's physique is more from gym work as resistance in the pool is pretty much set you don't get much muscle growth or strength gains, and its mostly flexors/pulling muscles. I think the reason everyone wants swimmer's bodies is because they're really well balanced (between legs and upper body, chest and back etc) and have low, but not vein poppingly low, body fat. I'd go for circuit training every 2 to 3 days (depending on how fast you recover, go for every 3 initially and you'll soon be needing the a 3rd workout per week haha) working your whole body for a good 45-60 minutes each session.
Do reps of 8-20 for each exercise, definately using lots of compound exercises like full dips, press-ups, pull ups (that's important for that V shape, make sure you use different variations as well, there's tonnes out there), squats, hamstring curls and plenty core work. Like I said man as well, swimmer's have really balanced physiques so for every set of a chest exercise you do, make sure you get a back, quads, hamstring and core exercise as well. If you can manage, get some swimming in on your off-days and it'll help get your body fat down. Train hard man!

P.S. Gymnastics conditioning is a great way to build up your upper body, check out gymnasticbodyies.com and beastskills.com, there's some good moves that'll give you a burn like nothing else haha

[CobaltB12]

This what you want?

[TuffKiddo]

This thread is like 6 years old. Why would you bump it up?

[threllum1]

bro trust me you dont want a swimmers body, i swam for 8 years and almost every person i swam with was skinny as sh**... including me lol. be a bodybuilder if you want muscle. be a swimmer if you wanna swim

[KyleSr71]

Swim

Good advice.

[bx2la]

Check out the article on this site called "Weight Training for Sprint Swimmers"