Swimming is one of the best ways to give an even load to all muscle groups at once, to the entire body. With regular swimming lessons, the figure is perfectly corrected and balanced.
Swimming and body shaping
All in all, swimming is a great (and enjoyable) way to keep your body in shape. However, if you want to build good muscle relief, one swim will not be enough. Swimmers usually have excellent shoulders and arms, but this is the result not only of training in the pool, but also of prolonged additional loads. Athletes-swimmers usually do a lot of running, train on simulators.
By the way, it is for this reason that girls hardly need to worry that excessive hobby for swimming can supposedly distort the figure and make it less feminine. Swimming allows you to keep yourself in shape, burn excess calories, improves overall body tone and strengthens muscle tissue. But it does not give strong muscle growth.
The main muscles that work when swimming
During swimming, all flexors and extensors of the forearm are involved. The muscles responsible for flexion and extension of the feet, hips, knees also work. In addition, the muscles of the shoulders (including rotators, deltas, large round and small round muscles of the shoulder), forearms (brachioradial, biceps and adductor muscles), back (lats, trapezius, rhomboid), buttocks, and abdominal muscles develop.
Breaststroke
Breaststroke is one of the easiest swimming styles. If you are just starting out in the pool or are just preparing for serious physical activity, you should start with the breaststroke.
The breaststroke evenly develops all muscle groups in the shoulder girdle, including the deltoid, trapezius, and triceps. The leg muscles also work evenly.
As a result of breaststroke swimming, the figure and posture are corrected, and breathing is straightened.
Crawl
Crawl swimming takes more energy and strength than the previous style. It is whiter, more complex to perform and implies a faster pace. It is recommended to start it only after your muscles adapt and get used to the initial load after breaststroke swimming.
Butterfly
Butterfly swimming develops the muscles of the shoulder girdle, back, chest, thighs, lower legs and buttocks.
Butterfly is one of the most physically demanding styles. It puts a very serious strain on the muscles.
The hardest thing in this style is the inconsistency of the movements of the arms and legs. However, it is this feature that gives the greatest load, allowing you to adjust the figure, burn subcutaneous fat, and stretch the ligaments.
