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Building Muscle with Swimming

Friday, October 14th, 2011

One of the best exercises around is swimming. No other exercise allows is as good for weight loss and for building muscle as swimming around in the pool. Of all the swimming techniques the butterfly is the best for either weight loss or for building muscle.

For the purpose of building muscle, the work out should be short and intense. With a short intense work out you will not burn as many calories, which you will need to build your muscles. If you are looking to become more tone and sculptured rather than big and muscular than try to work out longer more than harder Start by swimming hard for as many laps as you can. Do the same number every other day for a week. After the first week add five more laps to your work out. If you cannot do five extra do as many extra as you can, just make sure you are pushing yourself.  After every week add five more laps. This is a great exercise for building muscle on your upper and lower body. This is also a great exercise because it is low impact allowing your body to heal quicker and not causing annoying joint pains.