How good to have found this group! There seem to be some real experts around. I hope you can help me with some questions I have. :-)
I am 21 years old, 6'4'' tall and I weigh about 140 lbs. It's my aim to improve muscle growth and to get a better looking body by swimming several times each week. I am not very well-trained (as my BMI might suggest, too) although I have been running for some time now. All the swimming that I've done so far was at school. I wasn't successful but it was great fun.
My main question is: How do I get started now? All I can do is breast- stroke, and I would very much like to learn breastcrawl. Do you know any good online sources on how to learn that? How often should I go swimming each week? Should I first do breaststroke in order to get a feeling for swimming or is it also possible to start with learning frontcrawl right away?
There are a few more questions I have but I think the ones above are enough for the moment. :-) It would be great if you guys could help me getting started! Many thanks in advance!
Alex, if I were you, I would go to a library and get a book with pictures on what front crawl looks like. I would download some swim videos of excellent swimmers doing the front crawl. Both of these will give you a mental image of what the body looks like when doing the front crawl. It seems like a good place to start.
Check at you local pool(s) if anyone is teaching front crawl there (chances are high that there is someone). It is much more fun to learn with others and I would really recommend to learn it with a coach/teacher than only by yourself.
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Do you know any good online sources on how to learn that?
http://www.goswim.tv/ is still my favorite (additional to a class, not standalone). If you need suggestions for books in german, feel free to ask.
Check at you local pool(s) if anyone is teaching front crawl there (chances are high that there is someone). It is much more fun to learn with others and I would really recommend to learn it with a coach/teacher than only by yourself.
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Do you know any good online sources on how to learn that?
http://www.goswim.tv/ is still my favorite (additional to a class, not standalone). If you need suggestions for books in german, feel free to ask.
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How often should I go swimming each week?
How much time do you have? 🙂
Sybille
You should balance your swimming with weight training. It will improve your swimming and improve your body mass.
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Sybille Kahl said:
Alexander Stovacz said:
My main question is: How do I get started now?
Check at you local pool(s) if anyone is teaching front crawl there (chances are high that there is someone). It is much more fun to learn with others and I would really recommend to learn it with a coach/teacher than only by yourself.
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Do you know any good online sources on how to learn that?
http://www.goswim.tv/ is still my favorite (additional to a class, not standalone). If you need suggestions for books in german, feel free to ask.
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How often should I go swimming each week?
How much time do you have? 🙂
Sybille
You should balance your swimming with weight training. It will improve your swimming and improve your body mass.
In his situation, I wouldn't swim at all, just lift.
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Sybille Kahl said:
Alexander Stovacz wrote:
>My main question is: How do I get started now?
Check at you local pool(s) if anyone is teaching front crawl there (chances are high that there is someone). It is much more fun to learn with others and I would really recommend to learn it with a coach/teacher than only by yourself.
>Do you know any good online sources on how to learn that?
http://www.goswim.tv/ is still my favorite (additional to a class, not standalone). If you need suggestions for books in german, feel free to ask.
>How often should I go swimming each week?
How much time do you have? 🙂
Sybille
You should balance your swimming with weight training. It will improve your swimming and improve your body mass.
In his situation, I wouldn't swim at all, just lift.
While I understand your thinking, swimming is great for the back, improves depression by raising seratonin levels, and at his size and weight, he could just be competitive. But he needs to push weights.
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I am 21 years old, 6'4'' tall and I weigh about 140 lbs. It's my aim to improve muscle growth and to get a better looking body by swimming several times each week. I am not very well-trained (as my BMI might suggest, too)
Don't worry too much as many people would want to lose weight very much :-)
