Swimming is a bad exercise because you have to have good technique and lots of intensity for it to be effective for ANY purpose other than caloric expenditure.

If you swam really fast you might be able to cause spiral microcracks in the spine.

What about hanging from a chin up bar and not doing reps?

(03-03-2010 06:18 AM)deoxys_zzz Wrote:  He is genetically a giant.
not because of swimming.
But there are people who get results for swimming.
Don't worry.

hi,I m nathan. I swim almost everyday....but still yet to see obvious result.
I m 19,any advice?

I think so, swimmers in my school are like 2-3 inches taller than the average. I personally had a friend called Clyde who was the same height as me in 7th grade and now he is 6cm taller, in just two years. And to mention, he swims 3 times a week,2 hour sessions. The same applies for many others in my school swim team

(03-19-2010 07:28 PM)Nathan Wrote:  

(03-03-2010 06:18 AM)deoxys_zzz Wrote:  He is genetically a giant.
not because of swimming.
But there are people who get results for swimming.
Don't worry.

hi,I m nathan. I swim almost everyday....but still yet to see obvious result.
I m 19,any advice?

i swim every day, starting on january 4th 2010 until now. i was 19 years 2 weeks that time, and until now, i didn't get any gains yet.

i only built a bit muscles out of it.

The breaststroke might help a lot better than the other strokes

(03-19-2010 07:28 PM)Nathan Wrote:  

(03-03-2010 06:18 AM)deoxys_zzz Wrote:  He is genetically a giant.
not because of swimming.
But there are people who get results for swimming.
Don't worry.

hi,I m nathan. I swim almost everyday....but still yet to see obvious result.
I m 19,any advice?

I read someplace that you have to swim for 1-2 yrs before you will see growth.

i dont think it's the best way, as it's only the stretching force with no other factors, but it definitely makes u grow taller