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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many times the kids who are big (not just tall) and powerful at the younger ages end up being too big/heavy for swimming long term. Swimming is a sport that favors the naturally long and lean body type. [/quote]

Yep, football player build is not a good swimmer’s build (plus many of these kids end up overweight). [/quote]

Actually, a lot of that is controllable. A football player works out differently to a swimmer and their body looks different. A lot of kids, if they stuck to swimming would look different. [/quote]

Yeah, no. You can't engineer your body type.  :lol:  Just ask a whole generation of women who dreamed of being ballerinas as young girls.[/quote]

NP - you can’t change your basic body type, sure, but there’s still a range depending on what stimuli you provide your muscles.  I’m a woman who builds muscle easily.  When I strength train, even a little, people ask if I CrossFit (no).  When I don’t strength train and instead focus on cardio, my shape changes.  Again, not entirely, but PP is right that football players train very differently than swimmers, and that training matters for how they look.  Wide receivers/safeties don’t look all that different than elite swimmers, IMO - we’re not talking linemen.

Also: swimming is a highly technical sport.  Size and shape matter somewhat, but technique is huge.  Plenty of people who don’t “look like” swimmers are super fast.[/quote]

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