Which muscles does swimming work?
The major muscles related to arm use are located on the back of your body and around your shoulders … The main back muscles are the latisimus dorsi or lats. Most of your swimming strength comes from these muscles that create that “wing” like appearance. To get an idea of what the lats look like and are located click on: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&re… Important muscles that you cannot see or do not stand out as much as others are those around and inside of the shoulder called the rotator cuff. Images of those can be seen at: http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=… The other set are those of the shoulder muscles that develop are the deltoid muscles which create that “ball” like shape where your arm attaches to your bo
