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Swimming Anatomy Paperback – Illustrated, October 22, 2009

by Ian A. McLeod (Author)
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See how to achieve stronger starts, more explosive turns, and faster times! Swimming Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscle strength and optimizing the efficiency of every stroke.

Swimming Anatomy includes 74 of the most effective swimming exercises, each with step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the primary muscles in action.

Swimming Anatomy goes beyond exercises by placing you on the starting block, in the water, and into the throes of competition. Illustrations of the active muscles for starts, turns, and the four competitive strokes (freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke) show you how each exercise is fundamentally linked to swimming performance.

You'll also learn how exercises can be modified to target specific areas, improve your form in the water, and minimize common swimming injuries. Best of all, you'll learn how to put it all together to develop a training program based on your individual needs and goals.

Whether you are training for a 50-meter freestyle race or the open-water stage of a triathlon, Swimming Anatomy will ensure you enter the water prepared to achieve every performance goal.

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  1. Part of series
    Anatomy
  2. Print length
    200 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Human Kinetics
  5. Publication date
    October 22, 2009
  6. Reading age
    18 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    6.9 x 0.4 x 9.9 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0736075712
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0736075718
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"With full-color exercises and drills, Swimming Anatomy takes an inside look at the muscles you need to strengthen in order to swim your best. This is a must-have guide for every swimmer."

Jason Lezak
2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in 100-meter freestyle
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist (World Record) in 4 X 100 freestyle relay
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist (World Record) in 4 X 100 medley relay


"Ian McLeod, one of the most intelligent minds in swimming, demonstrates how to care for swimmers both in and out of the water, making Swimming Anatomy an essential resource for anyone involved in competitive swimming."

Keenan Robinson
Athletic Trainer for University of Michigan Swimming and Diving

"Buy Swimming Anatomy and treat it as the authoritative liftoff into the world of aquatic strength and conditioning."

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About the Author

USA Swimming, the largest swimming organization in the world, specifically recommended Ian McLeod as the author of Swimming Anatomy. McLeod has extensive experience working with world-class athletes, particularly swimmers. A certified athletic trainer and certified massage therapist, he was a member of the U.S. team's medical staff at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. He has also worked extensively as an athletic trainer with the sports programs at the University of Virginia and Arizona State University.

McLeod remains deeply involved with USA Swimming's High Performance Network, a group of volunteer health professionals who support U.S. swimmers at national and international meets. He has been given the organization's highest honor, the Gold Standard Award. McLeod also served as massage therapist to the Egyptian national swim team during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He has provided athletic training and sport massage to swimming stars such as Ed Moses, Kaitlin Sandeno, Natalie Coughlin, and Jason Lezak.

McLeod lives in Tempe, Arizona, with his wife and two children.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Human Kinetics; First Edition (October 22, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0736075712
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0736075718
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.9 x 0.4 x 9.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Ian McLeod, PA-C, ATC, is an assistant clinical professor in the department of physician assistant studies at Northern Arizona University. Prior to joining Northern Arizona University, he worked clinically as a physician assistant at University Sports and Family Medicine, part of Dignity Health Medical Group.

McLeod’s expertise includes athletic training, sports medicine, and primary care. He is a member of the Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants, Arizona Athletic Trainers’ Association, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and American Academy of Physician Assistants. He has extensive experience working with world-class athletes, particularly swimmers. McLeod was a member of the U.S. team’s medical staff at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. He remains involved with USA Swimming's High Performance Network and has been given the organization's highest honor, the Gold Standard Award. He is the author of Swimming Anatomy.

McLeod has a master of education degree in athletic training from the University of Virginia as well as a master of science degree in physician assistant studies from A.T. Still University.

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Bernardo Monzon
5.0 out of 5 stars A good resource on strength applied to swimming!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
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Beautiful book! This was a gift to my sister in law, who took up swimming after a multiple leg fracture, for rehab and recovery purposes, and it seems she’s liking the sport and considering racing. I took a good peek at the book. It shows one by one, which exercises develop strength on which muscles, with an illustration showing the anatomy and the exercise, and it explains the use of said muscle in swimming and shows a picture of the movement during swimming. The text explains the exercise and it’s relationship to swimming. I like the format, it helps plan a workout to strengthen the muscles involved in the movements and the techniques of interest.
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T. E. Greenstone
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for planning dry land workouts
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2023
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I have used this book for years as a swim coach. It is a great resource for designing warm ups and dry land workouts! Now I need similar books for a few winter sports. I highly recommend the book and will buy it again when my current copy becomes too worn.
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Ken
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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Great reading material
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Manuel Pinho
4.0 out of 5 stars A strong recommendation for those wanting to understand body mechanics!
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2013
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This book is wonderful to understand how our muscles act to move our arms, legs, body....
The graphics are indeed awesome and it becomes clear that Ian McLeod is someone with a deep knowledge about how to develop each single muscle in our body in a way to improve our capacity to swim better and faster.
It is easy to read, simple to understand and so the question is: why not 5 stars?
Simple because I could not find anywhere inside this book how to check if someone is unbalanced and which muscles to develop to correct that unbalance.
It also doesn't have any set of common training sets with number of repetitions and charges to be used.
Lack of answers for those two aspects make me think it is a book much more useful for coaches than for simple swimmers like me.
Although is was fantastic to know a bit more of how our muscles are and act!
A strong recommendation for those who like me do like to understand body mechanics!
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Old Man
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for coaches, trainers, and swimmers!
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2010
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Ok swim coaches, go ahead and buy this book. The description of the exercises is good, the anatomical diagrams of the muscles worked in each exercise, and how it relates to swimming is worth every dime this book costs.

I've read weight lifting books for swimmers, and they are usually generic in content, or they are written by coaches who don't explain the "why's".

I've got a former swimmer who consults this book before every session in the gym; her personal trainer saw the book and ordered one for his center. Use the "Look Inside" feature here on Amazon, and the content will impress you.

Coaches should coach, and by that they should be able to explain the "why's" of what they want the kids to do, too many coaches abdicate that role of teacher. If you get the athlete to buy into what they are doing and why they are doing it, they have longer term success. This book will help take a step towards that goal of being a better coach.
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Donald Hunt
5.0 out of 5 stars I have coached swimming/swimmers from YMCA programs to private clubs ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015
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I have coached swimming/swimmers from YMCA programs to
private clubs, to college programs.
I have had swimmers that I have coached, make it to Nationals,
both in short course and long course, as well as swim at colleges,
Duke, NC State, UNC, ECU, Clemson, West Point, to name a few.
I have been a personal trainer for, swimmers, tennis players, soccer
players, and baseball and softball players.
This is a very informative book, on the "anatomy" of swimming, the
4 strokes, and starts and turns.
It is NOT, a work out book/program, or a weight training guide, those 2
programs,are yours to come up with.
The book will guide you, to which muscle groups you need to focus on,
and what purpose those muscles will serve in the stroke motion.
Swimming Anatomy is another "tool" to help a coach or trainer, that is all
it is.
Use it as such.
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Marc
3.0 out of 5 stars A good reference, but very limited
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017
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Worth the money, but I had higher expectations. This is more of a reference guide to specific exercises, which is useful and it is well done. But it lacks the information a swimmer would need to actually design a meaningful dryland workout. The Science of Swimming Faster and the Complete Conditioning for swimming are a better way to go. As a reference guide to exercises this is good, but one session with a personal trainer who is a swimmer and has a real education in the field, and you will get all of this and a structured program that will work for you..
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NMmaster
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book for competitive swimmers of all ages
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
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I readily recommend this book to anyone who is serious about incorporating a weight lifting regimen into their training to supplement their swimming workouts. The book not only gives you the weight training exercises, but includes alternative ways of doing the exercise if you do not have all the free weights or equipment available. What I like most about the book is that the descriptions of the various exercises includes illustrations how to do them, explains the exact muscles involved, and explains how the exercise benefits each stroke in detail.
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abidabs
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative book for swimmers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2024
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Very informative book with great pictures of muscle groups. Quick despatch would recommend seller
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Atila
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro usato in ottime condizioni
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2023
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Complimenti per la spedizione che è arrivata in 5 giorni dopo la data di ordino.
Proprio il libro che cercavo: esercizi fuori piscina che servono a rafforzare i muscoli durante il nuoto.
Il libro è in ottime condizioni dato che ci sono solo dei segni a matita in qualche pagina, ma che si possono cancellare e riportare il libro come se fosse nuovo.
Consigliato il venditore ed il libro :)
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Atila
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro usato in ottime condizioni
Reviewed in Italy on March 9, 2023
Complimenti per la spedizione che è arrivata in 5 giorni dopo la data di ordino.
Proprio il libro che cercavo: esercizi fuori piscina che servono a rafforzare i muscoli durante il nuoto.
Il libro è in ottime condizioni dato che ci sono solo dei segni a matita in qualche pagina, ma che si possono cancellare e riportare il libro come se fosse nuovo.
Consigliato il venditore ed il libro :)
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lori
5.0 out of 5 stars Je le recommande à tous les nageurs.
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2019
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Chapitre spécifique sur chacun des groupes musculaires avec exercices spécifiques à effectuer. Avec une légende pour les muscles à travailler pour les différentes styles de nages. Belle illustration et bonne qualité du livre. Très contente de ce produit pour travailler la musculation hors de l’eau. Aucun programme d’entraînement proposé par contre, vous devez vous le créer par vous même!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Je le recommande à tous les nageurs.
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2019
Chapitre spécifique sur chacun des groupes musculaires avec exercices spécifiques à effectuer. Avec une légende pour les muscles à travailler pour les différentes styles de nages. Belle illustration et bonne qualité du livre. Très contente de ce produit pour travailler la musculation hors de l’eau. Aucun programme d’entraînement proposé par contre, vous devez vous le créer par vous même!!
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Abhay lotlikar
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book! Covers both pool n dry land exercises
Reviewed in India on April 12, 2017
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Very good book ! Covers both pool n dry land exercises .. excellent
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Milan
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr empfehlenswert
Reviewed in Germany on November 1, 2016
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Für Trainer und Schwimmer im Leistungsbereich ein Must-have!
Das Buch ist super aufgebaut und die Animationen sind sehr hochwertig und leicht verständlich. Das Englisch ist leicht verständlich und man benötigt auf keinen Fall ein Wörterbuch zum Nachschlagen.
Für Hobbyschwimmer kann ich dieses Buch jedoch nicht empfehlen, da es doch viel zu sehr ins Detail geht und eher den Profisport anvisiert.
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