book review
Swimming AnAtomy
encounter, such as the total-body nature or other books in the anatomy series, visit
of all four competitive strokes, which
www.HumanKinetics.com/anatomy.
requires a coordinated effort within the
musculoskeletal system. To visualize and ABoUt tHE AUtHoR
strengthen this coordinated effort, McLeod USA Swimming, the largest swimming
suggests thinking of the body as a long chain organization in the world, specifically
and each body segment as a link in the chain. recommended Ian McLeod as the author of
“Because all the segments are linked Swimming Anatomy. McLeod has extensive
together, movement in one segment affects experience working with world-class
all the other segments. This linkage allows athletes, particularly swimmers. A certified
the power generated by the arms to be athletic trainer and certified massage
transferred through the torso to the legs. But therapist, he was a member of the U.S.
if a link in the chain is weak, a loss of power team’s medical staff at the 2008 Summer
transfer can occur, bodily movements can Olympic Games in Beijing. He has also
become uncoordinated, and the risk of injury worked extensively as an athletic trainer
can increase.” with the sports programs at the University of
In addition to the full-body nature of Virginia and Arizona State University.
swimming, water requires that swimmers McLeod remains deeply involved with
create their own base of support. USA Swimming’s High Performance Network,
“Unlike land-based athletes, who a group of volunteer health professionals
have a stable surface to push off from, who support U.S. swimmers at national
you have to generate your own base of and international meets. He has been given
support, because most training takes place the organization’s highest honor, the Gold
in a fluid environment. The key to linking Standard Award. McLeod also served as
the movement of the upper and lower massage therapist to the Egyptian national
extremities in the water, and at the same swim team during the 2004 Olympic Games
time generating a firm base of support, in Athens. He has provided athletic training
is a strong and stable core,” explains and sport massage to swimming stars such as
McLeod. “The core is best thought of as Ed Moses, Kaitlin Sandeno, Natalie Coughlin,
A
lthough gyms create a fish-out- the foundation on which the muscles of the and Jason Lezak.
of-water experience for many upper and lower body are built.” McLeod lives in Tempe, Ariz., with his wife
swimmers, physician and swimming In Swimming Anatomy, McLeod shows and two children.
expert Ian McLeod reveals that gym-based readers how to build a strong foundation by
workouts actually give swimmers an edge using gym equipment to custom-build their
ContEntS
over their competition. bodies for water. Revealing the anatomy
ExERCiSE FindER
“Without a doubt, swimming itself is the under the skin – the main muscles at work
most effective way to become a better and
FoREwoRd
and those muscles that assist during the
faster swimmer, but several components exercise – McLeod teaches swimmers how
CHAptER 1. tHE SwimmER in motion
outside the water play an important role to identify and work on their target muscle CHAptER 2. ARmS
in how you develop as a swimmer,” says areas and develop a strong core foundation.
CHAptER 3. SHoUldERS
McLeod. As McLeod says, “Even a strong and well-
CHAptER 4. CHESt
In his new book, Swimming Anatomy designed house will eventually deteriorate if
CHAptER 5. ABdomEn
(Human Kinetics, November 2009), McLeod the foundation is weak.”
exposes the unique conditioning challenges
CHAptER 6. BACk
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aquatic athletes face and shares the best swimming-specific gym exercises with step-
CHAptER 7. lEgS
workouts for overcoming those challenges. by-step descriptions and illustrations that are CHAptER 8. wHolE-Body tRAining
Swimmers face hurdles that athletes systematically organized into muscle groups.
ABoUt tHE AUtHoR
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