can swimming be as affective as running

[Tuggers1986]

Not many people can swim none stop for an hour. Im pretty sure it wud ****in kill me. But i could run for an hour. I think swimming is better for building stamina where as running will obviously build stamina but make u stronger than swimming would

[BigRiffyJones]

No, swimming makes your arms stronger. Running makes your legs stronger. You need strength in both for boxing.

[den-den]

i can swim for 1.5 hous without stopping thank you for your replies

[eazy_mas]

Swimming is really good, if you incorporate it in training, but should be done with running. They just serve two different purposes.

that is the right thing to go with

[dario]

No, swimming makes your arms stronger. Running makes your legs stronger. You need strength in both for boxing.

So what, you use your bicep and tricep while swimming? I don't think so. It's shoulders, back, legs, and abs (any maybe chest depending on what kind of stroke).

[Trick]

triceps you still use

biceps, not so much, but brachialis you do, which performs the typical "bicep" action