<p>A swimwear garment (10) includes an upper body portion (12) and a trunk portion (14) made of a base fabric. At least one resistance band (18) is incorporated in the garment. The resistance band (18) has a direction of strength and memory characteristics to return the band (18) to its unstretched condition. The resistance band (18) has greater resistance characteristics than the base fabric so that during swimming strokes, the muscles used for performing the swimming strokes are strengthened by the additional exercise resulting from the stretching of the resistance bands (18).</p>