Some of you may remember a newbie to these forums from several years back, Couroboros, an intriguing user name that, if memory serves me, refers to a creature chasing him own tail. Mr. Couroboros thought this aptly metaphorical for pool swimming, where one goes back and forth endlessly above a black line.
At the time, he was overweight and a total neophyte to swimming. He asked for, and received, no shortage of advice from many generous and encouraging members of this forum. Now, three years later, he has written about his new sport in a great short essay here:
www.daca.org/.../daca_rocks.html
Mr. Couroboros: you do swimming proud! Keep on chasing your tail in the years to come.
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Cool drop down from 240 to 165lbs in 3 years. You look awesome! I wonder if you trained your abs additionally or you just swam?
I made a come back a year and a half ago after 25 years without swimming and 15 years without sports (If not to count "Beerball" :D ). My drop down wasn't so impressing - just from 214 to 187lbs, but I continue work on my body to achieve my target weight (175lbs) :bouncing: :bliss::banana:
Congrats on the weight loss!
I wouldn't say I did anything additional for my abs. Before this thread was posted, as a matter of fact, I didn't even think my abs were all that remarkable. My team does do dryland twice a week, but that's only for about half the season, when you factor in tapers, rainy days, training phases, etc... the parts of our dryland that consist of ab-related stuff are varying kinds of sit-ups, coffins, and planks, mainly. I have also started doing my own more rigorous and consistent dryland regimen on the side, but that only began last month.
Nothing much revelatory, I'm afraid. :shakeshead:
Cool drop down from 240 to 165lbs in 3 years. You look awesome! I wonder if you trained your abs additionally or you just swam?
I made a come back a year and a half ago after 25 years without swimming and 15 years without sports (If not to count "Beerball" :D ). My drop down wasn't so impressing - just from 214 to 187lbs, but I continue work on my body to achieve my target weight (175lbs) :bouncing: :bliss::banana:
Congrats on the weight loss!
I wouldn't say I did anything additional for my abs. Before this thread was posted, as a matter of fact, I didn't even think my abs were all that remarkable. My team does do dryland twice a week, but that's only for about half the season, when you factor in tapers, rainy days, training phases, etc... the parts of our dryland that consist of ab-related stuff are varying kinds of sit-ups, coffins, and planks, mainly. I have also started doing my own more rigorous and consistent dryland regimen on the side, but that only began last month.
Nothing much revelatory, I'm afraid. :shakeshead:
