I like to swim with fins some days, I have the zoomers and some regular fins. I notice when I swim finless that I feel slow as a snail.If I have been using the fins for a couple of days. I know some swimmers that only use fins as thats the only way they have been able to learn, to them I say great what ever works for exercise but have noted to them that they should at least be able to swim finless to get out of the pool for safety if they fell into water anywhere.
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Pardon my assertiveness but I think you've completely misrepresented everything I have said. I haven't complained nor have I judged other people. I never said that fins should never be used. I believe I actually said that swimming is a sport between you and yourself and you set your own standards. I never suggested you're "cheating" other people and quite honestly the term was being used a litle facetiously.
Watering down (no pun intended :)) my beliefs and dramatizing them to some form of judgmental, ignorant bickering is ludicrous. All I said was I don't count swimming with fins as part of my distance of the day because it inflates the distance I actually feel I swam.
And I'm not attempting to be confrontational or "complain" here but rather clarify what has been said. Perhaps you could now enlighten me on what "issues" I'm "exposing".
I wasn't addressing you personally, but if you're the one who made the cheating analogy then I think my original comment sums up my opinion on that.
It doesn't bother me if you have a personal code that prevents you from counting fin yardage. That's great if it helps you achieve your swimming goals.
Obviously I have a different approach. Fins are a key component of my training and I view them as a tool, not a crutch. Fin yardage hurts. It makes my ankles more flexible, builds endurance, and makes me faster.
Pardon my assertiveness but I think you've completely misrepresented everything I have said. I haven't complained nor have I judged other people. I never said that fins should never be used. I believe I actually said that swimming is a sport between you and yourself and you set your own standards. I never suggested you're "cheating" other people and quite honestly the term was being used a litle facetiously.
Watering down (no pun intended :)) my beliefs and dramatizing them to some form of judgmental, ignorant bickering is ludicrous. All I said was I don't count swimming with fins as part of my distance of the day because it inflates the distance I actually feel I swam.
And I'm not attempting to be confrontational or "complain" here but rather clarify what has been said. Perhaps you could now enlighten me on what "issues" I'm "exposing".
I wasn't addressing you personally, but if you're the one who made the cheating analogy then I think my original comment sums up my opinion on that.
It doesn't bother me if you have a personal code that prevents you from counting fin yardage. That's great if it helps you achieve your swimming goals.
Obviously I have a different approach. Fins are a key component of my training and I view them as a tool, not a crutch. Fin yardage hurts. It makes my ankles more flexible, builds endurance, and makes me faster.
