Steph, I also have a very creepy guy where I swim. I too swim at an upscale club. Only this creepy guy doesn't swim he sits in a lounge chair and stares at us from their. Or he sits in the hot tub. On the rare occassion he does get in the pool he waits until our workouts are over and we are doing our cool down. No one is allowed to be in the pool area alone with him. It is totally uncomfortable!
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
No one is allowed to be in the pool area alone with him. It is totally uncomfortable!
Huh? Why is no one allowed in the pool area alone with him? (maybe I missed something).
I know, there are some really creepy guys out there (and people want to know why I carry mace ;))!
Originally posted by Kae1
I often wind up sharing the pool at the gym with people "swimming laps" who look as though they will sustain serious injury if they keep at it the way they are going. At one pool where I swim (public city lap pool), it's quite rare that I see someone with good swimming form. I think I have only seen 3 or 4 people there who looked like they knew what they were doing. In a couple of those cases, I made it a point to complement their swimming style. Otherwise I see (and hear) some really bad swimming.
I was one of those really bad swimmers until a few months ago when I got some real coaching from a Masters club. Now that I know what the correct form looks like, I can see the bad swimming. So I can understand how some swimmers with bad form might not realize how bad they are.
OK, I have never tried it so did not know whether it was a help or not since technically you are not suppose to be using your feet....although we all do to some extent.
Originally posted by swimshark
That's about equal to swimmers who do a pull set with fins on (uless there is an injury, because then I could understand)
I was one of those for awhile... my coach wanted me to wear them because I had/ have a dodgy shoulder...
Didn't realise that I was so annoying!! :p
peace and love and all that good stuff...
e.
Originally posted by swimmer_steph
I think your polar bear has come south for the rest of the winter. I would swear he was in my pool yesterday wearing paddles as large as trash can lids!
He was back at my pool yesturday. He kept swimming in and out of my lane. I had no idea what he was trying to do. One time he was even swimming beneath me. :confused:
This morning I shared a lane with a guy who thrashed around - swinging his head almost violently when he breathed. His head was above the water for a long time - one stroke with each hand. I think he was holding his breath under water and then exhaling and inhaling above the water and that takes time. The worst part was that he swam freestyle with a very wide and low to the water recovery. I was hugging the rope and still got whacked a couple of times.
I often wind up sharing the pool at the gym with people "swimming laps" who look as though they will sustain serious injury if they keep at it the way they are going. There's the thrashers, who swing their arms so fast it looks like they're training for baseball pitching (and tend to be the ones who think you have to swim Tarzan-style with your head out of the water, whipping from one side to another); there's the "manatees" - the ones with their rear ends on the bottom of the pool and noses poking above the water - often swimming breaststroke with a long pull down to their knees and not going anywhere. I worry for the shoulders and necks of these poor people, not to mention the fact that they probably aren't getting any benefit whatsoever from their "workout". I'm sure y'all see this, too. My question is do you ever mention it to them? Casually direct them to a good book or clinic on technique? Offered to teach them?
Kae
Originally posted by dorothyrde
Not annoying, just wondering what the benefit would be since you are not suppose to move your feet anyway. Is there additional lift from wearing the fins with a pull bouy.
When I see people doing this, I just figure they did not want to take the time to take the fins off.
Sometimes I'm just too lazy to take the fins off, but they do add some lift, which takes the strain off of the shoulder, which I found helpful at times.... But, yeah, it's a form of cheating :)
e.
Originally posted by Kae1
I often wind up sharing the pool at the gym with people "swimming laps" who look as though they will sustain serious injury if they keep at it the way they are going. There's the thrashers, who swing their arms so fast it looks like they're training for baseball pitching (and tend to be the ones who think you have to swim Tarzan-style with your head out of the water, whipping from one side to another); there's the "manatees" - the ones with their rear ends on the bottom of the pool and noses poking above the water - often swimming breaststroke with a long pull down to their knees and not going anywhere. I worry for the shoulders and necks of these poor people, not to mention the fact that they probably aren't getting any benefit whatsoever from their "workout". I'm sure y'all see this, too. My question is do you ever mention it to them? Casually direct them to a good book or clinic on technique? Offered to teach them?
Kae
I counted strokes for a guy who was really thrashing one time. I counted his strokes at 62 for 25 SCY. He had no push off under water at all. I think he was stroking before his feet left the wall. His stroke was short and he had his head up a lot. I also think he let his hand "slip" a lot in the water. He was very muscular and when he stopped he was really breathing hard. He was getting a good cardio workout, but he was slooooooow.
