I imagine that many on this Board are like me in that they swam in intensely competitive programs as youngsters, got burned out and quit swimming, maybe played other sports, and finally came back to swimming at a later stage of your life.
So, if the above description fits you, what sports did you do in the intervening years before you made it back to the pool?
The mention of the term "side out" in another thread reminded me that I played competitive volleyball for 19 years. Before that I also competed in judo, eventually ran a marathon, and finally coached volleyball, wrestling and even little league.
After all of that, and all of the injuries that went with it, I am glad to be back in the pool. :cool:
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Calf implants are like boob jobs for your legs....they're silicone implants that sit under your calf muscle to make it look bigger.....I'd say that it's a 99.99 percent guy thing.
As for the sidebar sport thing, I swam from the time I was 9, until my junior year, when it was discovered I had a partially torn, extended injury ACL. They shrank the 30% of ACL I had left, and pretty much ruled out any future swimming for me, since all that kicking would stretch my ACL out again.
Since I couldn't stand to be inactive after so many years of 4:45am practices, I started playing tennis. I have, to this day, a special ACL brace that keeps my knee from hyperextending when I play, and I was able to compete for three years in high school and college with this brace.
Of course, thanks to the tennis, and giving my knee some time off, my ACL has strengthened itself to a point where I am swimming competitively again, without problems. Hopefully, this lasts. :p
Calf implants are like boob jobs for your legs....they're silicone implants that sit under your calf muscle to make it look bigger.....I'd say that it's a 99.99 percent guy thing.
As for the sidebar sport thing, I swam from the time I was 9, until my junior year, when it was discovered I had a partially torn, extended injury ACL. They shrank the 30% of ACL I had left, and pretty much ruled out any future swimming for me, since all that kicking would stretch my ACL out again.
Since I couldn't stand to be inactive after so many years of 4:45am practices, I started playing tennis. I have, to this day, a special ACL brace that keeps my knee from hyperextending when I play, and I was able to compete for three years in high school and college with this brace.
Of course, thanks to the tennis, and giving my knee some time off, my ACL has strengthened itself to a point where I am swimming competitively again, without problems. Hopefully, this lasts. :p
