Swim Rant

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What burns me is when your doing an entire practice including interval sets and you get people who drop in your lane to swim laps and they swim a few and sit there and talk for 15 minutes before going again. The ymca has a huge problem with people not knowing what the word "swim" actually means. It means "swim" not flopping your way down the pool like a harpooned whale.

I'mnot sure I agree with a guy who wants to do sprints and do a serious workout an "ass". Manhy good swimmers like to practice sprints in a community pool and the fact that he prefers to wear a body suit should not be any of your concern. If he's not anting to share a lane that's one thing but if he is and sprinting 25's on one side of the pool that fine in my book. It's great that overweight people want to swim and get active but many times the obese can accomplish the same goals by swimming in open swim at the Y instead of using lap lanes. I don't know how many times I see overweight people jump in a lap lane and float their way down the pool when the lane used for open swimming is hardly used at all and they could just as easily use that. I figure if an overweight/or an unaccomplished swimmer wants to jump in a lane with an accomplished swimmer and the other person was their first then that overweight/or unaccomplished swimmer better not *** about getting passed or whatever.:bitching: Let me clarify this guys' version of sprints He spends half his time harrassing other swimmers,adjusting his goggles and stopping mid pool because his damn suit is coming off....I forgot to mention that he can't zip it up-so he is constantly stopping half way accross the poll>Quite honestly it's a brilliant strategy because no one in their right mind wound want to swim with him. Believe me-I know the swimmers at my pool who take their swimming seriously and know how to conduct them selves among other swimmers-fast or slow.

I don't have anything major to rant about - except 1) people that don't understand what CIRCLE swim means, 2) people who don't understand what "sharing the lane" means and insist on always being able to swim the middle of the lane, and 3) one time I was doing laps and a woman in the lane next to me jumped in and she must have taken a bath in perfume because I was tasting it in my mouth! I asked her if she was wearing perfume and she just nodded and laughed. :rolleyes:

Ouch! My Back is killing me! why did I do all those stupid things when I was younger?:cane:

The high school that my team swims at is a community pool, meaning that during our practices, one lane of the pool is left available to the community. We usually go ahead and use this lane since its semi-rare that anyone uses the lane....but I tell you what, it burns me a little that I have to move outta that lane when some fatty arrives to "float" around the lane, and I have to move even though I am part of the community and my taxes go to support that lane...and I was there FIRST!!!!!!!!:rantonoff: Sorry- I beg to differ on this one. I would rather see an obese person excersize instead of doing nothing because they feel their not physically able-even if it means moving out of the lane RESERVED for community use. It's easy to *** at obese people and blame them for their condition,but the minute they actually do something we leaner folks complain about having to make room for them. One of the nicest and most considerate people at my pool is a lady who must be close to 350 pounds,possibly more.Regardless of her weight,she comes to the Y several times a week,and if a lane is available she walks for 1-2 hours.When a swimmer comes in she moves to the open swim section of the pool. The biggest ass* at my pool is a guy that is in incredible shape,former masters swimmer,but comes in and barks at people to get out of a lane so he can do 25 Y sprints in his full body tech suit.And then spends most of the time adjusting his goggles.

Sorry- I beg to differ on this one. I would rather see an obese person excersize instead of doing nothing because they feel their not physically able-even if it means moving out of the lane RESERVED for community use. It's easy to *** at obese people and blame them for their condition,but the minute they actually do something we leaner folks complain about having to make room for them. One of the nicest and most considerate people at my pool is a lady who must be close to 350 pounds,possibly more.Regardless of her weight,she comes to the Y several times a week,and if a lane is available she walks for 1-2 hours.When a swimmer comes in she moves to the open swim section of the pool. The biggest ass* at my pool is a guy that is in incredible shape,former masters swimmer,but comes in and barks at people to get out of a lane so he can do 25 Y sprints in his full body tech suit.And then spends most of the time adjusting his goggles. I'mnot sure I agree with a guy who wants to do sprints and do a serious workout an "ass". Manhy good swimmers like to practice sprints in a community pool and the fact that he prefers to wear a body suit should not be any of your concern. If he's not anting to share a lane that's one thing but if he is and sprinting 25's on one side of the pool that fine in my book. It's great that overweight people want to swim and get active but many times the obese can accomplish the same goals by swimming in open swim at the Y instead of using lap lanes. I don't know how many times I see overweight people jump in a lap lane and float their way down the pool when the lane used for open swimming is hardly used at all and they could just as easily use that. I figure if an overweight/or an unaccomplished swimmer wants to jump in a lane with an accomplished swimmer and the other person was their first then that overweight/or unaccomplished swimmer better not *** about getting passed or whatever.:bitching:

My rant is not with Fatties / Noodlers / heads up Breastrokers per se as some of them can be considerate and stay out of the way My rant is with Masters swimmers who ought to know better ................

My rant is not with Fatties / Noodlers / heads up Breastrokers per se as some of them can be considerate and stay out of the way My rant is with Masters swimmers who ought to know better ................ I long for a few masters swimmers to swim with at the Y. I've pretty much given up on my local YMCA where I've been swimming off and on for over 20 years and may not be kicking in my $400 again. Who started this notion that floating around in the pool with a noodle is somehow beneficial if you are 300 lbs? The noodlers and the rest of the floatsam can't be burning more than 50 calories, unless constant talking burns calories :blah:. They don't want waves or their hair wet and they aren't swimming. It's a freakin swimming pool not a hot tub! They keep the pool at 87+F. There are signs for fast, medium and slow lane swimmers, but it makes no difference, the floaters think they have a right to socialize in the pool and sit and gab in the freakin lanes of their choice. I don't believe anything is being accomplished beyond socialization, and driving swimmers crazy and out of the Y. :mad: The Y may be doing more harm than good by kidding these people into thinking they are accomplishing something and not encouraging them to get it going.:bliss: I get the fact that the YMCA does a lot of good for AGers and seniors, but can't we at least have a couple of hours per day with 2-3 lanes for serious swimming and not just one lane against the wall. Just a little thought and pool management would allow time for all, but the Y does not seem to care anymore about having swimmers use their pool. I don't care if I have a slower person (or faster person for that matter) swimming in my lane, as long as they are moving and working and they don't mind me in the lane. Many times over the years I"ve gotten out of the pool to get extra goggles from my locker and given them to kids tryinig to swim laps without them, stopped work outs to spend time showing someone interested and struggling how to improve breathing, stroke, or use a kick board, fins or pull buoy. If i only get part of my workout in, i dont care , if I can help someone who wants to learn to swim better. I can work with and around slow swimmers - it's the floaters and yapers. LA Fitness 25 yd pool doesn't have this problem, but it also doesn't have bk stroke flags, a pace clock, water depth over 4.5', or a lifeguard. The Y tried to start a masters swim group and no one but me and the coach signed up in August, so it was cancelled. :badday:They've driven all of the swimmers out over the years, and no one is left who wants to swim. A masters team for floating would probably draw fine. A long rant built up over many years.

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