I overheard some ladies talking yesterday and instructing their kids not to get in the ocean. Here are two of their reasons: 1) they just had lunch and lady said you'll get cramps, you can't swim for an hour, and 2) your face will turn to scales while food is in your stomach.
Later, a young woman was advising me on my newest problem, leg cramps, and she told me it was impossible for me to get leg cramps because I wasn't sprinting. She said that leg cramping is caused from dehydration and only a person who sprints will get dehydrated; not distance people, so she suggested I see a doctor.
We all know these are pretty ridiculous, have you overheard anyone advising others about "their myths?" The people making these comments were from England.
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Try sets of streamline breaststroke kick on your back--knees cannot break surface of the water. Do three sets of 10x 25 mixed in with other BS drills and call me in a day or two. If you don't feel it in your inner thighs, you ain't doin' it right! We do these with the kids on the first night of "breaststroke week" and by the third night, I can't move my legs to kick.
I've done this before! But there is only so much time for stuff and so much stuff to do. Like fly drills. Plus, I only swim one length of breaststroke per meet. I guess I'm left with lipo ...:rofl: Do squats and lunges help the inner thighs? I still think they're pretty resistant.
As for you male shoulder gurus, FlyQueen and I have privately confered and we think you are all nuts. Swimming keeps us trim, but grows our shoulders. End of story. If you don't believe us, buy us new tops. Conversely, when I quit swimming in college, my shoulders shrunk. I don't care where the heck the bones or whatever are. The overall width is broader. Fortunately, as some have stated, there are some intelligent men who like broad shoulders and swimmer bodies.
It's incredibly frightening that 40% of Americans are 100 pounds overweight. I don't see it where I live. Lotta runners around here. They must eat junk food 24/7 to put on the kind of poundage. People are just not that naturally overweight.
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Try sets of streamline breaststroke kick on your back--knees cannot break surface of the water. Do three sets of 10x 25 mixed in with other BS drills and call me in a day or two. If you don't feel it in your inner thighs, you ain't doin' it right! We do these with the kids on the first night of "breaststroke week" and by the third night, I can't move my legs to kick.
I've done this before! But there is only so much time for stuff and so much stuff to do. Like fly drills. Plus, I only swim one length of breaststroke per meet. I guess I'm left with lipo ...:rofl: Do squats and lunges help the inner thighs? I still think they're pretty resistant.
As for you male shoulder gurus, FlyQueen and I have privately confered and we think you are all nuts. Swimming keeps us trim, but grows our shoulders. End of story. If you don't believe us, buy us new tops. Conversely, when I quit swimming in college, my shoulders shrunk. I don't care where the heck the bones or whatever are. The overall width is broader. Fortunately, as some have stated, there are some intelligent men who like broad shoulders and swimmer bodies.
It's incredibly frightening that 40% of Americans are 100 pounds overweight. I don't see it where I live. Lotta runners around here. They must eat junk food 24/7 to put on the kind of poundage. People are just not that naturally overweight.
