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.
This was my favorite myth: Eat powdered jello before/during your meet. Nothing like the immediate sugar rush and then the low-down drained feeling after that lasts much longer.
As to "swimming won't help you lose weight" - meh! When I started swimming last summer I weighed 197 at 5'10". I've now been consistently weighing 175-178. I'm consuming more calories because of swimming, and weight training has stayed the same. Actually, I didn't do anything over the easter weekend, weighed in Mon. morning at 179, and am now back to 174. Whatever. Here's the banana :banana:
This was my favorite myth: Eat powdered jello before/during your meet. Nothing like the immediate sugar rush and then the low-down drained feeling after that lasts much longer.
As to "swimming won't help you lose weight" - meh! When I started swimming last summer I weighed 197 at 5'10". I've now been consistently weighing 175-178. I'm consuming more calories because of swimming, and weight training has stayed the same. Actually, I didn't do anything over the easter weekend, weighed in Mon. morning at 179, and am now back to 174. Whatever. Here's the banana :banana:
