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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Truth or Myth? Someone told me the other day that Breaststrokers have bigger thighs then the other swimmers.
Based on my experience I’d say truth.
I believe it was earlier in this thread someone commented about their inner thighs not being all that developed. I think mine are pretty well developed and all I do is mostly swim (with some, but not a lot, of Yoga as well). It seems to me that when done correctly (ankles outside of knees) the whip kick uses a lot of inner thigh strength, but someone better versed on Kinesiology should know for sure.
I do about as much breaststroke as the other three popular strokes. Now that I’ve given it some thought, it seems all the kicks use quite a bit of thigh power. In the past few years I’ve been doing a lot of dolphin kicks on my back too (to help with my fly practice), and in the last year or two I’ve noticed some rather amazing changes in my leg muscles (I’m seeing muscles in my legs now that I never knew I had!).
As for those hot swimmer babes (broad shoulders and all), I like a healthy set of gams, so bring on the kick sets! :-D
Truth or Myth? Someone told me the other day that Breaststrokers have bigger thighs then the other swimmers.
Based on my experience I’d say truth.
I believe it was earlier in this thread someone commented about their inner thighs not being all that developed. I think mine are pretty well developed and all I do is mostly swim (with some, but not a lot, of Yoga as well). It seems to me that when done correctly (ankles outside of knees) the whip kick uses a lot of inner thigh strength, but someone better versed on Kinesiology should know for sure.
I do about as much breaststroke as the other three popular strokes. Now that I’ve given it some thought, it seems all the kicks use quite a bit of thigh power. In the past few years I’ve been doing a lot of dolphin kicks on my back too (to help with my fly practice), and in the last year or two I’ve noticed some rather amazing changes in my leg muscles (I’m seeing muscles in my legs now that I never knew I had!).
As for those hot swimmer babes (broad shoulders and all), I like a healthy set of gams, so bring on the kick sets! :-D
