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.
8. Female swimmers' bodies are ugly
OK, my wife is a non-swimmer and thinks this. I think she's wrong, but can't too adamantly deny it if I know what's good for me :)
Myth: broad shoulders come from swimming. Not so. It's genetic. I was born with wide shoulders, like my dad and his dad. The same myth that playing basketball makes you taller.
Don't mean to be a myth buster, but:
1. Swimming definitely makes my shoulders broader than they normally are, although they are genetically broad. Spouse, kids, friends can all confirm this.
2. Unless you're doing major engine building (which I can't, sigh,:frustrated: ), swimming is not the best weight control sport for me -- although it definitely does not affirmatively make you fat. I'm leaner when running or doing both. Although I do believe monofins are fabulous for the abs and butt.
3. Breaststroke is very slow, although I grant that it is very hard.
Myth #13: All or most shoulder injuries are due to poor technique. And I'll just go ahead and give myself a dead horse on this one. :dedhorse:
Myth #14: Real swimmers don't use equipment. Some swim toys are fun.
Leslie, there is more illusion than measurable differences in the wide shoulder myth. Let's call it "body sculpture" which when it is the result of swimming stays there contrary to the other "body sculpture" (which I have seen my fair share) done by a scalpel and some lipo suction.
Well, I did have to buy new "shoulder holders" to store this illusion in since I've been swimming. I guess I'll have to go get shoulder lipo along with my shoulder prolo. I refuse to believe swimming does anything for your inner thighs though. :joker:
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.
What is that supposed to mean exactly? LOL
Well the don't swim for and hour is what I grew up with that it can cause cramps but I thought it was stomach cramps...never heard the scales thing. Were they from Northern England?
Myth #4 Breaststroke is slow.
Myth #5 - backstoke is also slow and easy
Myth #6 - it's impossible to lose weight while using swimming for exercise
Myth #7 - you have to carbo load before a meet
i think the majority of swimmer girls are HOT, i like a girl with broad shoulders, a flat stomach and kicking does wonders for the legs and buttox :banana:
Swimming won't make you lose weight (within a reasonable one hour a day training) is not a myth, however you look better even though your weight is the same. Gotta go run or lift weights to get some of the weight off.
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so what is it about swimming that makes it avoid the laws of thermodynamics?
