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.
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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.
If Breaststroke is too demanding in the skill and technique department for all you demi-swimmers...here's a simple drill that will make your legs burn and leave you gasping. Poached from Wayne's site...
Horizontal Eggbeaters.
Grab a board. Push off (on your front, backstrokers). Pump legs up and down like pistons for 60secs. Pause until you think you can go again...repeat. In 60 secs I barely get 50Y in, but I do it within a *** workout. You'll only want a couple of goes...
Swimming doesn't give you big shoulders or back, same as soccer and cycling don't give you big thighs.
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Shopping for clothes is a nightmare for me. Clothes are not made to fit women who swim, cycle and play soccer. At least not to fit in more than one place at a time - if pants fit my thighs, I can fit the soccer ball in the waist. If blouses fit my shoulders, I hide the soccer ball in front of my stomach.
All I can say is, thank goodness for stretcy materials.
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If Breaststroke is too demanding in the skill and technique department for all you demi-swimmers....
Are you baiting me into a grudge match breaststroke boy???:thhbbb: You know I'm feeling icky, sicky, fading in and out of a Nyquil coma, so I may be misunderstanding. I may also be halucinating.
Since this is a myth thread... myth #1,274--I am a breaststroke goddess.
Are you baiting me into a grudge match breaststroke boy???:thhbbb: You know I'm feeling icky, sicky, fading in and out of a Nyquil coma, so I may be misunderstanding. I may also be halucinating.
Since this is a myth thread... myth #1,274--I am a breaststroke goddess.
Do I look like the baiting type??
knelson;86995]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 :)
Don't refute her too strongly. If she thinks that you think that female swimmers' bodies are beautifull, you might end up having to play croquet as a sport rather than being "allowed" to swim.
Swimming is so easy on your joints
I think it just changes the way you torture your joints. I got into the
water at 50 in part because a lifetime of running and volleyball had
taken its toll on my knees and shoulders. I've had one scope on my
right knee already and am probably ready for another in in the not-to-
distant future. Still swimming is definitely not as hard on my knees
as running and is a hell of a lot easier on my shoulder than volleyball.
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