https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/6298/how-to-get-out-of-workouts-without-really-tryingI&#39;m sure this type of thread has been started before, but I didn&#39;t feel like looking for it. The rec swimmers thread reminded me of two of my favorite attempts to get out of a workout. Please share yours too. In high school I used to always start practiceen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/91563?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:14:19 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:edcae1f9-8868-4ee5-bfa8-75c9f6d621fdFormer MemberThis happened for real, but my coach (we never got along) told me I was lying... In 7th and 8th grade, I played school soccer everyday, then left that practice to go to swim practice for 2 hours. One day, when i had a full mouth of braces, I took a soccer ball to the face, which didn&#39;t feel that bad, but managed to split my top and bottom lip everywhere they touched braces. :doh: I told my coach after warm up that I simply couldn&#39;t swim because everytime I took a breath, the cut opened again, and I was bleeding in the pool. He didn&#39;t care and I wound up finishing the workout, bloody mouth and all. Public safety concerns? not back then 0 there was enough chlorine in that pool to kill anything! Also - we had serious pool temp issues, and decided to take a thermometer from the science room - stuck it in the pool, it hit the side, broke and there was a nickel sized ball of mercury on the bottom. You&#39;d think that would get us out, but NO. Janitor brought a wet/dry vac, a teammate got in with huge gloves on, sucked it up, and we carried on!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/91471?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:23:15 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:09f4d6a4-755b-4817-8dea-a7fa2a76b735Former Member&quot;Only the strong belong&quot; I always told the coach during tough sets, &quot;If you can speak it, we can swim it-so bring it on!&quot; The coach would always smile and say, &quot;You asked for it, so how does 30 X 100 on 1:15 sound? On the top---go&quot; A few times my fellow team mates used to tell me, &quot;Rocky, keep your big mouth shut--that last set of 30 X 100 on 1:15 was a ****h---&quot; I never backed down, but their were many mornings I wished I had kept my big mouth shut---I darn near got hanged one morning on a 4th of July hell day practice when I told the coach he didn&#39;t have the brass to give us a 100 X 100 set---<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/91356?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:10:15 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8c894522-c4ac-41aa-9ce2-e899f3a70d67Former MemberI never needed an excuse to miss a practice.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/91259?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:02:02 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:f0bc54b1-25d9-4423-a0d3-2d361ccffa39Former MemberYou could always just toss a Baby Ruth in the pool.<div style="clear:both;"></div>