One 100 free to go in set. Two open lanes.(no lane lines in pool) Noodler comes over to stand in my lane to talk with friend. Pool is set at 85 degrees cause all the noodlers say it is to cold otherwise. I complain to guard, am told, "well there are a lot more of them then there are lap swimmers" Wont be if they keep this up. UGH! :frustrated:
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Not to be too philosophical about all this, but the "noodle" fitness movement is just another example of the ongoing re-definition of fitness throughout North America. We are all getting vastly overweight and underfit. We cannot bring ourselves to see it, either in ourselves or our children, so we redefine what physical fitness really means.
It's the old schoolyard rule: if you are losing the game, grab your marbles, run home crying, and play a game you know you can win because you set the rules yourself.
If your kid is a lard-ass, call him "big-boned and bulked-up". If your own weight is more appropriate for a pygmy hippo, then take up a fitness program for that exact body type: floating around,doing little or nothing, and periodically pooping to keep the ecosystem fertile and viable.
There is a reason that the average North American is considered nauseatingly obese by the rest of the world. Noodling is just a symptom of the ongoing effort to accept our obesity and protect our all important self esteem.
Self esteem is highly over-rated.
Not to be too philosophical about all this, but the "noodle" fitness movement is just another example of the ongoing re-definition of fitness throughout North America. We are all getting vastly overweight and underfit. We cannot bring ourselves to see it, either in ourselves or our children, so we redefine what physical fitness really means.
It's the old schoolyard rule: if you are losing the game, grab your marbles, run home crying, and play a game you know you can win because you set the rules yourself.
If your kid is a lard-ass, call him "big-boned and bulked-up". If your own weight is more appropriate for a pygmy hippo, then take up a fitness program for that exact body type: floating around,doing little or nothing, and periodically pooping to keep the ecosystem fertile and viable.
There is a reason that the average North American is considered nauseatingly obese by the rest of the world. Noodling is just a symptom of the ongoing effort to accept our obesity and protect our all important self esteem.
Self esteem is highly over-rated.
