Death to all Noodlers!

Skip, you probably burn more calories in a workout than these ladies burn in five. And for most of them, Noodle Class the biggest activity they get all week. Ideas like biking to work are not part of their world.

The funniest thing I saw at the aquatic center was all these noodlers trying to do their workout to loose weight and then after workout they go eat a Frosty at Wendy's! Gosh, noodling in that warm pool would make anyone want to go get something cold to help cool off. Besides, chocolate milk is a perfect recovery food and it's about the same as a Frosty, right? An original Wendy's chocolate frosty, jr sized, is only 160 calories. However, even better tasting is a Large frosty (530) or M&M Twisted frosty (560), excellent with large French fries (550) and a Coke chaser (270). Whoops, there we are with 1350 kcals. I leave out the ketchup packets since they are full of sugar. No slam intended against Wendy's in particular; I think any fast food restaurant near the pool will get business after the Manatee session. The classes at the pool I disparage also have a fair number of male noodlers. Some are just overweight; others have cardiac or orthopedic problems. Some of them were there to meet & greet the bathing beauties (hence: the Polo problem).

These bobbing *** must be hoisted upon their collective petards! Such bullying tactics employed to merely imitate a kelp bed rolling in a gentle surf; egad, such tactics demand the harshest of countermeasures...I shall employ hordes of triathletes wearing paddles and all other possible equipment to practise mass starts amongst the nasty noodlers. That'll clear the pool...

My "plan B" pool simply disallows ANY other use of the pool during Noodle Class to eliminate friction. That's during 6-7PM on Tu-Th and 9-10AM on Sat, prime time. It takes a while for the noodlers and their cologne/etc odors to clear out. So if I end up swimming at "plan B", I try to go early morning. I got in with the class a couple of times rather than just sitting on the deck sulking until I could swim. While the manatees were friendly and welcoming, I found the activity (or lack of) completely unchallenging and a waste of my time. It was hard for me to behave nicely when some introduced themselves and advised me that "it's pretty tough but I'd get used to it quickly." I guess that was because I was scowling the entire time wishing I could swim instead. My attitude just kept getting worse. Some of the participants were really out of condition and it was probably the most rigorous activity they would be cleared to participate in. It has its place for medical / geriatric cases. It was better than having them just sit on the couch watching TV. But, please, a lot of these folks probably don't have jobs -- couldn't the class be offered at a different time ? Oh yeah - it highly annoys me when I show up 6AM and find that the deck and pool lanes still have noodles strewn about. The manatees can't even pick them up after their class.

Triathletes vs noodlers in a deathmatch.I'd pay to see that. However, there is an issue here. A noodler is just a pathetic attempt at lazy fitness. A Tri-ATHLETE is self explanatory. BTW-triathletes who grew up swimming use almost no equipment except pullbouy and occasional kick board.

Only in a quantitative way. One reason I work out is so I don't have to figure out how to develop will power and eat less. Now I probably burn more calories in a workout than your noodlers, but the concept is the same. Today, for example, I rode my bike to work for the first time since last fall (about an hour each way). I had the opportunity to eat a slice of chocolate creme pie at work today. I took advantage of that without batting an eye. :) Skip The primary reason I work out is because I so enjoy recreational eating. Even when on hiatus from swimming (9 years once, 14 years this time) I kept running and hitting the gym so I could EAT.

Neigh. :lmao:

Thanks for this observation, Bobinator. I am a slow swimmer (but not a noodler!) whose heart works hard.

and Michael with a bong? Sorry, bad Karen, bad. :D I couldn't resist. c'mon. Let the dead horse be.

I typically hit my target HR when the woman's team is doing dryland :applaud: I hit my target HR during that rendition of YMCA at Nationals last week!!! Anyone who was there knows what I am refering to.