I know that you're there... and you have something to say.
Lets' hear it.
But seriously. Do Fitness and Lap Swimmers really read this Forum?
I wish they did, but I doubt they see the potential.
Fitness and Lap Swimmers, I'm a masters swim coach.
I watch your lanes - oh maybe 15-20% of the time I coach the masters lanes.
I see those of you lurking on the side lanes listening to the sets - and to the stroke instruction...
Watching swimmers underwater for stroke demonstrations.
Its' ok - and a really good thing.
A decent masters swim coach knows how to recruit right out of those lap swimming lanes.
Ahelee
P.S. I loved reading the thread, "As an outsider to harcore swimming..."
Finally some swimmers after my own heart.
Except that I like to recruit lap swimmers to our program!
Former Member
I'm a lap swimmer, and a member of USMS to get the magazine and because I want to do a swim from Alcatraz one day. I've always had flaky shoulders, so I don't really want to work out hard & possibly mess them up. My 43-minute mile feels about right for me -- I'm fitter than I was and my body is holding together.
Hey I'm new here but I would consider myself a fitness swimmer who is heavily "recruited" by the in house swim coach to join the more formal team at my gym LOL! So far I have resisted, mainly for financial reasons, but also because I am not convinced the coach is genuine after watching some of the sessions. The team looks as if it just involves paying a "coach" to watch you swim laps over and over, which is not what I am after. There appears to be very little structure in the classes in the way of sets etc. I am currently looking for a more organised USMS swim team in San Antonio, Texas.
I compete for the fun and camaraderie...I swim for the fitness--my main reason. My Times aren't worth getting excited about!
Ditto here......................... with one amendment:
I swim because I like and enjoy the feeling (that fitness is a result? Great!)
:drown:
How come that the ONLY swimming smiley we have (on the site) is a "drowning"?
Can we have real swimming smileys, please?
Maybe one for each stroke?
