https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/9476/another-swim-faster-sceme-scientifically-debunkedI couldn&#39;t make this up. 2005 Ignobel prize winner onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../full Will humans swim faster or slower in syrup? When one of us was training for the 100 m butterfly in the U.S. Olympic Trials, we began to discuss fluid mechanicsen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/151740?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:55:39 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:47de0ae5-16c6-4588-99cd-3f01f8163d0aFormer MemberDiscussed previously Feb 2004 <a href="http://it.umn.edu/news/inventing/2004_Winter/goingforthegoo.html">it.umn.edu/.../goingforthegoo.html</a><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/151722?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:12:22 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1ea3b60e-a63d-44f5-ba2a-eeaf8fe659feorca1946Those guys crack me up with the stuff they try. I did see the syrup one.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/151699?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:26:43 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b9d3c729-f6c0-4f86-85be-d94dfc41ac73Former MemberThere is a Mythbusters episode where they test swimming in syrup vs. water although they were a lot less thorough then this study.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/151605?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:15:31 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:77977a80-ed38-4ea6-8a63-5ad022264d30Former MemberSCIENCE!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/151674?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:48:19 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:881e4db0-0eb7-4176-b3fc-aa8ee3ceb3debzaks1424I remember reading this back in college! Great article!<div style="clear:both;"></div>