Swimming is the best fitness activity there is.
Not taxing on the body and incredibly good for your health.
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Swimming is the best fitness activity there is. Not taxing on the body and incredibly good for your health.
It can be taxing though fren. It works the core like crazy, It can be. I try to do like 15 to 20 laps of freestyle and 15 to 20 laps or breaststroke
If you can't swim a casual mile, you're a little b***h. I'm obese and I can do that easily. You're not gonna let a fatty like me mog you like that, will you?
Kek
I can swim basically endlessly on my back but I sink like a brick on my front. I mean I can swim but I don't even think I can do a length without treading water in between or turning on my bsck
You really should learn how to float before you try to swim. It sounds like you're not there yet. Also, learn to butterfly.
How the frick do you float on your front without drowning I don't even think I can, the only reason I can do it on my back is because I can set my head back and lie flat, I think if I tried to float on my back and put my head up I'd sink
You turn your head to the side to breathe.
Maybe I take it for granted because I've been swimming since I was a little kid. Been obese the whole time too. And 25 meters means more kickoffs than an Olympic size pool and is easier.
Based been swimming your whole life. I just went down to the pool in june with the intentions of paying the 5 dollars to just hop in and relax. I looked around and most of the swimmers looked pretty tonned. Especially the people that were younger. So i was like let me get a few laps in and before you knew it. I left with free goggles and membership. I wanna get good. there is a 50 meter length pool but its usually not an option so more people can fit in the pool. Its a pool complex. One is 25 yards by 50 meters and another is 25 by 25 meters. I usually just hop in the 25 meter pool cause the other one is smaller. They open it in the 50 meters pretty infrequent. During swim meets its always 50 meters but only sometimes is it 50 for the public cause they get more people in the pool and in the shallow ends is like for kids or old people relaxing type people
Float in the pool and move your arms up above your head and keep moving them until your legs come up.
Think of yourself like a log, if one end of the log is thicker, like a log with heavy branches on it, that end will sink. If the log have branches on both ends, it will balance out and float well.
A good way to mess around with this is float as well as you can on your back, then put one arm up out of the water. You will sink because the water is trying to balance you out. In the same way, moving your arms up above your head and down to your sides will effect where your center of balance is.
Yeah idk if im at the mile mark yet. I just startes swimming like two months ago. But 40 laps sounds good to me. The pool is 25 meters.
To be fair, fatties like you are more buoyant than leaner people.
I guarantee that the increased buoyancy only helps with floating and nothing else. There's plenty extra drag that makes the activity more difficult overall.
Good decision and best of luck. Just focus on front crawl at first but get a few laps of butterfly in if you're a real Chad.
Skill issue
>skill issue
I know.
Yeah, I inhaled water when I did
>I know
Okay, now I feel a little bad for ripping on you. Look for competitive swim teams and see about getting in for a few practices. I can't think of anything better to fix your form and technique. The breathing is tough if you haven't been at it for a while. You want to get the right rhythm and cadence. It's not just breathe when you're out of air. It should be natural and periodic like our automatic breathing. Practice by holding the wall, kicking your feet like you're swimming and blowing bubbles. Turn to breathe every few seconds. You'll see little kids doing this when they're learning in the beginning, emulate that. Then build from that with a little kickboard. Don't be embarrassed for trying to learn later in life. There should be classes for adults if you need something that remedial. Join the kids classes if not, just don't actually be a pedo. It's also practice, so keep at it. I'm a beast and can do a mile after being away for years (it may take me an hour but I'll hit that mile) but you fricks may need to build up to it. Just keep at it and enjoy the swim.
Im focusing on the freestyle and breast stroke currently. I just like em and they seem easier than other swimming types. When my skills go up. Ill try butterfly.
I'll admit mine was not particularly great, but I never cared for it. But breast stroke is still the b***h stroke. Also, pretend you're a frog, that seems to help. Pretend you're a dolphin for the butterfly.
Yeah breast stroke does seem easier cause you can take more frequent breathes. Well at least it feels that way to me. But yeah thats what some people at the pool told me like a frog and apparently i got a good glide on my kicks. So thats cool
It literally is a skill issue. Swimming is extremely technical. You can power through a run while having shitty form and mediocre cardio, but you cannot power through a swim even with great cardio if your form is bad. I was never taught how to swim correctly, despite always going to the beach as a kid. I could tread water and swim short distances with an approach swim, but that's it. I've been swimming for about a year now in my late 20s, and it has been one of the most difficult things to progress at. I'm finally at a point where I can swim close to a mile comfortably now.
tbf, fatties like you always lie about their capabilities on the internet to drag down people who actually train.
anyway, you forgot the rule: pics or it never happened
You gotta have some faith. What are you, some atheist? For real though, your skepticism is legit. There's a lot of bullshit spewn on this board. Not gonna get a video of me swimming anytime soon though.
The OG Monkeposter was drawing them in between sets a few weeks ago. Some troony-jannie kept deleting the threads but I saved what I could.
It's not the breast stroke, it's the rest stroke. Focus your time on a better exercise.
Black folk will disagree because they sink like zimbabwes dollar
If I try to lay buoyant on my back without moving legs they immediately start to sink, why does that happen? I'm not a kneegro btw.
Legs are heavy. It's the air in your lungs that allows one to float.
Also I last alot longer on bed than I did before taking up swimming
I always get water in my ears and the jumping trick doesn't work...
It was never a problem as a kid but a couple of times in recent years I have gone basically deaf in one ear for days after swimming. Might get some ear plugs
Yes
maybe but I'm afraid of water (I'm white)
>maybe but I'm afraid of water
>~~*I'm white*~~
Okay schlomo
I'm not even circumcised, Brandon.
Whatever you say landlet. This is an aquachad thread and being unable to swim here makes you a fish out of water. So do you need help learning to swim? Most gym pools are lap pools so you won't really need to worry about drowning if your at least 5ft tall of you want to learn.
I'm 6'3, I'm very enbarassed about it, I don't want people to mock me.
Ironic. We're all mocking you for being too much of a pussy to try. The water is only up to your nipples.
You'll be fine trust me. Just thinking about it from a physics standpoint, if you hold your breath and start using your arms and legs to paddle, you'll start moving through the water. Everyone starts somewhere and it'll boost your confidence to overcome this.
lanklets have a ridiculous advantage in swimming. it's almost on par with bball. even with shoddy technique you will be mogging people in no time.
>Not taxing on the body
Frick you bro, I literally had to drop it because the extra fatigue it added to my lifting routine was nuking my recovery. Not everyone "gets" swimming, there a big technique curve to where some coordination moronic people (me) can't swim at a pace below a sprint without drowning. My cardio isn't bad, I can run 3 miles even in summer heat, but I can't strong together more than a single lap in the pool without dying because 0-50% effort literally doesn't move me any faster than a snail, 50-70% is slow as frick, and 70-100% is the only time where I feel like I'm actually swimming instead of wading through molasses but is unsustainable. Whenever a swimbro tells me to "just relax" I want to strangle them, especially with the breathing technique making it so that I have to do a sprint with periodic waterboarding cutting off my air.
Just relax
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Have you tried to relax a little?
Yeah, swimming is based but my technique sucks though. I still cannot stop myself from kicking uncontrollably and start to feel it after around 4 laps.
Saw a guy casually go for dozen non-stop and I'm jelly as frick.
What about the chlorine?
Just get used to it. I swim with no goggles and I open my eyes under water. Obviously don't drink it but the amounts you absorb through mucus membranes are negligible. It's only a problem if the pool is over chlorinated.
what the frick are these images
Ignore the moron
Don't swim too often in indoor chlorinated pools, it ruins your skin and eyes and hair, thereby aging your skin and causing balding. It's also not good to drink it and if your swimming often, you'll drink lots of chemical water.
NTA but after swimming I take a cold shower to rinse off the chlorine off, and only then take a regular shower. I also put on mosturizer ASAP as I get home.
And if you have to take a shower before entering the pool it should be cold too.
Also wear a damn cap (wet your hair and if possible use a pinch of conditioner to create an extra 'barrier' for your hair).
Swimming is OK but its a fricking chore, I did it for a couple of years. Get all your shit, go to some shitty pool where all lanes are filled with swimming classes or teams, have about 8 people in my lane, crash into each other regularly, wet, need to shower, constantly getting warts from all the bacteria and viruses in the water and showers, fricks your skin and hair, constantly getting sick in the winter from the wet and cold. My local pool is filled with filthy pajeets and inbred afghan mutts. Prefer to go to the gym, sit on the bike for half an hour then do some light weights and be left alone and nice and dry.
>My local pool is filled with filthy pajeets and inbred afghan mutts
sounds like a nightmare. glad I live in a 2nd world shithole where these parasites don’t go to
Anyone try the Bas Rutten swim workout? Kinda nice if you're at a community pool and space is a bit limited.
I got a rf card cloner and have been scouting local apartment complexes. Those pools are always empty in the morning.
Literally just dont be black and no one cares.
>bas is a swimgay
gholy zazzed
Is swimming good for you?
Yes, it also builds your endurance and leg/core muscles more so you can frick harder and longer
i cant swim and when i kick my legs my left knee hurts. frick swimming.
how do i flip turn swim bros? something about flipping scares me even in water.
Just keep practicing it. Find a swim team and ask the coach to drill flip turns. You don't even need to join, they may be nice and let you join for one session to learn. Other than that, just keep blowing out your nose?
Based merman.
This is why you shower when you get out of the pool. Also, you're moronic. I swam my whole childhood and kept a youthful appearance with healthy skin and a full head of hair. Obviously don't keep your eyes open, you swim with them closed most of the time. But you open as needed to gauge the wall.
Tall but pretty evenly proportioned limbs. Fatty so that may negate the benefit. But I can say that technique-wise, you want to make use of your full range and try to extend it. Like freestyle, stroke across your torso in an S-fashion, see how that improves your time and energy.
Can some people really not swim? I always thought it was a meme. When I was 4 we got 3 foot above ground pool and swimming just came instinctually to me.
whatever you say puss
also all swimmers have those elongated heads wtf is up with that, looking like a bunch of clowns
>Swimming is the best fitness activity there is.
Agreed. I swam 10KM in 3h02m10s a couple of weeks ago. I'm not gonna lie I was pretty spent at the end and got extremely bored at around 1h30 but somehow I want to do it again.
Swimming is really fun. I could do it for hours and still enjoy it the next day
Too bad it's inconvenient as frick.
I wish I didn't live in the middle of nowhere and didn't have to drive 30+min to the nearest pool/beach