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Jammers rule. Look better everywhere you're swimming, than the board shorts that make you look like a college kid trying to look cool.
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GORDON wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:41 am Jammers rule. Look better everywhere you're swimming, than the board shorts that make you look like a college kid trying to look cool.
Board shorts hide my gut better.

You still swimming a bunch?
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Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.
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GORDON wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:08 am Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.
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Yup. I know.
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TheCatt wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:37 am
TheCatt wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:02 pm But I dropped a minute from my 900 yard swim last week to this week (a god awful 17:52 to a still awful 16:56).
Switched to jammers from board shorts. I either dropped 19 seconds or I dropped about 69 seconds. The latter seems more correct. My Swim 2 dropped enough distance that I wasn't sure if I swam 900 or 950 today. I'd really like to get back to at least a 30 minute mile.
Today was down to 15:22. Which makes it seem like the previous one must have been 15:47 (69 seconds drop) from jammer switch. Close to my 15:00 immediate goal.
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What's your take on fingers together/fingers open? I've seen a couple "good form" vids that say it doesn't matter, and I tend to not worry about cupping my hands, but I feel like my lap times should be faster than they are.
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GORDON wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:46 am What's your take on fingers together/fingers open? I've seen a couple "good form" vids that say it doesn't matter, and I tend to not worry about cupping my hands, but I feel like my lap times should be faster than they are.
I keep my fingers slightly loose 1) to reduce effort/strain on them 2) When I learned, I was told that the extra space would move more water.

I keep my fingers tight for re-entry into the water, then release a little on the pull.



This guy says what I thought, except a little further apart than I've been doing.
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Yeah that's what I was taught too. Just making sure it wasn't trippin.
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TheCatt wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:44 am Today was down to 15:22. Which makes it seem like the previous one must have been 15:47 (69 seconds drop) from jammer switch. Close to my 15:00 immediate goal.
14:52! Dropped nearly 1 second per length of the pool, to be just under 1 yd/second for a 900 yards.

Sadly, today might be my last swim in the neighborhood pool. Water getting cooooold, and it closes after this weekend.
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If you pee in it, it warms up briefly.
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Leisher wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:08 pm If you pee in it, it warms up briefly.
"if" ? Amateur.

(just kidding, I never pee in pools)
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Ditto, but I'll piss in your pond.
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Pool peeing is one of my "never evers." I think it's nasty, I think people who do it are nasty, and I think they should be banned for life and sent to australia.
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Well, last swam 3 weeks ago. Developed golfers elbow and a rotator cuff tendonitis. Even with 3 weeks off, still in lots of pain depending on the motion. 4 weeks or so more off prescribed by the doctor
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