Jammers rule. Look better everywhere you're swimming, than the board shorts that make you look like a college kid trying to look cool.
Swimming
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:52 am
by TheCatt
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?
Swimming
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:08 am
by GORDON
Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.
Swimming
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:12 am
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:08 am
Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.
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.
Swimming
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:46 am
by GORDON
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.
Swimming
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:09 pm
by TheCatt
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.
Swimming
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:17 pm
by GORDON
Yeah that's what I was taught too. Just making sure it wasn't trippin.
Swimming
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:35 pm
by TheCatt
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.
Swimming
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:08 pm
by Leisher
If you pee in it, it warms up briefly.
Swimming
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:42 pm
by TheCatt
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)
Swimming
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:35 pm
by Leisher
Ditto, but I'll piss in your pond.
Swimming
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:09 am
by GORDON
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.
Swimming
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:12 pm
by TheCatt
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