Retirement is really the best. Got burnt out swimming in college and honestly lost my love of the sport. But recently got a free membership to the pool and my tummy got squishy from the lack of exercise so I decided to go for a swim the other day.
I did everything wrong. Turtle breathe into walls; pulling on lanelines; pushing off the bottom of the pool; glide as much as I fking want into the wall. At one point I said fk it, I wanna just chill on the wall and stare off into the distance.
Age groupers and college swimmers, don’t do this. But if purposefully engaging in bad habits is what’s gonna bring me back into the sport I’m all for it.
This is actually the main reason I don’t swim for exercise anymore. I would go, do a 300 then say “wtf am I doing? No one is forcing me to do this.” Then I’d do a 50 on double arm backstroke and sit on the wall for 30 minutes, get out and hit the sauna.
Yeah, both arms recover and pull at the same time as the other. Kinda looks like butterfly on your back.
It does include kicking right? I’m chilling with this when I’m alone in the lane just for a bit here and there. I don’t think I see it too often in my pool, is it like, bad and wrong?
It’s like breathing into the wall on steroids. When you swim freestyle, right before you do your flip turn, you do a butterfly/breaststroke-esque breath instead of turning your head to the side.
@Finnley
Ha ha. My coach when I was a kid used to yell at us “I know I cleaned the tiles really well last night, but stop trying to look at your reflection in them when you come in to turn.”
bro that feels so uncomfortable I can’t bring myself to do it after quitting but we’re all glad you’re back!
