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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.

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?

Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:08 am Nope. But plan on starting again, now that the kid is away.

PITTER PATTER

Yup. I know.

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.

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.

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.

Yeah that's what I was taught too. Just making sure it wasn't trippin.

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.

If you pee in it, it warms up briefly.

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)

Ditto, but I'll piss in your pond.

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.

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

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:12 pm 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

Hip surgery end of 2024. Elbow surgery to end 2025.

Swam 350 meters last week, 400 meters today. Hopefully back at it.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 4:13 pm Hip surgery end of 2024. Elbow surgery to end 2025.

We're old.

Leisher wrote: ↑Wed Feb 18, 2026 2:44 pm

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 4:13 pm Hip surgery end of 2024. Elbow surgery to end 2025.

We're old.

I played pickleball yesterday... so... yeah.