The greatest sport ever
>No blacks/browns, they can't swim
>No zoomers, they are too occupied going to the gym and looking like faggots
>No fatties, they are too ashamed to show lard body to others
>Full of almost-naked women in swimsuits
>Doesn't fuck your joints like most other sports

they should swim naked, both female and male, no one of those hydrodynamic swimsuits bullshit

>>212241655 (OP)
a lot of gay men swim

>>212241655 (OP)
>>No zoomers, they are too occupied going to the gym and looking like faggots

the local indoor lap pool in my town is 90% elderly homosexual men and maybe 10% elderly woman and young homosexuals

>>212241655 (OP)
Need to learn to put on jammers.

>>212241655 (OP)
true. I wish I could do the crawl properly, when I swim I only do breaststroke.

>>212241655 (OP)
>>Doesn't fuck your joints like most other sports
holy skill issue, lad

>>212241655 (OP)
I'm getting into swimming currently. I like it because everyone at the pool is fat and it's raises my self esteem
I'm learning to swim freestyle but it's hard

>>212241934
>the local indoor lap pool
Just swim in the sea/ocean

>>212241655 (OP)
I barely fucking swim after getting out of high school.

>high school has a pool so we'd swim constantly
>after graduating high school, swim a handful of times a year
>in university, girlfriend had a pool at her condo, so we'd swim every few weeks or so, before we broke up going to different cities
>post uni I'd swim maybe 3-4 times a year, if you can count "splashing in the water at the beach"
>gym has a pool, but you don't go to the gym for the pool, and you get too tired after working out anyways

>>212241655 (OP)
uh
i’m half black and was an all state swimmer in the 50 free, 100 butterfly, and 200 IM. i was also the butterflier on our medley relay

>>212241655 (OP)
chlorine can cause some issues

>>212242698
I feel like it's hard to stay in your swimming lane, I always drift to the sides, I like swimming in the sea

>>212242698
>>212242962
it really is just endurance. anyone can get decent at swimming by simply just showing up and swimming for about a month. it’s not like weightlifting where you constantly need to do more, you simply need to get in the water and swim ~2500-5000m daily and you’ll be in killer shape. i never got fat/out of shape because i simply never stopped swimming after high school.

>>212242962
>>212243110
Nah I just don't get when I'm supposed to breathe

>>212243129
while doing freestyle, you can technically breathe however much you want. that said, for optimal breathing patterns, try to breathe on the side while your arm is just above your head, and breathe every other stroke on opposite sides.
>R arm stroke, breathe
>L arm stroke, don’t breathe
>R arm stroke, breathe
again you can mess with this as much as you want, and when i was on a state level team, we would concoct practices with minimal breathing altogether, at a certain point we would do a 500m free and try to only breathe 3 times every lap on opposite sides. it would literally be
>push off wall, dolphin kick as far as possible
>surface and begin stroking
>R arm breathe when you feel you have to
>L arm no breathe, R arm no breathe, L arm no breathe, R arm breath, L arm no breath, R arm breathe
>flipturn and do it again

>>212242962
btw, sounds like you might have an issue with staying torpedo-like
if you want to change this, try to keep your body as narrow as possible when swimming. your knees should be almost touching, and your hands should be coming into the water directly in front of your body. if you want to practice this, try getting a kickboard and when you push off the wall, do dolphin kicks until you tire and switch to freestyle kicking. practice your pushoffs too, keep your body tight and as narrow as possible.

why do i feel like america has more competent swimmers per capita than the rest of the world? is it because all our high schools have swimming teams?

>>212243323
Are there any ways to practice this? Cause for me when I try to do it it's like
>Push of wall
>First stroke
>Try to breathe
>Water in mouth
>Cough and have to stop

>>212241655 (OP)
Now i don't like swim after reading that

>>212242698
>I'm learning to swim freestyle but it's hard
You need to watch the anime Free! Iwatobi Swim Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPKvzQdo7k&ab_channel=Crunchyroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oveSIRPMJYA&ab_channel=Crunchyroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaLVCsv_Z1s&ab_channel=Crunchyroll

>>212244998
Sorry I'm not into yaoi

>>212244022
first try not to breathe on your first stroke. not only is it killing the momentum of your push off, but it’s making your body try to work harder to keep you up with relatively little upward momentum. try to take an extra stroke at least before your first breathe, and make sure you are kicking as well so you don’t have an issue with sinking during your breath. i notice a lot of novice swimmers have an issue with their breathing NOT being part of their stroke when in reality it can actually help your momentum. when breathing, try not to turn your whole body over, but just pivot your head. this way you arent gaining more drag/losing energy from rotating your whole body. alongside that, make sure your stroke stays low, don’t reach high. the lower and more compact your body is, the easier it will be to make small maneuvers like a regular breathing pattern

also, don’t lift your head out of the water when breathing. it might feel uncomfortable but the more streamline you keep your body throughout your whole stroke, the easier it will be to avoid sinking, slowing, or tiring out. when breathing, turn your head 90 degrees and do not lift it, keep your mouth just above the water line and pay attention to your kick. keep your breath short, if you need more you can stop to catch your breath when you finish this lap.

>>212243810
Yes. Most of the world do not have that anglo school sports culture, if you wanna do sports you have to find a club outside of school by yourself.

>>212245084
Its no yaoi, it is a sports anime centered around swimming.

It also has cute anime girls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-HAEE0A8wI&ab_channel=DigimonMaster

>>212245125
Damn, I really thought you were supposed to turn the whole body to breathe, not just the head. Problem is I don't know if I can get my nose and mouth over water lilke that
>>212245223
That's even more homosexual

>>212245446
if you want, try watching how olympian freestyle sprinters breathe. take notes on their strokes, how low they stay, how minimal their torsos really move in their strokes, etc.

https://youtu.be/N0LCjQ89G58?si=LSfcBeCZ5HBYJZ2Y

>>212245446
>That's even more homosexual
It is just an anime that treats swimming like the most dramatic and epic thing ever.

>>212245550
just realized they didnt breathe kek, here try watching this 100m free

https://youtu.be/q14W1uCJag4?si=8FKjDwrPoamVXncZ

>>212243110
i have a cursed physique for swimming. i'm sure it would be heckin effective cardio, but i'll always be mediocre at it. what's the point?
i'd rather do something that plays into my strengths. also, fuck leg cramps. still love the smell of chlorine, though. it's nostalgic af

>>212241655 (OP)
Swimming pool latrines are well known for gays to solicit anon.

>>212245831
it’s beyond just cardio. it works your entire body. i mean yeah, you’ll never be bulky, but you won’t be skinny either. i’ve got a swimmer’s body myself (wide ribs, big hands,
, wide shoulders, narrow waist, long legs) and swim had always been a very good way to maintain low body fat with high lean muscle. again, you’ll never be jacked, but you’ll never be a twink either.
also,
>i'll always be mediocre at it
this is simply untrue. it’s like saying you will always be mediocre at lifting. you can be a good swimmer no matter WHAT so long as you are 1) not disabled and 2) are willing to practice at least 4 times per week. seriously, i took a huge break from it for years and came back to it and while i had no endurance, my stroke was still there and within a month i was back to some level of normalcy. if you’re really interested in it (again, you will need to know that yes, you’ll build muscle but it will be lean) you can do it

>>212242261
Exceedingly gay. Post moar

>>212241655 (OP)
I have been trying to swim again recently but I feel sick after I swim. I will give it a shot at a different pool otherwise I'll just quit again...

>>212246950

>>212247031
are you eating within two hours of practicing?

>brittle hair and dry skin due to chlorine

>>212247596
>Oh my god, my hecking hair and skin!!!11!!
Are you a woman?

>>212241655 (OP)
>No blacks/browns, they can't swim
Too late.

>>212247678
Post skin

>>212247596
literally just wear a swim cap, oil your hair, and use lotion

>>212241655 (OP)
I like to swim but I usually just do it in the sea. Pools are always full of dumb annoying people just standing around in the water

>>212246830
i have slim shoulders, long legs (which swimmer types don't have regardless of your cope lol), and eternally low bf%. in water my legs can never stop moving or i sink, even when lying on my back. you wouldn't get it.
sure, i could become a great swimmer compared to people who aren't even trying, but among even semi-serious hobbyists i would always be hopelessly outclassed. just as you would be in a group of, for example, sprinters.
we all have different predispositions. i'm okay with that (and also not that into swimming anyway precisely because it sucks to suck).

>>212241727
this + every hair on body needs to be shaved including head hair

I swam competitively in HS but switched to road cycling as an adult. Don't wanna do both because too much cardio is bad for the heart.

>>212245831
>still love the smell of chlorine, though. it's nostalgic af
same lol idk why but this smell in public baths always triggers childhood feelings

>>212249227
>too much cardio is bad for the heart.
How so?

>>212242830
Damn ping pong smoked them good!

>>212249227
Gym trainer here
>too much cardio is bad for the heart
Dafuq?

>>212247132
Great otter. The tats make him look like a 2000s scene girl tho geg fucking awful

>>212249568
>>212250379
too much endurance, strain on the heart & risk of arrhythmia

>>212250379
>>212249568
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6179786/

>>212241655 (OP)
>No fatties, they are too ashamed to show lard body to others
I'm fat and swim 2-3 times a week
>Full of almost-naked women in swimsuits
Women swimming faster you'll ever do, at most you'll see a blob swishing in front of you
>Doesn't fuck your joints like most other sports
This brazuka never heard of rotator cuff strain.

>>212245597
Any anime revolving a sports does, there's a very famous anime named Captain Tsubasa where the football (soccer for you) fields looked like they where 10+ miles long.

I remember watching Yowamushi Pedal when I was into cycling and it was fucking hilarious, I wonder if anybody of the staff working on it has ever climbed a mountain pass.