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This is going to seem really silly when we find out that Darling is actually injured.
I annoy everyone around me every few weeks or so when someone brings up running, and I start singing the praises of swimming for cardiovascular exercise. it's literally the best method of exercise in the world. you utilize pretty much every muscle in your body when you do it right, and with practically zero impact on your joints. and submerging your face in the water compels you to develop rhythmic breathing which is a huge part of the point in the first place.
You're both right on this one. In an ideal situation there's just no better cheap exercise out there. But I say this as someone that was good enough to be an NCAA level swimmer: you couldn't pay me to go in a public pool during open swim hours more often than not.Swimming is fun for me but I find the pool is always super crowded, so you have to share lanes or even take turns to swim laps, unless you can find a pool that opens at like 4 or 5 AM which still sucks. That's still probably better than swimming in the ocean or lake which always makes me anxious or scared of brain eating amoeba or whatever else is out there.
I annoy everyone around me every few weeks or so when someone brings up running, and I start singing the praises of swimming for cardiovascular exercise. it's literally the best method of exercise in the world. you utilize pretty much every muscle in your body when you do it right, and with practically zero impact on your joints. and submerging your face in the water compels you to develop rhythmic breathing which is a huge part of the point in the first place.
The problem with swimming is the part where you sink to the bottom and die
I know I'm older than most of you, but I am not 70 years old!I did have to routinely walk around 70+ year old guys using the hand dryer in the locker room to air out their scrote though.
Is that really so bad?The problem with swimming is the part where you sink to the bottom and die
FWIW before I moved out of Raleigh I was at the Pullen Park pool 2-3 times a week. almost never had to share a lane, and literally never did I have to share a lane with more than one other person. I did have to routinely walk around 70+ year old guys using the hand dryer in the locker room to air out their scrote though. just the way it goes sometimes.
The problem with swimming is the part where you sink to the bottom and die
Is the void of nonexistence a double negative?Is that really so bad?
There are no hcanes in the void of nonexistence.
The problem with swimming is the part where you sink to the bottom and die
I did have to routinely walk around 70+ year old guys using the hand dryer in the locker room to air out their scrote though. just the way it goes sometimes.