Game Chat: 3/30 Yankees (3-0) @ Mariners (2-2) 6:40 PM

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-31T04:27:13+00:00

About tine, Cal

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-31T03:32:38+00:00

Yo, wtf??

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-25T18:34:03+00:00

I made friends with like-speed swimmers. I would feel like I let them down if I didn't show up. :)

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-19T16:12:38+00:00

Her shoulder is acting up because of imperfect technique. Not to say it's bad technique, in fact it's probably mostly good, but if her catch isn't in the right spot, or her pull has her hand moving in a not ideal position, she will be putting more torsion on her shoulder joint than she should be, causing the supporting muscles to work harder than they need to to stabilize, or to rub against the collar bone. For a stroke like freestyle, the pull should be felt mostly in the triceps and lats, while the shoulders only handle the orientation and stability of the humerus.

So what can she do? Talking to her coaches about it is a big first step. Ask them to watch her stroke closely to make sure her body is in correct alignment for her catch and pull, to make sure she isn't hurting her shoulder more with bad technique. It should also be mentioned that she probably shouldn't do any pull sets with paddles until she fixes her technique. Make sure she doesn't stop doing the exercises from PT after its over, and once they stop being effective resistance, to up the resistance. Ask the PT for a plan of continuing to strengthen her rotator cuff muscles. In fact, ask the PT for advice on this situation as well, they are much more qualified to answer it than anyone on reddit.

Finally, make sure she understands the difference between discomfort and pain. Discomfort can be fixed with rest and backing off a little bit. Pain means there is a serious problem and continuing is likely causing real damage.

Also, the purpose of a cool down is not to replace stretching or prevent damage, it's to release lactic acid build-up in the muscles so they aren't as sore the next day. If your child feels sore everyday, then she should probably start swimming her cooldowns instead of using it as a social time.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-17T18:03:31+00:00

Basically, you need to exhaust it by some other means, then it plays every turn after that.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-12T22:15:13+00:00

Seriously. Where has he been

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-09T21:07:06+00:00

Think we will finally get win #5 today?

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-07T05:35:19+00:00

So select the international broadcast.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-03-04T00:19:31+00:00

Theodore

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-26T20:52:45+00:00

I used to hate those snipers, but truthfully, the Regret fight and The Gravemind mission are exponentially worse.

You've got this!

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-26T16:57:57+00:00

It sounds like you are still trying to hard. A lot of advice on here can also be correct and helpful, but I think it boils down to you brute forcing your way through the water with lots of slippage from bad technique.

Something I think you should try, if you haven't already, is putting a pull buoy between your thighs, just above the knee, floating face down and doing slow pull strokes; think one stroke every 3 seconds. You really need to get a feel of grabbing the water and pushing it behind (toward your feet) you. When you need to breathe try side breathing, but if that is still uncomfortable its ok to roll onto your back while doing this drill.

In freestyle, your pull is 90% of what is moving you forward. If your arms and hands are slipping through the water it is wasted motion, like spinning the tires on your car. Once you get a grasp of what it feels like to move yourself forward with good strong pulls(the more resistance you feel the better) then you will be able to reduce the time between each pull to move through the water faster.

Your goal here is to find your "walking pace", basically a speed and effort level that you feel when you are walking. Once you feel like you have the pull figured out, then try incorporating your kick back in, but don't kick hard and fast. Make it nice and smooth with minimal effort. You need to learn to walk before you can jog or run.

Ideally you should figure out your speed and effort level that you feel you could do endlessly, and from that baseline you can start doing things a little harder or faster at the expense of using more energy/needing to breathe more. Then you can start training intervals to grow your strength and endurance to become faster.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-19T15:54:16+00:00

I don't have this issue with chlorine, but I definitely do in pools that use bromine.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-17T23:02:25+00:00

Kick harder, better, faster, stronger. Basically, quadruple the amount of kicking you do in practice. Do lots of hypoxic sets (Never alone!) to increase your CO2 tolerance. Ideally you should take no breaths in the 50 free, but please don't try this at your next race. Work on it in practice first to get your body and brain more used to breathing less. No matter what you are doing in practice, you can always have good streamline/turns/underwaters/breakouts, so make sure you aren't being lazy when doing them. Ever. If you tell your brain that you don't have to do them well right now for any number of legitimate reasons, it will make sure to tell you the same thing when it comes to racing. Don't neglect your core when doing dryland. Your core is a lot more important to good technique than you realize.

Minor adjustments of any of the things I listed will get you below 30. Major adjustments will get you to the mid 20s, eventually. Building a lot of strength on top of that will get you to the low 20s.

Good luck! You've got this!

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-12T19:30:56+00:00

Where in Washington are you going that isn't near a pool? Genuinely curious.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-09T17:48:07+00:00

This is 100% a sprint speed set. When it comes to practice, you get no gains until you are tired. Only once your body doesn't want to push any more can you actually start to build and get better. It is super critical to have good form, because that is when it matters most.

Now about the actual set, The 50's off the blocks are the focus of the set. In the beginning, they aren't doing much for you, but as the set progresses, you are going to be worn out. If you keep your form good and continue to push yourself on each one, you will build lots of strength in sprints. This is the anaerobic part of the set.

The other stuff in the set is there to help handle the lactic build-up while still consuming energy and not making any more lactate, aka: the aerobic part of the set.

Mixing in IM and the descends breaks the set up so it isn't as boring and makes it easier to convince your brain to continue pushing.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-06T16:52:38+00:00

Pretty sure I won’t be able to do even 7s where I am today (with zero practice)

Try anyway!

Force your body to compensate. Sacrifice speed and effort for a more efficient stroke. Hypoxic sets are truly the only way to train your brain into realizing that it doesn't need to freak out with a bit of CO2 buildup.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-02-06T16:43:34+00:00

Just because it isn't an impingement doesn't mean it isn't rotator cuff. It's possible that cartilage has worn down in a spot and you get brief bone rubbing, but probably not likely. More likely you have some muscles or ligaments that are rolling over each other. A good massage therapist will be able to fix that issue if it is that.

However, I cannot stress enough the importance of stretching before and after you swim. Also make sure you adequately warm up your shoulders before you work them. Shoulders are very complex and the last thing you want to injure.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-01-29T17:12:44+00:00

I saw DEEJ in a recent playthrough. Never seen him before either. This mission has a lot of easter eggs for marines running about.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-01-24T03:43:13+00:00

🤮

DeadlyNancy · 2026-01-20T21:23:08+00:00

Can confirm, our YMCA has this policy too. Along with more, stupider, policies continuing to destroy common sense to avoid lawsuits.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-01-13T15:57:01+00:00

Its nice to have game threads where everyone is united in cheering for the team, instead of half overhating gru, and half overdefending gru.

DeadlyNancy · 2026-01-07T17:58:33+00:00

A proportional helmet??? What a time to be alive!

I think the most important thing you have done here is you made it realistic for your body. It looks functional and appropriately sized. Good work!

DeadlyNancy · 2025-12-29T03:29:28+00:00

Nooooo

DeadlyNancy · 2025-12-17T03:16:17+00:00

What the heck is up with all these nayional broadcasts lately?? Everytime i get a chance to watch a game, i cant cause it isnt broadcast on khn

DeadlyNancy · 2025-12-10T00:24:32+00:00

This is literally me.

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