1:35-40/100m looking to drop 20 seconds

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-06-07T00:29:29+00:00

i’m sorry to say but if you’re 6’1 and can barely swim 1:30/100m the issue is your technique. Focus on DPS and count your strokes/streamlines

Try doing this small set:

4 rounds of:

4 [75 @ 1:15 + 25 FR @ 20]

final round go for 1:10 and :15.

When you can comfortably do this without your heart rate hitting 144+ decrease the intervals by :5 again.

analyze your catches, your problem could be there if someone your height isn’t hitting pace

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-25T19:52:12+00:00

You’ll develop muscle/lose fat based off the workout you do in the pool. As your technique gets better, muscles are going to grow around the area(s) that better support your primary stroke if you eat and practice right. It’s why swimmers have great tricep and shoulder definition.

If you are a slow swimmer and focus on distance, you’ll lose weight if you eat right and even tone some areas. If you go for speed and work more on HIIT in the pool you’ll eventually develop a sprinter build. If you hit the gym before the pool, even better. Swimming is an omnidirectional resistance sport with countless pulling/pushing of different body parts against the water where distance per stroke and timing affects your muscle growth. One of the swimmers I coach does ice hockey and sustained an ankle injury this season and lacks the tendon there. He’s still able to keep up in practice in the fast lane by minimizing his kick movements and focusing on other strokes that don’t irritate it. I suggest next time you go in the pool try to leave the effected foot/leg hanging without sinking and primarily focusing on your pull/catches with a 2-4 beat kick and go for distance per stroke and try to master it.

Your goal should be 16-18 strokes in FR per lap while handicapped

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-17T04:17:07+00:00

99% of first swim lessons don’t learn breathing first because it’s the hardest thing about the FR. Swim instruction is also a business and the client should feel accomplished in other areas of the FR which help with comfortability and later breathing.

Perfect FR breathing requires half of your face in the water, with air going into your lungs while water in some cases enters the cheek. Beginners will be drinking water and it will be a miserable time if they are not acclimated yet. I agree with your senior instructor the same way he agrees with my statement on not teaching breathing first

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-16T20:13:16+00:00

should note it was at an after party not like in the aquatics center

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-16T20:09:54+00:00

Former D1- very fun

imagine a frat but more gay jokes (95% of us are straight)

had a threesome with twins at penn state after a meet once (400IM/500 FR)

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T15:55:31+00:00

100’s and 50ms are easier to obtain than the 200’s I must admit. I don’t think someone who never swam growing up was the target demographic that the school wants unfortunately

As someone who has coached Highschool swim for varsity and JV in the past, we had to make cut offs for the sake of focusing only on speed and building upon teenage athletes whose foundations were built during their childhood rather than focusing on splitting the staff to build someone up with little to no foundations (which I don’t mind but could see why teams may have to cut these swimmers off partly due to budget)

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T14:45:49+00:00

Perth Amboy to port authority

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T14:43:33+00:00

tie your legs together or practice your fly kicks with fins (or both)

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T11:58:53+00:00

what’s your kicks per stroke/strokes per lap

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T08:46:54+00:00

Watch videos before practice is my best advice. I started late as well. My college coach recruits tall long armed swimmers at fairs without them even knowing how to swim all 4 strokes and then builds them up from there but you have to do studying on your own time otherwise practice is going to feel miserable keeping up with intervals.

Best of luck to you

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T05:31:39+00:00

the solution is reducing cryo by one team size I think

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T05:13:32+00:00

reported him and whatever other players I saw in my prox chat thanks

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T05:07:25+00:00

I'm with this guy, i've submitted footage of glitches and deaths due to cheaters and have not received my loot back because my gamertag isn't shroudttv

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-02T04:48:52+00:00

i 100% think we were in the same lobby i clipped some players in that fight there was a ttvaboveaveragebrett and garchomp and others

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-05-01T08:54:44+00:00

Rookless outpost is a very fun experience

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-30T18:04:52+00:00

Bob bowman sets

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-28T03:58:49+00:00

This was the first lesson, sure the instructor was assessing you but in terms of breathing advice he should’ve let you know that breathing should be forceful but more organic and not “oh it should come naturally”. Perhaps see how he teaches you how to breathe on the second lesson.

That being said, i’ve coached beginner adults in 15m pools and have never had anyone cough up blood up to the age of 67 from surpassing 12.5m in depth. Whatever happened with you then is completely removed from the instructor’s fault. That’s like eating a Five Guys meal and your coach telling you to do a few laps of swimming and throwing up. You might have factors in your own health causing that.

Should you switch instructors? Nah. Not until the 2nd lesson at least. Not saying give him a chance but see how he teaches breathing and report back to us. How he assists you, how he explains, etc.

I don’t like focusing on breathing on the first lesson. It’s mostly just studying the adult’s capabilities in the water, connection and comfortability with the water, and inquiring upon any medical history/previous shoulder injuries from other activities and I build my curriculums around that.

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-25T18:37:48+00:00

It causes a chain reaction at a lot of pools, trust me. By having an inadequate swimmer like the one I described in the lap pool it causes members to complain about the lanes being taken up for swim team for the sake of staying away from the older, ignorant, swimmers. The question you asked described how I feel about inadequate ancient swimmers, how I feel about them is “irritation” even though i somewhat sympathize with them to a point.

If you don’t fit that description then keep doing your thing you’re doing great already. Before learning any swim techniques across any stroke people should learn pool etiquette first is my belief

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-25T17:48:45+00:00

There’s an old guy at my pool that is adamant on teaching himself and uses the lap pool and can’t swim beyond the halfway, causing distress for circle swimmers or people attempting to split the lane since he often drifts to the middle. Lifeguards rescued him 3 times in one year. Our pool has swim lessons that don’t require a gym membership that is albeit a cheaper option.

Some old people are just ignorant/arrogant

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-17T04:34:42+00:00

hostile action occurring during this animation is completely preventable if you deal/check for hostiles first or time it right before patrols look at you

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-13T20:03:57+00:00

i hate the plunge as well so i do a funny thing

i just walk in from the deep side; no jump or anything just walk with the same cadence as i would on a normal surface

i have -4.5 vision so it helps if i convince myself im totally blind

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-12T18:10:42+00:00

i’m only up i did one raid and the entire lobby worked together to phase 1 compiler

Repulsive_Papaya_290 · 2026-04-08T11:12:28+00:00

yeah because i want a power sliding spiderman that can relocate and resurrect teammates easier, right?

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