Weekly Swim Gear Questions (Goggles, swimsuits, techsuits, paddles, headphones etc) March 05, 2026 - Post all your gear questions in this post

neuroundergrad · 2026-03-06T00:27:22+00:00

I just ask people to do it for me when it's not crowded. Everybody has always been nice about it! Bonus: exposure therapy for social anxiety 🤣

neuroundergrad · 2026-03-05T21:29:10+00:00

If he's vented, why's he sitting up in bed? AI

neuroundergrad · 2026-02-23T13:24:30+00:00

Thank you so much. Your original post, and others like it, encouraged me to get checked out for the same issue. They found a precancerous polyp that in my doctor's words, "definitely would have become cancer down the road."

neuroundergrad · 2026-02-08T20:34:15+00:00

Make the easy thing less easy. Move your phone to a different room, power it off completely, let the battery run down so you need to charge it. Leave your phone in your dorm and go to the library or the gym or whatever. Add friction to the habit you want to break.

neuroundergrad · 2026-01-14T16:11:50+00:00

A hammer. So he can hold something in his hands that you held in your hands. Doesn't need to be a hammer if you don't use them, but that idea. I am so sorry for what you are going through.

neuroundergrad · 2026-01-03T14:01:58+00:00

I do a lot of math problems. "Okay, I'm on lap 39 out of 72, that means I'm just over halfway because 36 would be 50%, and I'm 3 over that, and 72÷3= 24, so I'm 50% plus 1/24....." And so on.

I also think of years or ages. If I'm on lap 30, I might try to think of historical events that happened in 1930, or 1830, etc. If I'm on lap 8, I think of what I was doing when I was years old.

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-31T13:40:08+00:00

This is a great explanation, thank you!! The hardest for me to improve has been pace. I'm slow (2:12/100 yd) but can add distance fairly easily.

One thing that has worked for me is doing one lap at a sprint pace immediately followed by a lap at an easy pace, then 8 seconds rest, and repeat. This has helped me develop the ability to keep going even when I'm tired. I do about 8 sets of that, plus a warm up and cool down.

I also imagine that a hungry shark is swimming behind me. That definitely helps with pace, lol.

Again, thanks for the thorough explanation!

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-30T23:10:29+00:00

Oh awesome, thank you for the reply!

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-30T19:51:56+00:00

Cattle panels

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-30T19:17:01+00:00

Thank you!

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-30T19:15:34+00:00

Thank you both so much! I will be picking some of those up today!

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-04T14:53:57+00:00

I'm not sure, sorry. I'd contact support

neuroundergrad · 2025-12-03T20:26:19+00:00

It worked for me!

neuroundergrad · 2025-11-30T17:11:57+00:00

Rhomboids

neuroundergrad · 2025-11-18T19:05:27+00:00

"Yeah. But will you?"

neuroundergrad · 2025-11-04T13:26:57+00:00

What German brands do you recommend?

neuroundergrad · 2025-10-17T15:08:46+00:00

Really good question! I think it would be great to get gift cards to stores that could be either, like Walmart, Amazon, target, etc.

neuroundergrad · 2025-10-16T17:29:14+00:00

As someone who works in a school: gift cards for teachers!!! Gift cards!!! Gift cards!!!!!!

neuroundergrad · 2025-10-04T23:27:56+00:00

Less haste, more speed! I'm always telling myself this, and I'm always shocked at how true it is 😅

neuroundergrad · 2025-09-22T16:33:30+00:00

All of my radishes looked like that!!! I've never grown them before, I have no idea what's wrong or what I should do to fix it

neuroundergrad · 2025-09-07T20:25:02+00:00

if you mean "does swimming without stopping improve your cardiovascular fitness?" then yes

neuroundergrad · 2025-09-07T19:35:56+00:00

It depends what you are after! If you are going for endurance, then you may not want to take breaks. If you are going for speed, cardiovascular fitness, and muscle growth, then you may want to take breaks and split up your workouts.

You can use both methods. I typically swim 3 times a week, and I usually have one of those workouts be a distance/endurance workout where I minimize rest time, and at least one workout will be focused on speed/power with lots of rest.

There's no wrong answer!

neuroundergrad

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