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the-golden-ghost

I'm curious let's go

Who would win in a no-holds barred battle between your Tumblr icon and your Discord icon?

My tumblr icon would win

My discord icon would win

They'd tie

They would make out sloppy style instead

I don't have discord/I'm bald/other infinitely nuanced answer

Voting ended onApr 9, 2024

anamericansinger

what’s your favorite way to exercise

walking or running or hiking

cycling

swimming

rowing

weight lifting/circuit training

yoga

group fitness classes

team rec (or organized) sports (soccer, basketball, etc)

i hate exercising and don’t have a favorite

you forgot ……

Voting ended onOct 16, 2023

*you could do a combination of these or none of these regularly, I’m just asking what your favorite is!

#you guys will NOT guess what i chose

brucebocchi

mioxenoblade

fuckin relatable

shounenlord-sama

Kisumi when the boys invited him to swim for the first time

rin-with-normal-teeth

Oh I think this might be Sierra Schmidt! She’s known for listening and dancing to kpop before her races. I swam with her once she’s such a sweet girl :)

aitana-bonmati

lmao

aitana-bonmati

this is crazy

breya-etherium-shaper

Yeah that’s her.

rabbitindisguise

Okay but I thought that post was a generic statement about sexism in sports, which was important, but now somewhat overshadowed by the fact that apparently one woman is holding up the entirety of freestyle swimming and has been doing that since age 13 with a sort of single minded determination found in the subpopulations of very dedicated Minecraft players and wikipedia editors

#i see all of you talking shit about katie ledecky down there #shut the hell up #you dont know the kind of work and training we put into this sport #yes she gets drug tested like every other fast athlete #yes she kicks ass at distance free #the way she swims shows how she trains #if you see her technique and her splits #you can see how even and consistent everything is #because that’s how distance swimmers swim!#she knows exactly how fast she’s going #and how many strokes she takes each 50 #if you know nothing about this sport #then i don’t want to hear your opinion!

Swimming is not an easy sport!! That said, I’m so proud of all the girls who swam in the Olympic trials this past week and a half, accomplishing everything I could only ever dream of doing. One of them was a girl I used to watch play on the pool deck while her brothers were at swim practice. I’ve swam with them and trained with them, and watching them race with other world-class swimmers and succeed at such a young age is just unreal!!

Sometimes you look at them and can’t help but think, I could have worked harder. But in reality, it’s just not like that. As much as we’d like to believe it, plain hard work isn’t going to get us everything. I don’t want to discredit those who made it to the Olympics by writing it off as just talent, though.

I’ve seen firsthand just how hard these girls work. They train more than 30 hours a week, and that’s on top of all their schoolwork. Not to mention working around the pandemic the past year. Swim practice, dryland, weights, yoga, cardio. It’s not a fun lifestyle, but it all paid off in the end! Things like this only happen when you take that talent and refine it.

The whole team—coaches, current swimmers, and alumni alike—they’re all so, so proud of the three who made it. We can’t wait to watch them all in Tokyo!

kinbari14

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