swim come true

she/her, 17y.o., Central Europe future swimmer ♥ feel free (see what I did there?) to ask me anything↓↓

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6 months of consistent lifting and I'm squatting my own body weight, but couldn't do a single pull up to save my life.

Progress is weird, but fun nevertheless.

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Still haven't decided if flyers are more sadistic or masochistic, cause they seem to quite enjoy hitting everybody else in their lane, but that's also while experiencing whole body pain themselves?

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I’ve never taken swimming lessons before (i’m a 16 y/o boy) and i’m so scared! i’m taking them at the YMCA my mom works at and i have to take it with adults + im scared !! tips?

Don’t be scared, learning to swim is fun! And imo adult are better company for learning things, because they usually don’t mess around or interrupt the instructor.

I’m not from the US, so I don’t know how lessons at the YMCA work, but I’d suggest you:

- bring everything you’ll need - most importantly a suit you feel comfy and can move in!

- maybe check out some yt videos before, so you won’t be as confused (at least that’s what I did when I was learning fly with a personal coach last summer 😁)

- relax, you will do great!

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Coaching truths

Me: You're not supposed to enjoy watching us suffer.

Coach: That's what I'm paid for.

Me: Oh.

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I heard someone call 50 breaststroke 50 boob today I’m done

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[queertasm]

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Getting annoyed when we skip fly relays and go straight to backstroke means progress, right? 😄

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How to have fun in a pool - a guide for swimmers 🐳

don’t put your cap on

don’t do a 400IM as warmup

don’t warm up at all

fly is generally frowned upon when you’re at the pool with your friends or fam

bringing a ball and attempting to teach them water polo is much better 🤽

do somersaults! front, back, as many in a row as you can,...

handstands are fun too

BLOW RINGS UNDERWATER

pretend you’re a mermaid (finally a good use for your majestic underwaters!)

jumping and diving in is great - and other people will be doing it too! don’t just do race starts though, get more creative

invent a new stroke

CHICKEN FIGHTS (google if you don’t know these, it super fun and violent 😁)

pull on the lane lines all you want and enjoy it while it lasts 😈👿

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🍂 Reblog If autumn is your favorite season 🍂

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Wednesday thought

“Everything you feel can be fuel.

Joy. Outrage. Giddiness. Fear. Love. Anger. Affection.

You can let it power the rocketship or blow up the rocketship.

But YOU’RE the rocketship.

And we need you.

Recognize what you’re working with.

Now fly.” ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Probably the hardest practice of my life so far

And I survived it!!! Although I have to admit my whole body was shaking after these 100 minutes of hell, but I felt so accomplished 😍

Summary: Me had to do 2.7 km in sprints because me is too slow for the intervals, me still has all legs and arms though

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swimmer wlw ✨

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@any athlete/coach/enthusiast/wise soul:

How do you know what your best event is?

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hair ties going missing

goggle marks

sleep deprivation on weekends

practices

butterfly

freestyle

breaststroke

backstroke

walls

flip turns

kicking

vertical kicking

not enough food

too much food

stomach cramps

toe cramps (those things hurt like a motherfucker)

practices

coaches

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