#synchro problems

[no-such-roses]

Yes, but,

I don't think anybody reading this has ever had to fall asleep with gelatine in their hair. It hurts. Like, you get comfortable after ages, then your bodies like, nah, m8 you should move, and I'm just like wtf now I have gelatine sticking in my scalp and face again. Thanks.

[totalsynchromove]

25 Things That Happen At Every Synchro Meet

1. Waking up ridiculously early because doors open at 6am

2. When your coach tells you a warmup and you weren't listening

3. Finding one of your teammates to talk to during figures

4. The one judge that yells for everyone to quiet down

5. When you realize you're nowhere near the banner during a figure

6. When you're done with figures before anyone else on your team

7. Your coach during routine warmups

8. When another team does a really good lift 

9. Walking around without your parka

10. Getting all of your makeup and glitter on

11. When your knox gets goopy 

12. You when other teams are swimming

13. You when your teammates are swimming

14. Trying to get out of the pool when the gutter is really tall

15. When a routine scores significantly higher than the others

16. How you feel after you swam your routine

17. When your coach doesn't let you eat something unhealthy until you're done swimming

18. That one person who always has an interesting solo walkout

19. Having only 1 minute to get ready for awards

20. When you place better than you expected in figures

21. Trying to get through the hordes of people leaving the pool

22. The post-competition team dinner

23. Taking your makeup off at the end of the day

24. When your friends at school ask you why there is glitter on your face after you're back from a meet

25. Realizing you have to do it all again next week

[totalsynchromove]

22 Things Only Synchronized Swimmers Will Understand

1. When you meet random people who did synchro

2. How you feel during figure warm up 

3. Decorating your suits

4. The difference between your regular smile and your synchro smile

5. When people use Knox gelatin to make actual gelatin

6. Post-practice feasting on anything and everything

Because you just burned like, 2,000 calories 

7. Difficult spin hybrids

8. When you swim to the wall and your coach is like

9. Getting your figure draw right next to the national champion

10. That one person who can't put their own lipstick on

11. "Headlights out!"

12. Learning new routines

13. Makeup disasters

14. When Friday night practice gets cancelled

15. Seeing your coach's face when you drop every single lift the practice before a meet

16. Team Spain

17. Food cravings at the worst time possible

Like halfway through a routine

18. That one person who's name is always pronounced wrong

  19. Your non-swimmer friends think you talk about synchro too much

20. When someone bumps into you while you're doing a figure

21. Being away from your teammates for more than 2 days

22. "I can't, I have practice"