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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Would that the treadmill bullshit could work for anyone over 30. God, I hate exercising. Riddle me this: has anyone ever used one of those motion pools that keeps you swimming in the same place instead of doing laps? Damn in-air catalog on American flights makes it look so easy! Is there any risk of injury if you like stop swimming or swim too slow? Like the equivalent of falling off the treadmill?

Enquiring minds.

ETGRO"ue"

I don't know how dependable they are, but they look fucking great. My mom's worked on some houses where they were installed and showed me some shots of them. They looked really nice, and this was two years or so ago, so they probably look even better now.

The coolest of those indoor pools, however, is the single lane lap pool. I saw a photo of one of those in front of a huge window facing the sunset. Gorgeous. But why a fat old man needs it is beyond me.

If I were lucky enough to afford such an item, I'd have it connected to a steam room which linked into my bathroom. Thats a sweet set up.

baltassoc

08-05-2005 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
You'd be surprised how fast you pick it up again. When I started (after a 10 years hiatus) I was struggling to do 1000M in the 45 minutes. Now I'm up to 2000-2200 in 45 minutes.

I'm starting to get some speed back, too. We are swimming outdoor longcourse right now and today we did a sprint set. I was holding my 50s at 35-38 secs.

I've thought about looking for a masters team. I think I'd get back into shape fairly quickly if I was working out in a group with some pressure to not slow down. I'd be pretty happy with 35sec 50s.

greatwhitenorthchick

08-05-2005 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
How about the Royal Canadian Pancake House? Have you ever eaten one of their manhole cover sized pancakes? npi.

I have standing bet of $200 that i can't do it.

Where is this magical place and why have I never been there?

Mister_Ruysbroeck

08-05-2005 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
How is 3-4K/hour overestimating? I'm slow as a tortoise in the water I could swim 3500-4K in a hard workout. They swimmers do 5K/hour. Balt sounds like a swimmer, no offence.

Competitive swimmers spend a lot of time in that 2-3 hours doing stroke work, kicking sets, etc., etc, which all take a lot more time than just swimming straight. 9K is probably about right for a 3 hour workout. 12K would only be on a really distance-intensive day.

Then again, I was a sprinter, so I always did less yardage than the distance guys. Maybe they were doing 12K, I don't know.

And you're a tri-guy, so yeah, you swim a lot of distance straight.

eta: are you talking meters or yards? I'm talking meters.

ltl/fb

08-05-2005 02:46 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Where is this magical place and why have I never been there?

I would travel to Canada for that. Especially if it involved lemon and powdered sugar.

robustpuppy

08-05-2005 02:47 PM

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Where is this magical place and why have I never been there?

Maybe it was merged into all the other Canadian pancake houses, like the RCAF.

paigowprincess

08-05-2005 02:48 PM

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Could someone last night's show for me? My tivo captured That Sevetneies Show for some reason. Isn't it the eighties yet?

Mister_Ruysbroeck

08-05-2005 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
I've thought about looking for a masters team. I think I'd get back into shape fairly quickly if I was working out in a group with some pressure to not slow down. I'd be pretty happy with 35sec 50s.

Do it, you'll be happy you did.

I just took the plunge and invested in some equipment, too. 2 new box cut suits, a set of zoomers, and some nice paddles. Feels good to be back at it.

greatwhitenorthchick

08-05-2005 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I would travel to Canada for that. Especially if it involved lemon and powdered sugar.

It's not in Canada. According to google, it's some shameless New York-based chain restaurant. Hmmpf.

That's weird. Do you see Canadian-based restaurants calling themselves The Great American Steakhouse or something like that? I don't think so.

baltassoc

08-05-2005 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
What are you putting in the drag suit?

As I said, I'm more sure about the yardage at this point than the time, but I would have put the average workout at about 2.5-3 hours. Sprint work tends to be slower (paradoxically). Iwas a sprinter, but my coach kind of believed in yardage. Psycopath.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

08-05-2005 02:51 PM

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My tivo captured That Sevetneies Show for some reason.

Ooooooh, what happened with Donna? What about FEZ!!!! He's so funny!

sebastian_dangerfield

08-05-2005 02:52 PM

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How funny, when I was in college, everyone told me that I was too perfect, and that I needed to be a little less perfect, and it was so hard to do, but eventually I figured out how and I became a crack addict. But even then, the other crack whores kept commenting on how perfect I was. So weird.

A friend of mine in college was actually put on a weight gain diet. She didn't swim. Shit, she didn't do anything. But she couldn't gain weight no matter what she did. And she had a really killer body. She started trying to gain by drinking a milkshake a day.

I see her all the time these days. Still no weight gain. Some folks just get lucky.

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