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Comment on Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming by Iris

Iris — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:14:37 +0000

Hi there, a few comments on your post above-
I’ve found that wetting one’s hair very thoroughly in fresh water before tucking it into a swim cap really helps protect against chlorine damage. I have long thick hair which was suffering from my frequent pool visits, until I read this tip online. It’s something to do with saturating the hair with enough regular water that, combined with the swim cap, prevents it from soaking up the chlorinated water. Now my hair has no problems, as if I never visit the pool.

I’ve been swimming for fitness for just a year and a half now. When I started I found that the breast stroke came the most naturally to me, BUT it’s the most exhausting. You stated that you felt freestyle is really the most effective for a good workout, but I’m not sure I agree. Right now I can sprint front crawl for up to about 100m, and at a more relaxed pace for about 1000m, but I find it hard to get through just 50m of breaststroke, going as fast as possible. Maybe it’s because I am trying to swim it too quickly? Perhaps people associate breaststroke with a more relaxed pace in the water, so they do it for their slower swims, since it *is* the slowest stroke. But I know that if I practice going faster with the breaststroke, I’m giving myself a pretty good workout; it really feels much more intense to me.

Also, I prefer doing tumble turns even though the pool I use is only 25m, because I like to practice the coordination needed to do it properly and swiftly, which includes (for me, anyway) coordinating my breathing for before, into, and after the flip, at which point I try to dolphin kick on the side for a few meters. I realize some the stuff I try, especially since there’s no instructor to supervise me, others might not consider appropriate for anyone not competitive, but it’s nice to experiment anyway – it makes swimming more fun.

Comment on Electric Dreams by Lyn A

Lyn A — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:04:49 +0000

So it was you who caused all our weird electircal happenings at home when you were a child!!
Great to see you back blogging. Love Mum

Comment on The Little Things by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:38:22 +0000

It scares me sometimes how much we are alike…

Comment on Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming by webber

webber — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:46:45 +0000

Hi, no criticism, but you may not know that after a knee replacement, and probably other such operations, patients are told to walk in a swimming pool to gradually move into weight-bearing exercise. They may or may not be able to swim, but they may have been told to walk for a reason.

Comment on Hellooooo…… by Rev. Reed Braden

Rev. Reed Braden — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Woo! You’re back! With adventure stories!

(Sits cross-legged on the floor with eager patience for story time.)

Comment on Notes from a stranger by Michelle R

Michelle R — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:33:57 +0000

Yeah Friday wasn’t far off a full moon – the full moon proper was on Wednesday so close enough!

Comment on Weekend Update by Lyn A

Lyn A — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:23:29 +0000

I rpomise faithfully, that, despite a terrible urge, I DID NOT LOOK.
So the surprise remains.
Mum

Comment on Those shiny things that open doors by Michelle R

Michelle R — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:48:37 +0000

Aw I know the feeling
Congrats on getting back to work but! What’s the job?

Comment on Quick Update by Jacki

Jacki — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:10:47 +0000

Oh my, Jacki wasn’t kidding about the gross factor re the varicose veins! And I thought as her sis I was reasonably familiar with them… Great results by the looks of it (if you can see past the swelling and bruising), hope you are feeling a million dollars. J, we expect a puh-retty shot of you wearing something short and sexy soon

Comment on Plan your platform by Kingshuk Mukherjee

Kingshuk Mukherjee — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:14:31 +0000

Hi I am Kingshuk Mukherjee living in a far flung suburb in a city (Mumbai/ Bombay) that has a population equal to the entire population of AUSTRALIA. I totally agree with and have empathy but just to let you know that every day SIX MILLION PEOPLE travel in the North-South direction and vice-versa in Mumbai to work and back home in the evening. I can guarantee you that Adelaide is cakewalk compared to Mumbai. If you want rerally want to know what travelling is all about come to Mumbai I will show you. It’s much worse than your travel in Australia which is quite good actually. Our Local train (We call it LOCAL train in Mumbai) is Travelling Samurai’s where every commuter is literally fighting for ONE SQUARE FOOT OF STANDING SPACE during the RUSH HOURS. Also every day more than TEN people die simply by falling off or having some accident in the local trains. Condider yourself lucky, we here in Mumbai are worse…