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Like others have mentioned, with the advent of 30- or 45-min reservations, my cool-down is my walk home.

Back before 2010, it was pretty lassiez-faire. Ian Thorpe famously wore a suit that covered everything from his ankles to his wrists in the early...

If I had this limitation, I'd do USRPT most days, and then LSD one or two days a week. Get in as much as I could...

I'm happy that I managed to get 151 miles of swimming in during my deployment to Djibouti. Not bad for me, considering the pool here is limited to 30...

Ahh okay... What did the rules look like back then?

1) Swim in a meet for the first time since Spring 2019. 2) Not embarrass myself doing #1. 3) Get back in the same condition I was in pre-pandemic....

I'm guessing that being 6'6" didn't help with flying under the radar.

I'm not 65, yet. I've never been so happy that I have hypertension and type II diabetes. Although the latter is well under control (A1C in the low...

I guess I'm almost aligned with you. Unless I'm training with a group (which is very rare that I do, especially now), I always start my warmup with...

I almost never do pool cool downs. I do, however, like to stretch for a few minutes after a good practice. Does that count? Now warmups are a much...

My state isn't all that far off, either...

LOL, I actually read that article earlier today! It has been flipping around a bit, per New York Times...

Thanx for the info Rich. I would hope time is allowed for swimmers to move from the seating area to the blocks for each event so as to keep us apart....

Well, here are the latest rankings, and it's looking like our states are still owning spots in the cellar......

Meaning, cortisone? I'm not there yet but good to know that's a possibility if necessary

https://swimswam.com/north-carolina-loosens-restrictions-on-spectators-for-indoor-sports/ Encouraging news with regard to short course nationals...

Great points all around. I worry far less about cooldown in my training than I do at a meet. Even when I get to "peak volume" per week, I maybe...

Hey Karl - I also believe that in training younger swimmers, it is important to use drills when the swimmers have become fatigued. Bad form is bad...

This is like "Where's Waldo" trying to get an appt!

I still have my full body suit! I doubt that I could fit into it now!

This is one of the reasons the rules are the way they are after the free-for-all in suit technology of '08-'09 - more tech suit coverage is more...

Couple of thoughts: 1. If strictly comfort, have you tried different styles/brands of suits? Speedo changed tha material in my favorite jammer, so...

Red60, yes - medial epicondylitis (golfers elbow). I suffered 10 years ago and had to get a shot. It worked. Then last September I had it again...

Concur that the USMS rule matches FINA’s rule. But WRT changing it...doesn’t USMS sorta set some of their own rules that aren’t always...