So I think I'm going to take up swimming for exercise. My apartment complex has a pool (as does pretty much every apartment complex in Los Angeles).
Any ideas what I should do for a routine?
I mean, maybe I'm making it more complicated that it should be. Should I just do the regular stroke ( :winky: ), or should I be doing backstroke/breaststroke/etc?
freestyle, if you can do it correctly
backstroke as a more relaxed one
maybe the butterfly
but i know shit about swimming. all of my body hair creates a huge amount of drag
Haha, apparently Mark Spitz told the then head coach of the Russian Olympic swimming team that his mustache helps him a great deal, reducing drag. The following summer Olympics all Russian swimmers had mustaches. :P
Fuck. So, after my knee started feeling wonky, I stopped working out my lower body at all, just to give it time to recover from whatever's fucked up. However, I think I started favoring my left leg. And now I've fucked up my left ankle. No swelling, no marks, just pain. I'm fucking limping around everywhere, and I'm not even sure what leg I should be favoring.
Fuck. So, after my knee started feeling wonky, I stopped working out my lower body at all, just to give it time to recover from whatever's fucked up. However, I think I started favoring my left leg. And now I've fucked up my left ankle. No swelling, no marks, just pain. I'm fucking limping around everywhere, and I'm not even sure what leg I should be favoring.
Fuck. So, after my knee started feeling wonky, I stopped working out my lower body at all, just to give it time to recover from whatever's fucked up. However, I think I started favoring my left leg. And now I've fucked up my left ankle. No swelling, no marks, just pain. I'm fucking limping around everywhere, and I'm not even sure what leg I should be favoring.
Geez you guys should consider some kind of universal medical coverage scheme
Interestingly enough, a lot of people don't want to hear 'go to a doctor' not only because of money- but because of time. A lot of people refuse to take off one afternoon to assess their health. Makes no sense to me, but then again I'm not in a high-pressure environment at my job, so I guess I can't be hating.
Fuck. So, after my knee started feeling wonky, I stopped working out my lower body at all, just to give it time to recover from whatever's fucked up. However, I think I started favoring my left leg. And now I've fucked up my left ankle. No swelling, no marks, just pain. I'm fucking limping around everywhere, and I'm not even sure what leg I should be favoring.
In all honesty, if it is a possibility, you should consult a doctor or some sort of therapist. They'll know more about what's up than a bunch of random people on the internet.
If that isn't a possibility, get off of your legs for a while.
Geez you guys should consider some kind of universal medical coverage scheme
Interestingly enough, a lot of people don't want to hear 'go to a doctor' not only because of money- but because of time. A lot of people refuse to take off one afternoon to assess their health. Makes no sense to me, but then again I'm not in a high-pressure environment at my job, so I guess I can't be hating.
Which is why I my GP for keeping offset office hours.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Seriously, Than, you've got an inflammatory condition in each leg, which, if left untreated, could get worse, involve long-term damage (particularly to the cartilage of the knee), or at the very worst take longer to heal.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Huh. I just got shot and killed by a cop after my wanted level had been cleared. Feeling quite wronged, I called 911 after I got out of the hospital, and, as a squad car rolled up in response, I opened fire on it with a machine pistol. Killed both of the cops inside before they could even get out of the car.
Uncharacteristically dickish of me. I should stop playing this game.
Huh. I just got shot and killed by a cop after my wanted level had been cleared. Feeling quite wronged, I called 911 after I got out of the hospital, and, as a squad car rolled up in response, I opened fire on it with a machine pistol. Killed both of the cops inside before they could even get out of the car.
Uncharacteristically dickish of me. I should stop playing this game.
Seriously, Than, you've got an inflammatory condition in each leg, which, if left untreated, could get worse, involve long-term damage (particularly to the cartilage of the knee), or at the very worst take longer to heal.
I made a couple of calls to doctors in the area, and I'm not shelling out $200+ in addition to taking unpaid time off work to take a first appointment on the basis of a little pain and discomfort when, in all likelihood, they're just going to tell me to take a couple of ibuprofen or naproxen and not do anything strenuous (which is exactly what I'm doing).
If it continues, yeah, I'll probably go, but at the moment, I really can't afford that.
Huh. I just got shot and killed by a cop after my wanted level had been cleared. Feeling quite wronged, I called 911 after I got out of the hospital, and, as a squad car rolled up in response, I opened fire on it with a machine pistol. Killed both of the cops inside before they could even get out of the car.
Uncharacteristically dickish of me. I should stop playing this game.
Oh you're playing a game
I try to avoid shooting cops in real life, Elendil.
I generally avoid shooting them in this game, too, though, which is why I think I've probably been playing it for too long.
Seriously, Than, you've got an inflammatory condition in each leg, which, if left untreated, could get worse, involve long-term damage (particularly to the cartilage of the knee), or at the very worst take longer to heal.
I made a couple of calls to doctors in the area, and I'm not shelling out $200+ in addition to taking unpaid time off work to take a first appointment on the basis of a little pain and discomfort when, in all likelihood, they're just going to tell me to take a couple of ibuprofen or naproxen and not do anything strenuous (which is exactly what I'm doing).
If it continues, yeah, I'll probably go, but at the moment, I really can't afford that.
Got it. I strongly, strongly, strongly advise you to not do any weighted, torsional movements for a bit. Some people will tell you that you "don't want anything to atrophy" but that is utter horseshit in a scenario such as this. The effects of intramuscular atrophy aren't really even noticeable in the time frame we're discussing. Rest. I absolutely can't reinforce it enough.
(You seem like an anti-retard, though, so I'm sure I don't have to argue with you about this)
I am going to fucking KILL the neighbors if I hear this song one more time.
Which song?
I don't know what song. I think this guy does something with music because for the past few months this song has played at least 3-7 times a day, if not more. And his incredibly loud phone conversations always seem music related and about what this artist is doing and what he did to this track.
He used to keep me up with his really loud music that tends to start around 10-11 PM and sometimes goes on till 2-3 AM. I had to start getting up early with Quid to come to close to sleeping through it.
They're Asian. It's some sort of Asian pop that makes me think of Britney Spears and her newer shit. I can now recognize the beat of it without hearing the music when the walls move. Right now I'm in the living room and can't hear the music, so I'm fine with it, but the fact that it's the same song over and over is fucking annoying. And I fucking want to throttle them at night.
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I am going to fucking KILL the neighbors if I hear this song one more time.
Which song?
I don't know what song. They're Asian and I fucking want to throttle them at night.
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Problems with swimming:
1) The pool is not heated. Not a huge problem now, but will become an issue in winter.
2) It's in the middle of the complex, where all the tenants can see my out-of-shape body struggle to do a couple laps.
3) I have a highly irrational fear of pools, which usually I can overcome, but which occasionally will overpower me, forcing me to stop in the middle of a lap and retreat to the shallow end. This one fits nicely with problem #2.
So I dunno, maybe I'll figure out a different way to keep in shape.
Isn't there some sort of noise curfew bylaw or something?
I thought most places had one by 11pm on weekdays.
People in my neighbourhood don't mind loud music as lost as it's off by 9pm (most of them have kids), except the people directly next door who are total bitches all the time. They're actually really weird, their backyard is full of weird vegetation and they have this fucking parrot that screeches all the time.
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backstroke as a more relaxed one
maybe the butterfly
but i know shit about swimming. all of my body hair creates a huge amount of drag
I mean, maybe I'm making it more complicated that it should be. Should I just do the regular stroke ( :winky: ), or should I be doing backstroke/breaststroke/etc?
Haha, apparently Mark Spitz told the then head coach of the Russian Olympic swimming team that his mustache helps him a great deal, reducing drag. The following summer Olympics all Russian swimmers had mustaches. :P
Do you not have health insurance?
You should probably go see a doct--*ban*
I like this place, I don't want a ban... but...
(Perhaps I'm just paranoid because of how much stress I place on my legs as a runner, but seriously Than, the legs ain't nothin' to fuck wit', etc.)
Shut up, you filthy liberal socialist commie.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Pudding!
Now with anise flavoring!
Doom!
Interestingly enough, a lot of people don't want to hear 'go to a doctor' not only because of money- but because of time. A lot of people refuse to take off one afternoon to assess their health. Makes no sense to me, but then again I'm not in a high-pressure environment at my job, so I guess I can't be hating.
Curse you, Richards!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
In all honesty, if it is a possibility, you should consult a doctor or some sort of therapist. They'll know more about what's up than a bunch of random people on the internet.
If that isn't a possibility, get off of your legs for a while.
Which is why I
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat cher meat!
Also: Mikeman is a chode-monger.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I'll eatcher meat.
I knew it! Not sure what it means, but I knew it!
From the bushes or from across the street.
Uncharacteristically dickish of me. I should stop playing this game.
No-quarter is a charlatan and scoundrel!
Which one?
Which song?
If it continues, yeah, I'll probably go, but at the moment, I really can't afford that.
I try to avoid shooting cops in real life, Elendil.
I generally avoid shooting them in this game, too, though, which is why I think I've probably been playing it for too long.
Got it. I strongly, strongly, strongly advise you to not do any weighted, torsional movements for a bit. Some people will tell you that you "don't want anything to atrophy" but that is utter horseshit in a scenario such as this. The effects of intramuscular atrophy aren't really even noticeable in the time frame we're discussing. Rest. I absolutely can't reinforce it enough.
(You seem like an anti-retard, though, so I'm sure I don't have to argue with you about this)
I don't know what song. I think this guy does something with music because for the past few months this song has played at least 3-7 times a day, if not more. And his incredibly loud phone conversations always seem music related and about what this artist is doing and what he did to this track.
He used to keep me up with his really loud music that tends to start around 10-11 PM and sometimes goes on till 2-3 AM. I had to start getting up early with Quid to come to close to sleeping through it.
They're Asian. It's some sort of Asian pop that makes me think of Britney Spears and her newer shit. I can now recognize the beat of it without hearing the music when the walls move. Right now I'm in the living room and can't hear the music, so I'm fine with it, but the fact that it's the same song over and over is fucking annoying. And I fucking want to throttle them at night.
1) The pool is not heated. Not a huge problem now, but will become an issue in winter.
2) It's in the middle of the complex, where all the tenants can see my out-of-shape body struggle to do a couple laps.
3) I have a highly irrational fear of pools, which usually I can overcome, but which occasionally will overpower me, forcing me to stop in the middle of a lap and retreat to the shallow end. This one fits nicely with problem #2.
So I dunno, maybe I'll figure out a different way to keep in shape.
I thought most places had one by 11pm on weekdays.
People in my neighbourhood don't mind loud music as lost as it's off by 9pm (most of them have kids), except the people directly next door who are total bitches all the time. They're actually really weird, their backyard is full of weird vegetation and they have this fucking parrot that screeches all the time.