{"id":442763,"date":"2023-03-06T02:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=442763"},"modified":"2023-03-07T07:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:10:58","slug":"10-things-that-should-not-be-said-to-a-swimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/10-things-that-should-not-be-said-to-a-swimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things That Should Not Be Said to a Swimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>10 Things That Should Not Be Said to a Swimmer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Brooke Irving, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Swimmers lead a lifestyle that doesn\u2019t make sense to non-swimmers. But can we really blame them for not understanding? Like no other, we voluntarily jump into a cold pool in the dead of winter (most often more than six times per week) and spend hours at swim meets only to actually swim for a couple minutes. As a swimmer, we are far too familiar with Aunt Susan\u2019s questions at Thanksgiving, or footballer-Michael-from-English-class\u2019s assumptions about the sport we are so passionate about. On a daily basis non-swimmers say things to us, which quite frankly grind our gears. As much as we may smile and respond, on the inside we are gritting our teeth as our faces heat up with irritation. So, here are some things you should never say to a swimmer in order to avoid our wrath:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSwimming isn\u2019t a sport\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one sentence alone has the power to make any swimmer\u2019s blood boil. For the non-swimmer, swimming may be a leisurely way to spend your summer holiday, but if you think that swimmers spend hours per week in practice floating up and down on an inflatable, you\u2019re wrong. Swimming requires skill, strength, endurance and a determined mindset. To any non-swimmer who thinks this, I hereby invite you to a swim practice, oh and the main set is 4 x 200 fly\u2026 3 times through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;You\u2019re going to eat all that?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This bowl of spaghetti, a chicken sandwich and a side salad? Yes, of course, and I will probably have this carton of chocolate milk too&#8230; And that\u2019s just lunch. As competitive swimmers we can burn up to 2,500 calories in a 2-hour practice, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/10-foods-for-faster-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">food<\/a> and nutrition is vital for recovery and performance in the pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDid you win your meet?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For us, it may not always be about <em>winning<\/em>. First and foremost, we as individual swimmers cannot win an entire meet. However, we take pride in the successes we make at competitions. A win for us may be the fact that we swam a new personal best, or that we won our heat, or our team may win the championship. This is a loaded question, so brace yourself as we explain how it all went down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAre you fast?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faster than you? Yes. Faster than an Olympian? No.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe should have a race\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this pool party, right now? That\u2019s cute. I just don\u2019t know if I would want to put you through the embarrassment when I get to the other end of this eight-metre pool in two seconds, while you\u2019re still at the start line doing some weird form of breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA second is nothing\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A single millisecond holds indescribable value to a swimmer. A tenth of a second (.1) can be the difference between qualifying for a championship, winning gold, or beating your rival. Sometimes we may swim just one second faster than we have ever swam before, but that can be make or break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCan you just skip practice?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I haven\u2019t injured myself, which is the only redeemable token to miss practice. But, if you\u2019d like you can call my coach and hear their wrath of fury when they find out I\u2019m missing practice to go to the cinemas, go ahead!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWill you make it to the Olympics?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every swimmer wishes that they would be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyo2020.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympic Games<\/a> one day. But the reality is, we just aren\u2019t sure if we will be! There are billions of competitive swimmers worldwide, and we all can\u2019t be the next Michael Phelps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow many laps did you do at practice?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One second and let me get out my calculator and add up every set and divide by the length of the pool. We don\u2019t really count the laps, but rather the distance we do in our sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Aren\u2019t you tired?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After getting up at 5:30 a.m. for the fourth morning in a row, we are certainly tired. But it\u2019s all worth it. Swimmers have big goals to achieve, and we will put in the hard yards to get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Things That Should Not Be Said to a Swimmer By Brooke Irving, Swimming World College Intern Swimmers lead a lifestyle that doesn\u2019t make sense to non-swimmers. 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