Fookin knackered

[suityou01]

In the eternal battle against weight I went for a swim tonight. I managed so slog out 800m breast stroke (girly stroke) and feel fookin knackered, but also chuffing hungry. Does anyone else swim like an old dolphin with missing fins can share my pain? Will ache tomorra.

[d000hg]

I like swimming because it's about the only exercise you don't get sweaty, which I hate. On the other hand when your technique is poor, it's horrendously hard work. Keep at it though, if you're out of practice you'll see big improvements in speed/distance quite fast.

As for the post-workout hunger... drink a pint of water and wait 10min before eating, rather than buying Space Raiders at the pool's vending machines

[BrilloPad]

In the eternal battle against weight I went for a swim tonight. I managed so slog out 800m breast stroke (girly stroke) and feel fookin knackered, but also chuffing hungry. Does anyone else swim like an old dolphin with missing fins can share my pain? Will ache tomorra.

Hurt is gods way of telling you that you overdid it. Try sitting in a comfy chair instead.

HTH

[suityou01]

Hurt is gods way of telling you that you overdid it. Try sitting in a comfy chair instead.

HTH

You're right. I shall take my evening constitutional (to the shed), instead.

[TimberWolf]

800m breaststroke would knacker me out too, unless I went girlie speed, not least because I rarely use it. Front crawl is more efficient. What's weird about front-crawl, given that it seems like such a natural stroke, is that it was only 'invented' a hundred odd years ago. I'm told we'd naturally do some kind of weird side-stroke, or drown, which was all the rage before front-crawl was invented and luckily not patented.

To really knacker yourself out needlessly and annoy others, you need to switch to butterfly. I have no idea why such an inefficient stroke is allowed to be an Olympic event, likewise breaststroke. It's crazy when there is a better way of getting from one end of a pool to the other at high speed. Why isn't there an Olympic event for running the hundred metres in a stupid way?

[RichardCranium]

Why isn't there an Olympic event for running the hundred metres in a stupid way?

Hurdles.

[suityou01]

800m breaststroke would knacker me out too, unless I went girlie speed, not least because I rarely use it. Front crawl is more efficient. What's weird about front-crawl, given that it seems like such a natural stroke, is that it was only 'invented' a hundred odd years ago. I'm told we'd naturally do some kind of weird side-stroke, or drown, which was all the rage before front-crawl was invented and luckily not patented.

To really knacker yourself out needlessly and annoy others, you need to switch to butterfly. I have no idea why such an inefficient stroke is allowed to be an Olympic event, likewise breaststroke. It's crazy when there is a better way of getting from one end of a pool to the other at high speed. Why isn't there an Olympic event for running the hundred metres in a stupid way?

I was going girly speed, it took 32 minutes.

[OwlHoot]

800m breaststroke would knacker me out too, unless I went girlie speed, not least because I rarely use it. Front crawl is more efficient. ..

I'd have thought backstroke is the most efficient for humans, because you aren't using muscle power to arch your head out of the water. But obviously the main snag is that you can't see where you're going.

[BoredBloke]

Why isn't there an Olympic event for running the hundred metres in a stupid way?

Well not the 100m but they do that 10k mincing thing

[cojak]

.... but also chuffing hungry.

I hope you didn't 'treat' yourself to a Big Mac and a milkshake/beer because you 'deserved it'.

Many a fitness regime has been scuppered by post-workout binges.

But I'm sure you didn't fall for it...