Swim Girl Probs
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swim_girl
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3 years, 5 months ago by swim_girl
I am a swimmer, and it is by far my favorite sport EVER!! but as any female swimmer knows (and male I guess but some of these don't apply to the guys) there are some really weird side effects of soaking in chlorine for 2 hours *cough* fried hair *cough* 😂 so name some problems that you've experienced as a swimmer! here are some of mine:big shoulders disgusting hair huge hands itty bitty committee lol and chronic nosebleeds (yes ik this happens to other people but trust me, chlorine is a nose's worst enemy 🤪) |
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halokiwi
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3 years, 5 months ago by halokiwi
The blurry view and the red eyes afterwards 👁👁
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Emz_Grace
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3 years, 5 months ago by Emz_Grace
When the water goes so far up your nose it burrrrnnnnsss 💀
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halokiwi
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3 years, 5 months ago by halokiwi
I almost forgot the thing I hate most: when water gets in your ears and you have to jump around to get it out. I absolutely hate it.
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Dandelionz
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3 years, 5 months ago by Dandelionz
I don’t do competitive swimming but I do take lessons and when I started practicing flip turns omg, my nose it burnsss
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GenMalucci
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3 years, 5 months ago by GenMalucci
Disgusting hair, like when it dries it’s absolutely fried. And you can’t do much about it. Having huge hands and shoulders. It makes wearing anything that is tighter impossible because I look like a really muscular dude. When I forget to take a breath within the last five strokes before my flip turn and water gets up my nose and i have to come up faster. It’s not a huge deal, but I went through a growth spurt a while back, when I was like ten, and I had to get new suits, and I really liked the ones I had before. It was very disappointing
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GenMalucci
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3 years, 5 months ago by GenMalucci
Not to mention when caps split. And when new suits are needed because they wear out so fast
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riley_fxX
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3 years, 5 months ago by riley_fxX
omg the broad shoulders probably has to be the worst one!!i can’t wear a sleeveless dress/shirt without lookin like a man 😭 😭 |
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Laelerbug
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3 years, 5 months ago by Laelerbug
when your tush sticks out in the back
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unicorn_70
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3 years, 5 months ago by unicorn_70
my hair gets really dried at the ends, and sometimes my tips change from black to brown from the chlorine
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cowboys
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3 years, 5 months ago by cowboys
I am not on a swim team or anything but when I swim at the pool for fun in the summer the chlorine bleaches my hair so I have to use special shampoo and conditioner
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PotatoPeel
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3 years, 5 months ago by PotatoPeel
I'm a competitive synchronized swimmer and I did 4 years of diving before that, and I still do diving. I basically grew up at the pool and live in it haha. So theres no hope for my hair anymore. Its dried and smells like chlorine no matter how many times you wash it. Also about the water in the nose, i wear a noseplug, but I cant tell you how many times I have lost my nose plug in the pool and didnt have a spare one, so the whole team is looking for it lol. Then you have to continue practice without one, and your nose burnssssss you have to keep blowing out of it all the time. Another thing, idk if this applies for swimmers, but like the next day your lungs start to burn or your abs hurt because of how long you held your breath. |
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GenMalucci
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3 years, 5 months ago by GenMalucci
@PotatoPeel I grew up in the pool. I’m a competitive swimmer and I have been one since the age of five-six. My lungs only started to burn after about a year of swim. I’m not sure what it’s from but it might be from breathing in the chlorine. We have a pool and my dad tests it often and shocks it with chlorine so it stays clean. I often start coughing and my lungs burn when he shocks the pool with chlorine. So maybe it’s breathing it in, and then holding our breath for such a long time
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awesomelgk
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3 years, 5 months ago by awesomelgk
Ooo let me pull out my list of A MILLION PAGES...*Broken hair *Broken caps *Broken knees (lol at least knees in pain) *My stupid team caps (they hurt like 😠😠😠) *Being with someone slow/being the slow one in a lane *And people saying swimming isn't a sport (it happens more than you think, dude I put my life into this sport!) Sorry for my rant, I needed this 😄 |
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swim_girl
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3 years, 5 months ago by swim_girl
@awesomelgk omg all of those are sooooo annoying! especially when people say it's not a sport that makes me SO angry 😂
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awesomelgk
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3 years, 5 months ago by awesomelgk
@saim_girl even two of my friends (who isn't swimmer athletic, not trying to be rude) and their moms were like "We are going to start swimming lessons like awesomelgk does!" My mom was there too, we both just rolled our eyes at each other 😂
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awesomelgk
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3 years, 5 months ago by awesomelgk
Oops, read above @swim_girl
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GenMalucci
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3 years, 5 months ago by GenMalucci
@awesomelgk It’s not swim lessons!! I can’t stand when people don’t realize it’s a sport. Especially cause swimming has been my life for years. It’s a sport lol
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Ciao
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3 years, 5 months ago by Ciao
I have not done swimming as a sport yet (I am going to start over the summer) but at camp we would go in the pool 2 times a day for like 30-45 minutes. And I would get an ear infection every single summer. Then I couldn't swim for like 2 weeks
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swim_girl
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3 years, 5 months ago by swim_girl
@awesomelgk @GenMalucci yeah people saying swim lessons like I’m 6 years old makes me soooo irrationally angry lol but I can’t help it 😂
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