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Tried flippers on Friday. I bet the lifeguard was in pain from holding in his laughter.
It is very easy to get my legs tangled when turning around at the end of a lap if I'm wearing four-foot-long blades sticking off the end of my feet. What? They're not four feet long? Man, once I get in the pool they're at least that big. I think they're even longer when I'm walking on the tile beside the pool.
I sure do move faster with those things on. Wow. I definitely can't do the scissor-kick; I have to flutter-kick. I grabbed a board to practice that for a lap.
After a few laps my feet were in screaming cramping blinding agony. They felt like they'd seized and were now rock-solid curled claws. I suspect a) I have no musculature in my feet any more, b) it's hard to get those things to move properly if they're even a tiny bit loose, c) there's a lot of resistance to fight when turning around. If I am to use these I will have to start very gradually: start with half a lap and work my way up...
So I pulled them off, tried another couple of laps, and quit. I think the only thing that got a workout Friday morning was the nonexistent muscles in my feet.
(Yeah, they ached afterward (the messed-up part did). So flippers won't save me from that.)
Ah well. Progress: I'm still going and I'm still learning what NOT to do!
It is very easy to get my legs tangled when turning around at the end of a lap if I'm wearing four-foot-long blades sticking off the end of my feet. What? They're not four feet long? Man, once I get in the pool they're at least that big. I think they're even longer when I'm walking on the tile beside the pool.
I sure do move faster with those things on. Wow. I definitely can't do the scissor-kick; I have to flutter-kick. I grabbed a board to practice that for a lap.
After a few laps my feet were in screaming cramping blinding agony. They felt like they'd seized and were now rock-solid curled claws. I suspect a) I have no musculature in my feet any more, b) it's hard to get those things to move properly if they're even a tiny bit loose, c) there's a lot of resistance to fight when turning around. If I am to use these I will have to start very gradually: start with half a lap and work my way up...
So I pulled them off, tried another couple of laps, and quit. I think the only thing that got a workout Friday morning was the nonexistent muscles in my feet.
(Yeah, they ached afterward (the messed-up part did). So flippers won't save me from that.)
Ah well. Progress: I'm still going and I'm still learning what NOT to do!
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What is that quote of Thomas Edison or someone about having never made any mistakes but having done a thousand experiments that didn't result in desired effect. Whoever it was, they said it much better than that.
What about something LIKE your shoes, but worn in the water, that prevents (most kinds of) foot movement? I'm thinking home made....
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I guess so!
What about something LIKE your shoes, but worn in the water, that prevents (most kinds of) foot movement? I'm thinking home made....
Yes. I am thinking of a few things:
1) tape. Probably low rigidity, high annoyance factor.
2) swim shoes. I don't know if they come in adult sizes.
3) something homemade, with a base probably starting from foam-bottomed flip-flops.