Right now, I think I am the slowest person on my team. I am lazy, and I only push myself during my meets only (So far from the beggining of the season my 50 free has been from 48-36 seconds) I want to get faster and get on to varisty next year. I know I have to give up junk food and sodas, and go to every practice. But really what should I do to work out? I already know the best way is swim 2 hours in the moning, and 2.5 in the afternoon and weights 3 times a week, what else can I do? I feel that alone would not help me get to a faster time, to varisty.

should i use the speedo aqua fitness glove to provide resistance in the water to build more muscle added in my routine of just swimming? will using this glove make me faster and help me build more muscle and stamina? will it take off some seconds on my usual times if used consistently?

my friend swam 23s in a 25 meter pool. is that counted slow for a 13 year old? and if our legs are stronger will that make us kick faster? if yes, what other sports can i do to make my legs stronger (cycling?)? and how bout the arms? do we need strong arms to swim faster?

Well, a bunch of my friends have been having debates over swimming in Jell-O. Mainly we argue about what would happen if you dived in from a high-dive of a pool. Some people say that the jell-o is too thick, some say the jell-o would break up as you worked your way up, making it easy for you to get up, some people think you would just go a little bit deep, then stop, someone thinks that you could walk on it, someone else thinks that yu could lay on top of it... And I'm looking for an answer. Mainly an answer with evidence of some sort. thank you

still sore! What should I do??! It's like my shoulders, my upper back pretty much everything up there and it even hurts to touch it.. uhh. Advice?! P.s what exactly is sore??! Oh, you don't need to tell me I'm out of shape :P I did it!

i have a meet tmmrw i have a 200 freestyle. do you have any tips on how i can increase my speed and maintain my speed?

The fastest animal in the sea is a Sailfish. Now, nobody expects Phelps to be faster than a Sailfish, but he's not even as fast as a Dolphin. Now look at Usain Bolt, a guy SOOOO fast, that he actually has a higher top speed than animals that no human should ever be able to outrun. Usain Bolt makes Phelps look like a big fat slow couch potato by comparison.
Before Bolt, the fastest humans only had a top speed of 27 mph.
Bolt is SOOOO fast, that he's been tracked at a top speed over 32mph. Now that's faster than a White Tailed Dear, a Giraffe, A domestic cat, a Warthog, or a Reindeer. Bolt can catch all those animals, but I'd like to see Phelps even try and catch a Dolphin. He' be left in the wake current.

I KNOW they exist and I KNOW they have CUTE ones...I don't want an ugly one. hahaha I'm a swimmer, year round. I've seen girls wear CUTE two piece practice suits with no cleavage cut. So pleeeeeeeeeease? If any of you swimmers have them can you answer with a link, brand, or store (Northern Calif?) thanks!

Okay, let's do this for fun. Everybody put a star or write a comment if you're on the swim team, or joining.

Im a girl and about to go into 9th grade.. I really want to do swim team but have no real experience.... its a really good swim team. I was planning to do a swim team this summer and i started simple conditioning. I know the basics also. There is a fall conditioning class before swim season. I dont know if I should though because Im going to be taking honors classes and wondering if I would have the time. And also..my mom doesnt like the idea of tampons and quite frankly Im kind of scared to try it but like i really dont know how...
Do you think I should try out for swim? Do u think id have a chance? Any advice for beginner swimmers like to to increase speed ? And is there any terminology i need to know for swim?

Or rather ear, singular, since it only seems to be a problem for my right ear, since I breathe to the right. I don't really care about areodynamics since I'm not swimming competitively, so I don't want to waste my money on a cap if it's not going to help.