bron92 - 21/03/2009 04:07 - United States
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Thanks everyone, haters and all. Let me clear some things up for yall. 1) i did pass, but when i was out of the pool i was GASSED 2) the woman was in pretty damn good shape. I didnt mean to be sexist or ageist. 3) my football team was 11-2. The Ennis Lions, if you wanna check im #64. We were 1 game short of state (loss to rockwall heath) 4) Im not the typical "athlete". I had a pink mohawk in the summer, I listen to no rap and all alternative, I HAVE PINK AND BLACK VANS FOR GODS SAKE. 5) This will surprise you. I'm 6'2 and 230lbs (6% body fat). An offensive lineman, thats why i had some problems. I didn't mean to come off as a jerk, or a "dumb jock",and I actually did somewhat prepare for this test. I had a friend who is a lifeguard teach me and have me swim but I guess it wasn't enough. And, yes, I RESPECT ALL YOU SWIMMERS NOW! haha I learned the hard way
or maybe it's the fact that manual labor and swimming are two completely different things. Manual labor is a strength workout while swimming is endurnace.
RefugeForChris
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It's called swimming brah. Takes more work than running or lifting weights.
chuko1014
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man u must have a nice construction boss thats all i have to say.
Muscle doesn't float buddy!!
mabye if it was a 500 fly...
I am a lifeguard. And no it's not easy
Too many people believe swimming is an easier sport than most, but people are very, very wrong. It's actually a lot harder than most sports actually. I was a lifeguard for 3 years, and a swimmer for 13. I've seen plenty of "ripped" dudes like football players and wrestlers almost drown because they underestimated how hard it is. Example: a 6'4" 250lb. football player got sucked under a riptide once because he couldn't swim very well. So, I could say,"Your life sucks", but it's kind of your fault for thinking it was going to be so easy.
Swimming muscles are completely different. I have a friend who can probably bench press me but can't swim ten laps or tread for 5 minutes.
Dude thats sad. Im 12 and ive passed ALL of my lifeguard courses. Including the fitness test against 16 year olds.
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swimming isn't easy.
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There are 10 types of fitness that get measured. I don't expect that you are actually unfit in any way, but the other people probably just focused on the areas you didn't - which are probably the areas they measured. It's not like you lost to an elderly obese man, you lost to somebody who likely swims as a sport everyday.
I don't know what kind of fitness test this is, but if it's for Lifeguard Training, I'd guess swimming is involved. In which case, I don't care if you're the fittest guy in the world, if you can't swim, you're no good.