February 2012
60 posts
onceuponaswimmer asked: I've been swimming competitively for 13 years and I can say that my shoulders are huge for a girl. Swimming builds muscle, and being in a growth spurt has nothing to do with how "manly" your shoulders get. Its because of the conditioning and stress that swimmers put on thier body day in and day out 11 months of the year. (For someone who swam HS, short course, Long Course, all...
cray0lakid asked: This is to the anon- I'm 20 years old.. I started swimming last year on my college team and I never swam competitively before that. I can see a growth in my shoulders and it's only been 2 years. As much as I wish it would be a growth spurt it's not, it's just the way the muscle builds from swimming.
Anonymous asked: Can I just say to the anon who asked about big shoulders....I train 11 months of the year with my team, my shoulders are huge...I've been competitively swimming since I was 5, my shoulders are not naturally this big, it's all swimming to do with the constant muscle build up and stress that causes my body to increase the structure of my shoulders in order to keep up with the stress...
Anonymous asked: you said something about your shoulders being big... but i really doubt that JUST swimming for high school makes your shoulders manly. cause i'm guessing hs swimming's like, 3 months out of the year. & you have to be swimming during your growth spurt (and reading your FAQ youre a girl so i'm guessing like when youre 10 ish) for your shoulders to be manly. just saying...
Anonymous asked: also are you swimming in college? binghamton's DI and it's in new york right?
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Anonymous asked: Whats your 100 back time?
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Anonymous asked: I think smuggles sounds better tho
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from now on, nonswimmers will be referred to as...
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i went prom dress shopping today... manly swimmer...
#swimmerproblems
Anonymous asked: Have you seen the swimming memes page on Facebook? What do you think of it?
have you checked out the ultimate swimmer playlist... →
i’m still accepting song suggestions so feel free to drop them in my ask (:
Anonymous asked: i have done swim at school since freshman year and i usually do water polo for "conditioning" but this yr i didnt do it cuz i didnt make grades, anyways its hell week and i slowed down A LOT. i got moved to the slowest lane and im the slowest person in that lane. im so scared to get cut, do you have any advice to get my speed up.... a lot....
Anonymous asked: 'ello there. I just wanted to say that I really love your tumblr. It's absolutely amazing. But I have some questions. First, I'm 16 and I want to try swimming (since my bro' does it for 3 years) but my friends say I'm too old to start it now. Is that true? And one more awkward question.. Um, does big boobs make swimming more difficult? HAHAH. Please give me some good...
Anonymous asked: You have asthma? yet do the sport that relays the most on breathing...you sir/ma'am have my utmost respect as an athlete.
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Anonymous asked: I was a swimmer for three years in high school, I am a senior now, and I wish I would of went out my freshman year too. I miss it so much. It is the best sport alive. I LOVE IT. && I LOVE all of your things on here, best blog everrr <3
Anonymous asked: Any tips for beginner swimmers? I would like to improve as fast as possible, since I started swimming really late. Dx I'm a upperclassman you see, and it's awkward watching my teammates swim right past me so fast. D: I wanna catch up. Specially some breathing tips would be awesome cuz my asthma makes it harder. Thanks a lot! :D
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new swimming blog!
it’s all about missy franklin and it’s run by one of my followers, moonson:
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follow him - he picked up on my terrible musical...
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dilligafs asked: my coach always used to say.. swimming is fun.. and today we are going to have a lot of fun! and dont listen to the anon they be trolling!
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follow these awesome swimmers!
thanks to you guys and your awesome promoting, littleswimmerthings gained 48 followers in less than 6 hours. thank you so much - i appreciate it!
i have randomly selected 10 people who promoted me, so check out their blogs:
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sleepdeprivedandsociallyawkward asked: Yay I'm a breaststroker too! And I make my smiley faces like (:
Anonymous asked: stop doing your smiley faces like this (: theyre supposed to go this way :)
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afraidt0fly asked: I love your tumblr :) Just saying.
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manedwolf asked: You just became my favorite swimmer blog, because breaststroke is your favorite stroke. Us breaststrokers have got to stick together. <3
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Anonymous asked: hey, I like your blog just fine :D It's cute and totally relatable. Honestly, I don't think that person should have judged the content of of you like that.. D: But hey, no matter, you've got a fan right here! :D
Anonymous asked: lol this is random but whats your favorite stroke?
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Anonymous asked: swimmer-girlproblems is a way better swimming tumblr than yours.
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are you a swimmer? read this!
littleswimmerthings has grown from just a bunch of posts to a big community of swimmers of all ages, and i’d like to see it continue to grow.
i’m really close to my next big follower goal on this blog, and i’d appreciate some help in reaching it.
if you’d like to be promoted on littleswimmerthings, here’s what you have to do!
1. be following littleswimmerthings
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Anonymous asked: what are some good swimming movies?
yesterday, my friend posted a whole bunch of photos from one of our high school meets on facebook. she got a ton of really cool ones during warm up, including this one of me swimming breaststroke.
i was going to make it my profile picture on facebook but i realized it looks like i’m swimming the 200 im and the girl next to me is beating me by an entire 50 ahaha
#swimmerproblems