Swimming: Sport of the Devil?



Everyday at swim practice the swim team goes through rigorous sets and circuits. These practices just keep getting harder and harder as the weeks creep by. There are long sets and then sprinting sets. Both seem non-stop to all with only a few seconds to try and get your breath. We are pushed to the very edge of are abilities and are nudged to the point of oblivion. On more than one occasion a few swimmers need to 'take a break' to relieve their mouths of unwanted stuffs. If swimming is so difficult and painful then why do us swimmers do this to ourselves? In the beginning of the school year when we start to swim again after the summer the workouts aren't that hard because there's new people who don't know how to swim and many people didn't practice during the summer. But as we all get back into it and everybody knows how to at least do every stroke then practices get harder and faster. By the time you realize that this is more pain than anything else you can't quit because your bod is addicted to it. If you suddenly stop then your body gets very confused and aches even more to be moving. You have withdrawals from the excited/scared feelings you would have right before jumping off the blocks for a race. Swimmers just can't quit for the simple reason that it'll cause even more pain.