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OK, just how can I do that?

[rcecale]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Drownproofing class!

I was one of the last graduating classes of Ga Tech that REQUIRED that #$%#$Q class for an engineering degree.

From wiki:
Drownproofing was developed by swimming coach Fred Lanoue, known to students as Crankshaft because of his limping gait. It was first taught in 1940.[1] His method was so successful that it gained national recognition, and Georgia Tech soon made it a requirement for graduation, until 1988.[2] The US Navy also took interest, and adopted it as part of their standard training.[3] It is claimed that during Lanoue's time teaching at Tech from 1936 to 1964, he taught drownproofing to some 20,000 students.[4]

Once they had mastered the Drownproofing technique, students learned how to stay afloat with their wrists and ankles bound, swim 50 yards (46 m) underwater, and retrieve diving rings from the bottom of the pool using their teeth. Lanoue published a book called Drownproofing, a New Technique for Water Safety in 1963.[5] Georgia Tech dropped the course from its curriculum in 1988, as part of a downsizing of its physical education and athletics department.[6]

Drownproofing has been for many years widely taught to recruits in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard.

Reagh "Doc" Wetmore, swimming coach at Boston University, shared Fred Lanoue's enthusiasm for Drownproofing and continued to teach the technique until his retirement at the end of 2005.

I learned drownproofing in the Marine Corps and then taught it to my daughter, when she was only 6 or 7. Really simple technique, once you get the hang of it.

Used to love watching her challenge her friends in the HOA pool...see who could go the longest without touching the bottom or the sides. She RULED!!! HAHAHA

Randy

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[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by rcecale

I learned drownproofing in the Marine Corps and then taught it to my daughter, when she was only 6 or 7. Really simple technique, once you get the hang of it.

Used to love watching her challenge her friends in the HOA pool...see who could go the longest without touching the bottom or the sides. She RULED!!! HAHAHA

Randy

Ok, so how do I learn to do it as well?

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

Ok, so how do I learn to do it as well?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

Ok, so how do I learn to do it as well?

You'd start by doing a simple google search.

Then you might go here.

Drownproofing

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[masraum]

And for the record, I've never even tried it, but I think this is a bit funny.

Pretty amazing Olympic record, 23 Gold medals, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze.

I saw something on the BBC website that said he is 6'4", but has the torso of someone 6'8", with the arm-span of someone 6'7" and the legs of someone 6'0" tall. On top of the super long torso and arms and short legs, his ankles are double jointed which gives him an extra 15° of mobility which means his feet are like flippers. On top of all of that, he creates lactic acid at 1/2 the rate of most folks, so his muscles recover faster which allows him to perform at or near peak level multiple times a day without a recovery time like most folks.

Pretty darn amazing guy. And all of that while being a stoner, apparently. I wonder how much weed he actually smokes or smoked. Most of the stoners that I remember from HS and college could not have been Olympic athletes.

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[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by masraum

And for the record, I've never even tried it, but I think this is a bit funny.

Pretty amazing Olympic record, 23 Gold medals, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze.

I saw something on the BBC website that said he is 6'4", but has the torso of someone 6'8", with the arm-span of someone 6'7" and the legs of someone 6'0" tall. On top of the super long torso and arms and short legs, his ankles are double jointed which gives him an extra 15° of mobility which means his feet are like flippers. On top of all of that, he creates lactic acid at 1/2 the rate of most folks, so his muscles recover faster which allows him to perform at or near peak level multiple times a day without a recovery time like most folks.

Pretty darn amazing guy. And all of that while being a stoner, apparently. I wonder how much weed he actually smokes or smoked. Most of the stoners that I remember from HS and college could not have been Olympic athletes.

He was in a rehab program awhile ago in AZ. He gave an interesting interview about it. He decided to give up the bong and try for another few Golds.

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[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by masraum

Pretty amazing Olympic record, 23 Gold medals, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze.

I saw something on the BBC website that said he is 6'4", but has the torso of someone 6'8", with the arm-span of someone 6'7" and the legs of someone 6'0" tall. On top of the super long torso and arms and short legs, his ankles are double jointed which gives him an extra 15° of mobility which means his feet are like flippers. On top of all of that, he creates lactic acid at 1/2 the rate of most folks, so his muscles recover faster which allows him to perform at or near peak level multiple times a day without a recovery time like most folks.

Pretty darn amazing guy. .

I think freak of nature are the words you were looking for. What a weird shaped goofy looking body/dude!

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