Anyone swim?
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Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
not so much law as custom i believe
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@mariner4life said in Anyone swim?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
not so much law as custom i believe
Yeah, could make the RWC interesting! AB's in long sleeves?
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@Bones said in Anyone swim?:
@mariner4life said in Anyone swim?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
not so much law as custom i believe
Yeah, could make the RWC interesting! AB's in long sleeves?
it's about time they were brought back anyway
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
It's cultural. Some baths/ onsens don't mind, others will have you cover them up, and still others won't let you in regardless.
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@antipodean said in Anyone swim?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
It's cultural. Some baths/ onsens don't mind, others will have you cover them up, and still others won't let you in regardless.
That would rule out pool sessions for most league players.
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@antipodean said in Anyone swim?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
It's cultural. Some baths/ onsens don't mind, others will have you cover them up, and still others won't let you in regardless.
Yep, as @mariner4life said, it is associated with Yakuza. There are specific baths where tattoos are cool, which is where the Yakuza go. It's kind of cool to go a local sento and take a bath next to some mafia guy - they are usually pretty cool to talk to. On certain beaches, you have to have to cover tattoos too, so be aware of the guy wearing a long sleeve t-shirt at the beach - almost certainly Yakuza.
Generally, as a non-Japanese I just do whatI want and apologize later - so when I play golf I just go in to the bath, and if the cleaning staff say anything, apologize, in which case they say remember for next time, which I 'forget'. But, at the swimming school they know I speak Japanese pretty well, and I don't want to be kicked out of the pool with my boy...
So, returning to the topic - no suggestions of actual swimwear anyone has seen or used? I didn't anything on the Speedo site unless I go full Triathlon wetty - I bet that's not allowed either.
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Reckon a tshirt rash vest would be your best option. You can get pretty lightweight ones. Just remember to go for snug, you dont want it tenting up on you when you hit the water... ah.. you know what I mean!
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@gt12 said in Anyone swim?:
@antipodean said in Anyone swim?:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Anyone swim?:
Would be shit having to wear a rashy for laps in a pool.
Get the tattoo removed?What an utterly retarded dilemma. Is this the law across the entire country or just that pool?
It's cultural. Some baths/ onsens don't mind, others will have you cover them up, and still others won't let you in regardless.
Yep, as @mariner4life said, it is associated with Yakuza. There are specific baths where tattoos are cool, which is where the Yakuza go. It's kind of cool to go a local sento and take a bath next to some mafia guy - they are usually pretty cool to talk to. On certain beaches, you have to have to cover tattoos too, so be aware of the guy wearing a long sleeve t-shirt at the beach - almost certainly Yakuza.
Or they're from Kyushu on holiday and don't want to go home as brown as someone from the Ryukyu's. I saw a fair amount of that.
So, returning to the topic - no suggestions of actual swimwear anyone has seen or used? I didn't anything on the Speedo site unless I go full Triathlon wetty - I bet that's not allowed either.
I'm sure someone mentioned rashies. They should do the trick.
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I was hoping that there was an option similar to the fastsuits still around, so that I could potentially actually use it for swimming, but it seems like that a rashie is best. Does anyone know anything about swimming in a swim skinsuit in the pool? Or is that way overboard for pool swimming - especially given that I'm never doing a triathlon? A pure swim option is what I'd be after...
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@SammyC said in Anyone swim?:
Back into the swimming lately in a good way.
Got a few goals I want to tick off before hitting 40, the main one being a sub 1.05 100 metre freestyle.
This weeks programmme:
Mon: 3km
Tues: 3.5km
Wed: 3.5km
Thurs: 2km (morning) 3km (evening)
Friday: 2kmSat and Sunday to be determined after a long run and club champs for tennis.
Don't feel the need to post every workout on here, but swimming is progressing well.
Have joined up with a local club and swim with a surf/ triathlon squad 3 times a week in addition to my own training. Coaches are a former national coach and a world ranked triathlete. The little technique pointers have been gold.
Can now comfortably back up 6 x 1 min 12 sec hundreds with 15 seconds rest in between, so reckon I am pretty close to the 1.05 hundred.
The biggest eye opener training with these guys is the volume of kicking drills we do, it's something the average swimmer doesn't programme enough.
We also hardly ever do pull, it's a lazy way to swim and promotes bad technique.
