u/mikeb202

I bough a pair of Hawthorne Muleskinners because they were on sale not that keen on the brushed look and the light colour , what should I use to darken them and protect. Wax or leather conditioner ? Any specific products recommended?

I was going to buy the Rogue Comp Ring Straps but then I had a look and hammock straps + decent carabiners are more or less the same thing?

I could get the numbered ring straps but I do not trust those buckles they have on them as I had exactly on of those break on a TRX luckily it was on grass and not on concrete and it was a PT client using the TRX at the time.

Ever since then I trust noting but climbing rated buckles and carabiners when it comes to suspension training and Rings.

I don't mind paying for the rogue straps but they look pretty much identical to hammock straps. Anyone use the hammock straps or the rogue comp straps?

So I have to complete a 400m swim in under 12 minutes in about a month, I can swim but never took any lessons I swim with my head above the water constantly and it's hard work, but also if I try to swim with the head in the water and breathe every 3 strokes it just kills me in like 50m I just cannot get the breathing right.........

I've been watching the immersion swimming vids and they help a bit, almost managed to do 100m non stop breathing every 3rd stroke on one side only

I live in a remote area and have no access to a swimming pool or coaches , only the ocean............

Do I have a chance to learn the proper freestyle swimming or my best bet is to just train as much as I can and muscle through it ?

There's also other tests like diving an picking stuff from under water etc I can do all those as In a previous life I spend some time in a military unit and we used to do loads of water obstacle courses etc swimming crossing rivers etc... and I was able to get by with the ''ghetto'' freestyle....but 400m is a bit of a distance to muscle through.....