u/something721

Hi all! I did year round swim a few years again for a while. That was the best I ever was at swim. I was really in good shape and I was really fast.

But with school and such, I quit because it took up a lot of time. I have recently started summer swim for my neighborhood and I’m really out of shape. Hell, I can barely do a lap of butterfly.

I have a treadmill at home that I have been using and although I think it has helped a bit, it hasn’t done much for me. I also have weights at home as well.

Are there any workouts I can do with a treadmill and some weights that will help me get back into swimming? Thank you!

Hi all! I use fluval stratum for my soil and whenever I’m performing plant maintenance, I’ll barely touch them and they will come out of the soil (even if they have longer roots). It’s really irritating when I try to push it back under only for the other end to come up! How do you deal with this?

Also, on a side note, what are some plants to make my tank look fuller? I have a lot of plants but I really want some tall full ones that go in the back. Also, what are some good floaters with long roots? Thank you!

Hi all! I wanted to start off by saying sorry if this kind of post isn’t allowed. I’ve had these two OCs for months and I have made no progress towards their story at all. I would love some help and would rather have real people give me ideas rather than ai! Thank you

So to start off I have these two ocs Redclaw and Lowecho. Redclaw is a med cat and Lowecho is a warrior of my fan clan VultureClan (who lives near the ocean). Lowecho, being one of the only white/light gray cat of all the clans, has always felt indifferent. I want Lowecho to be the villain and go to the dark forest when he dies.

The problem is, I have no story ideas. I was thinking a cinderpelt/heart situation where the previous cat died angry and got reborn as an evil cat because of that (got reborn as low, but I don’t love this idea for these ocs, maybe for a different one though!)? Or I want a unique story but I have no ideas!

Extra info: Red is the ‘good guy’ in the story but is maybe influenced by low?

Sorry again if this kind of post isn’t allowed I just want a little push in the right direction.

Hi all! I do karate/MMA and today we had to get a partner who was a higher belt than us. We were supposed to help each other out on our stances and she told me to get into a fighting stance. I got into one with both my feet slightly turned, but both facing the same way. She said “I don’t mean to critique, but is that your fighting stance?” And preceded to tell me to keep my feet entirely straight in a fighting stance. Now I know there are things I can learn but I’m not entirely new, I’ve been doing this for two years and in those two years, I have never been told to straighten my feet in a typical/casual fighting stance! I’m not sure if I am wrong or she is!? Thank you!

Hi all! I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, I had no idea which subreddit to use!

Back in November, I saw Paul McCartney. I got tickets back in June and literally counted down the days till the concert. I was so excited!

Then the concert came and went! It was so much fun but I struggle to remember the concert itself. I can remember the events of that day a few hours prior but when it comes to the concert itself, I can’t remember that much and I feel really disappointed in myself.

I recorded pretty much the whole thing so I don’t know if that has something to do with but I cannot physically picture it in my head. I don’t know if maybe I had adrenaline during the concert(Idk I’m just thinking of why) or maybe this just happens to some people.

Even with a concert that I went to a few weeks ago, that was very mellow and you sat the whole time, I can’t remember much of it. I didn’t even record it because no phones were allowed.

Does this happen to anyone else or is there a reason behind why I can’t really remember it? Thank you!

Ok I feel like this is really stupid but I’ve been thinking about it and I need to get my thoughts out right now. So seawings breathe air through their mouth/lungs and breathe in the water through their gills, right? What if you hold their head underwater but NOT their neck/gills (they are out of the water) Would they drown because they aren’t able to breathe in the water unless their gills are also in the water? This is kind of a meme but also a legitimate question. I really hope this makes sense😭

Hi all! I hope I’m posting this in the right sub because I do MMA! Today I was grappling and we were practicing submissions. I was going against this one girl and she got her palm pressed up against my throat. Although I don’t think it was a submission, I couldn’t really breathe/get away from it because she was on top on me and I tapped out. I could tell she was a little shocked and hesitated to stop but my instructor told us because we were just practicing, to tap out at submissions as soon as you can (I mean as soon as you begin to feel it). I guess I just feel a little embarrassed that I tapped out at something that wasn’t a submission but I’m not about to pass out. I hope this makes sense I’m having a hard time explaining it.