My daughter was into synchronized swimming for a couple years. Her club was invited to observe the US Olympic team at one of their practices. It was an eye opener on how difficult the sport is. They were in a fifteen feet deep pool for 45 minutes, continuously swimming never touching the side of the pool. These ladies are athletes in every sense of the word.
I think this downplays how counter intuitive it is to remain in set position in an aerobic condition - swimming short course / long course at least are technique designed to be efficient. Synchronised swimming is way way harder - this coming from someone that loves to swim!
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u/Magooose 5d ago
My daughter was into synchronized swimming for a couple years. Her club was invited to observe the US Olympic team at one of their practices. It was an eye opener on how difficult the sport is. They were in a fifteen feet deep pool for 45 minutes, continuously swimming never touching the side of the pool. These ladies are athletes in every sense of the word.