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I swim because I enjoy it, not because I'm trying to get somewhere fast. This seems awkward and I bet you have to use your arms just to counterbalance the twis
by uncertainrhymes 2y ago
I swim because I enjoy it, not because I'm trying to get somewhere fast.
This seems awkward and I bet you have to use your arms just to counterbalance the twist you'd get on each 'stroke' of the leg.
So even though I think it's goofy, I bet I'd like whoever came up with this. Someone who put a ton of effort into building something they thought would be interesting despite a thousand people telling them it's goofy.
Good on them.
- Broken_Hippo 2y agoMy favorite way to swim is with those flippers - because I go fast. Going fast doesnt mean not enjoying it.
- lupusreal 2y agoYep, going fast with flippers feels great.
- LtWorf 2y agoFeels less great for all the people in the pool that you kick.
- Broken_Hippo 2y agoYou don't have to do it in a crowded pool.
- _carbyau_ 2y agoMy major hassle with touches in pools is frog kick. I have zero issues with fins, on me or others.
- gklitz 2y ago> I swim because I enjoy it, not because I'm trying to get somewhere fast. I run because I enjoy it, not because I’m trying to get somewhere fast. But I also bike because I enjoy it, not because I’m trying to get somewhere fast. You seem to assume that because this thing is faster, it must automatically be less enjoyable. That’s not the case for bikes, why should it be the case here? In my opinion it sounds fun, and would probably be enjoyable.
- uncertainrhymes 2y agoThat's a fair point. My (untested) assumption would be that it would be cumbersome and weird, and I wouldn't be 'swimming'. If I were to guess at their motivations, it might be 'what could make me go faster in the water and also be enjoyable'? I'd try it out of curiosity, sure, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't last beyond the novelty for me.
- DrammBA 2y agoBiking is definitely cumbersome and weird at the beginning, and it wouldn't be considered "running" by any stretch of the imagination.
- matt-attack 2y agoA bike is just a way for runners to cheat.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoFixed gear bikes are the most fun so it kinda is true of bikes.
- kiba 2y agoRunning does make pedestrian locomotion more tolerable. Save me some money versus using electric scooters though I think electric scooters are still faster.
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- jerlam 2y agoMaybe not necessarily "faster" but there is an idea that adding any kind of technology should be avoided for recreational activities. For example, you can mountain bike with a fully-suspended e-bike, or you can struggle with a hardtail or even a road bike. Different kinds of fun, but in the former you'll wonder if it's the technology doing all the work.
- 404mm 2y agoBalancing this device must have been a good problem to solve! All I can think of is “where does the other end that stick go?”
- whamlastxmas 2y agoYour blow hole, clearly
- a_c 2y agoTwo propellers spin in different directions might solve it I guess
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoThat will counter the rotational force, but not the transversal up your butt.
- abecedarius 2y agoMaybe design a pogo-stick-like action, pushing with both legs together?
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- hnthrow289570 2y agoIt's pretty neat. I'd want to try a version with a linear motion that drives the propeller for the counterbalance reasons. I could see this as an alternative to fins offered at snorkeling places. That would make a great test environment too.
- LtWorf 2y agoIf you live somewhere with currents, it could be good to be able to swim at all.
- arturkesik 2y agoI come from family of scuba divers, and the scuba divers are a perfect market for this I think - pretty rich, pretty lazy and have to cover a lot of distance underwater
- stevage 2y agoPersonally I hate swimming though I kind of like being in water, moving. So I'd definitely benefit from this, if it worked etc.