Originally Posted by
cyccommute
What is there to "swimming gear"? Honestly, if you have a list of "swim gear" like nkfrench's
You are carrying too much stuff. Sorry, nk, but why do you need fins, a pull-buoy, kick board, and hand-paddles? Sandals, maybe googles and a towel would should be all the "swim gear" you should need if you are riding a bike to the pool. It seems to me that you have several pieces of equipment that are working at cross purposes. The fins, hand-paddles and kickboard make it so that you can go easier but you have to add the buoy to make it harder. Why not just dispense with the gadgets and adjust your swimming speed to match the intensity you need?
Thanks for your opinions. I was a competitive swimmer training with a coach and teammates. The workouts require these pieces of equipment for the different sets we do during practice. The coach doesn't tell us which sets we will do in advance for us to minimize equpment. We do not have overnight lockers nor does the pool provide this type of equipment. Competitive swimmers do not just swim up and down the pool the entire time.