As a swimmer how do you feel when people try and say it's a wimp sport?

Question

How angry do you get when people try and tell you it's a wimp sport? I'm on my highschool team and it's the hardest thing i've ever done. We get to practice every morning at 4:30, and stop at 6:30. Then after we practice from 2:45 to 5:30. I also run track and play volleyball, and am a former soccer player and there isn't any comparison.

To those fellow swimmers out there...how much do these people p**s you off? Plus can't they tell how swimmers are some of the most muscular atheletes? The girls on the team don't have a grain of fat on their body. Everythings muscle.

Answer 1

That always bothered me too.  Swimmers are some of the toughest athletes around in my opinion.

Answer 2

repeat after me to those people

"if its a wimp sport do a 500m fly"

1.they wont kno what your talking about

2.if they get it they will die out on the 1st lap

Answer 3

there just trying to compensate for the fact that we could do their workouts unless their a national level athlete and make it look better then them

Answer 4

they make me very angry.  one time we had a competition with the football players (vs. the girls swim team) we pushed those blockers across the field and schooled them in the pool.  it was pretty much the easiest practice ever.

then everyone at our school stopped going to football games-because they are the worst team at our school--and started going to swim meets because we are awesome and win!

Answer 5

Ignore them, they arent worth it, swimming isnt an easy sport, and you wounldnt know that unless you did it yourself.

Answer 6

It Agivates Me

I just Say to them Race me

They Get a Reality Check Pretty Quick