eh that's not that easy

@@bLuemaNMKO it rly is

his muscles and his form are top tier which is why he barely needs any strokes to get across the pool. when your form is wrong you have to put a lot more energy into fighting the water -- instead, we learn to be more water dynamic through a LOT of core work

@@bLuemaNMKO For a high level swimmer it's easier than walking

@@sydneycrystal243 So it's less about swimming in the pool hard and more about working on your form?

and lays off the pot

You are late to the party pal

@@vaibhav2207 fr

@@vaibhav2207 its a joke

@@vaibhav2207 r/wooooooosh

Behind that effortless there are tons of effort

Practice dude lots of it

Any parts that he uses to provide forward propulsion he provides TONS of it, while keeping the rest of his body completely streamlined and buoyant. A session a day for a year or so will get you feeling much much closee to how he looks here.

He swims like a fish, probably even has webbed feet!

I don't even swim 🤡

I think that’s the average. Just go to a lake most kids are just floating only a few do down and backs past the line.

it’s honestly a good bit better than average

@@seanknox7321 Inam average and first 20 meters i swim better than that 🤣

Didn't know the average person swims in a shirt

@@av4rici0u55 lots of American men feel shame about stomach fat. Obesity in America is average.

His legs are actually shorter than the more proportional 6'3" guys, although in strokes I can definitely agree with your comment

@@dank2112Yeah, he actually has short legs and a super long torso. He has long arms. His shoulders are also VERY wide, and his body tapers down to his feet. He was literally built to be the worlds greatest swimmer, and I don’t know if we’ll ever see a human being surpass him naturally. I’ve never seen someone dominate their sport like MP did.

@@D71219ONE i have longer legs and shorter torso, arm span is 6'8" I'm also 6'3"

@@D71219ONE Johnny Weismuller? He set over 50 WRs at a time when competitive swimming didnt even take place in pools. And was the first person to swim faster than a crocodile

@@dank2112 his legs are doing maybe 40% of the propulsion. His "wing span" is doing 60% or more.

That was Michael Phelps warmup pace anyway. It’s all about technique.

dang.

Uh Wasn’t he one?

@@bowmaster6688 shhh its a joke

@@bowmaster6688 r/wooooooooooosh

Creo que el solito tiene más de 30 medallas de oro de orooooo!!!

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what a great quote

He’s not even swimming fast, he’s probably swimming at as cooldown pace. Source: I’m top 10 in age group for my state and that’s about the stroke rate I use for cooling down

@@nathanjoe6655 real name?

@@nathanjoe6655 when?

@@nathanjoe6655 oh nice what age group?

well phelps doesnt need them over, bro broke the 200 free wr with water in his goggles, his coach used to step on them when he was in the bathroom and make him swim with broken goggles.

@@olivianotrodrigo 200 Fly WR

@@swimmingrobot1219 i apologize

@@olivianotrodrigo why would the coach step on it

@@pixel6134 to break them so they fill up with water when he swims. its a technique, so when it happens at a meet, ur prepared

Wouldn’t even make the tiniest bit of a difference here 😂😂 effort level of Phelps here is like riding a bike so slowly you‘d almost fall over but not quite…

@@larafroeschl7083 But it surely affects the other guy. It's like he's swimming with an anchor. They handicapped the wrong guy here.

@@jlpack62 yeah I know I’m just saying even without the extra drag you wouldn’t see a difference in how this „race“ would look

@@larafroeschl7083 yeah I know, but andy wouldn't be struggling as much.

It doesn't make that much of a handicap. I've swam wearing clothes and it just makes u a bit slower it doesnt force to put much more effort in or ruin your form

Swimming is a niche sport tho. Not as much competition when compared to running.

And those bong rips were classy, no lie.

@@SW-nx4jz there still are, "dive" more into it And regardless of the lesser competition compared to track and field, the athletes are much more closely matched in swimming. Also, it's more physically demanding than track and field, almost all physically able but untrained persons can complete a 100 meter dash or attempt a long jump, regardless of the result.. whereas swimming for 50 meters straight is much more challenging, forget 100, if it's not a trained swimmer. Most people will burn out inside 20 meters

@@dummy9517 they also compete in several events in one set of games, there’s plenty of athletes who were just as dominant in there sport but only are eligible for one medal per games.

It’s pretty dumb to count medals even every event gets one Vs. a sport like hockey that only gets 1.

Phelps looks like a giant dolphin.

"most people" I think you mean, "everyone that ever lived"

@@skreelthebarbarianreread it dingus

@@cooperramos2700 reread it dingus

Well thats what happens when you swim all day every day

cool man

I thought you were gonna say you would be a Phelps

@@isntitrich000 same thing.

Makes me think if that gene keeps being passed on, we'll have mermaids in some million years 😂

does anyone think that watching swimming? I doubt it.

That’s actually insane 😮

this didn't show the difference at all. In fact, I could do what michael phelps did here when compared to that other guy, and I'm not anywhere near a pro swimmer, I just had lessons when I was a kid. Michael phelps legit wasn't even trying at all even at the end.

hey genius they obviously didn't mean literally this. just the idea but executed well would be good@@user-nj9ru4ef2w

The average person would have a lot of difficulty even completing some Olympic races without being disqualified

@@hearingninja considering the avg person doesn't know any of the 4 strokes, no duh...

I mean a lot of people don't even know to swim

Yes😁

@@juicyblox5729 that's what he is saying. Andy is more than average

this “average person” is a dude with a fairly muscular build. That’s saying something

Nah it’s not, those that say it is are just terrible at swimming.

the guy running would completely destroy any swimmer ever. water is 800 times denser than air, so they are just very different activities. while running, an average person could probably run 100 yards in about 20 seconds, but the average swimmer swims 100 yards in anywhere from 1:10 to around 50 seconds depending on age, and the world record time is just under 40 seconds

@@rmc_fan yeah, probably I mean the density argument isnt really valid since the fluid dynamic is different but I totally agree wth you. I just think it would be interesting to see wether the guy running would struggle.

@@mikhaelhalbar417 Yeah thats true, if water was less dense, it would actually be harder to swim fast now that I think about it. but I see what you mean, it would be interesting to compare or at least see the difference in speed.

@@rmc_fan yeah exactly. I dont think it will happen any time soon tho😂

Yes

Lol that would be a waste of money.

@@hiranom20 Well they'd never win of course, but it would add perspective as to how these athletes compare to average people, ands it certainly would be entertaining to watch an Olympic-level long jumper leap 27 feet and the Average Joe jump 6 feet. LOL

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They do, to an extent… Eddie The Eagle and Eric The Eel spring to mind

@@rankinlas the commentating would be hysterical: "Mike Powell's long jump of 8.95 meters could be a new world record! Now we're going to see Paul Smith's jump... wow, 1.8 meters. What's that in feet, Dan? 6 feet? Yes, he's got to be happy with that, especially since Paul has to leave toon to get the kids to soccer practice..."