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Hot Lunch · 08-11-2008, 03:48 PM

I can't remember the last time I cheered out loud for and Olympic event like I did last night. Incredible finish for the Americans.

Levin · 08-11-2008, 04:13 PM

Kids were bed, wife asleep with her head on my lap. My screaming woke up my wife; absolutely incredible. So much fun to watch. Phelps's cheering Lezak on, looking up quickly to the board to see if he'd done it, and then going nuts is a priceless piece of footage.

Coach McGuirk · 08-11-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hot Lunch

I can't remember the last time I cheered out loud for and Olympic event like I did last night. Incredible finish for the Americans.

Same, I felt like I was at the stadium or something. Great drama and that is what makes the Olympics so great. No tomorrow, no next season. If you screw up, you have to train 4 more years to try again.

Black Diamond Bay · 08-11-2008, 08:13 PM

I watched that last night too, and I was blown away. My roommate and I were both shouting at the TV. I still can't believe how fast that guy was swimming at the end. We sat there and watched the replay over and over again, and I finally decided that at the end he just willed himself into the wall. I can't figure out how he got there before the french, but I love that he did.

TripletDaddy · 08-11-2008, 08:17 PM

After watching all this swimming, it has come to my attention that my body does not look like theirs.

Black Diamond Bay · 08-11-2008, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

After watching all this swimming, it has come to my attention that my body does not look like theirs.

Did you want short little legs with a freakishly long torso, and a set of monkey arms?

myboynoah · 08-11-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Levin

Kids were bed, wife asleep with her head on my lap. My screaming woke up my wife; absolutely incredible. So much fun to watch. Phelps's cheering Lezak on, looking up quickly to the board to see if he'd done it, and then going nuts is a priceless piece of footage.

Okay Levin, you do have some redeeming value.

I woke the kids up screaming at the TV.

All the build up and Gaines' assessment that we had no chance makes it seem like it was all made up for dramatic effect. Did I hear music in the background as Lezak won it in the last 10 meters? What an amazing moment, kind of like Beck to Harline.

ERCougar · 08-11-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

Did you want short little legs with a freakishly long torso, and a set of monkey arms?

Yeah, uh, that's not really how my wife describes their bodies...

TripletDaddy · 08-11-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

Did you want short little legs with a freakishly long torso, and a set of monkey arms?

All I know is when those swimmers get ready, they all do that same move.......wave their arms in circles to loosen up....and you see these massive lats, traps, rear delts, etc.

I need to work on my back muscles because I am tired of physically overpowering people using roundhouse kicks.

il Padrino Ute · 08-11-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

All I know is when those swimmers get ready, they all do that same move.......wave their arms in circles to loosen up....and you see these massive lats, traps, rear delts, etc.

I need to work on my back muscles because I am tired of physically overpowering people using roundhouse kicks.

So, you like to keep opponents at bay by using the roundhouse? Not a bad strategy if you've got the longer legs. I have shorter legs and a longer torso, so I'm more of a scrapper.

08-11-2008, 04:13 PM	#12
Levin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,484	Kids were bed, wife asleep with her head on my lap. My screaming woke up my wife; absolutely incredible. So much fun to watch. Phelps's cheering Lezak on, looking up quickly to the board to see if he'd done it, and then going nuts is a priceless piece of footage. __________________ "Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12 Last edited by Levin; 08-11-2008 at 04:15 PM.

08-11-2008, 08:17 PM	#15
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	After watching all this swimming, it has come to my attention that my body does not look like theirs. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

08-11-2008, 03:48 PM	#11
Hot Lunch Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Somewhere in Utah Posts: 434	I can't remember the last time I cheered out loud for and Olympic event like I did last night. Incredible finish for the Americans.

08-11-2008, 08:13 PM	#14
Black Diamond Bay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,000	I watched that last night too, and I was blown away. My roommate and I were both shouting at the TV. I still can't believe how fast that guy was swimming at the end. We sat there and watched the replay over and over again, and I finally decided that at the end he just willed himself into the wall. I can't figure out how he got there before the french, but I love that he did.