Swimming is LIFE

[anngrannersxxx]

@nounever Olympic swimmers have swam their whole life and yet they're all like past 6foot. Swim when you're young because it's harder to get into it when you're older :D

[LeeReeder]

When i swim and go through all the pain and misery , especially at 4am , i think to myself , why bother ! but the truth is , id rater die than quit , and when i got to best in the country , i knew that my hard work had got me here and it was the best feeling ever!

[MCGROOBER48]

ian thorpe wont shake the guys hand

[MCGROOBER48]

i love how katie hoff was crying she never shined when it truly mattered

[brookeelizabeth011]

iswim,during practices i want to cry, throw up, and just say "I'M DONE" but swimming is life, and i'm not a quitter! I keep swimming to make my dreams become reality. So next time u c ur coaches thank them for making u want to quit!

[nounever]

I do not compete, but I swam a lot quite seriously from 13 to 17 then have laid off of it for the past 4 months because I have started my growth spurt (I know late right?) and If I just did it twice a week would that stunt my growth? I see a lot of swimmers who never skip practice are all like 5 foot 5.

[camaros65]

Does anyone know what the goggles ate 1:12 are called

[swim2win1234]

ive been swimming since i was 4 and now im almost 15. i have serious shoulder problems which caused me to stop for 1 year but every time im away from swimming i need to swim. swimming is addictive, once you start you cant stop.

[RIPxREB0RN]

swimming probably has some of the hardest training out of any sport and sometimes with no reward of cutting off time on your stroke but everytime you do it feels great and winning 1st with your relay is the best feeling in the world....

AND thats why I swim

[NikosAndrianos]

ok, cool down swimming for fun is better..if you know what i mean

[bubbleshockify]

To be honess thats nothing I train at 3:45 every morning for 3 and a half hours then go to school have half a day then go back to the pool and train for 4 hours then go to the gym for 5 and a half hours and i do this everyday since I was 9 yars old 

[TheMrTies]

@bubbleshockify bullshit

[bubbleshockify]

@TheMrTies Um that was my mate that wrote that not me and she was definatley exagerating but man take a chill pill it was only a joke !!!!!

[TheSwimmer902]

People think swimming is such an easy sport...it's not

[29Parsi]

LOOOOOOOVE IT :| THANK SOO MUCH ! I realize that I love swimming!

[yoesk8]

1 : 14 I bet his coach also told her.. "you must try to touch de sky !!

[svirtat]

This is such a great video - thank you very much! But why do you block it on mobile devices (I cannot watch it on ipad). =((

[appalloisis]

it's 10pm right now and i feel like driving back to the pool and immediately swim a third practice

[SuperPurplecolor]

Amazing video. I'm a former swimmer and present swim coach. I'm working with the children and Michael Phelps is my favorite swimer.

[MrSwimmingmango]

Swimming is more legit than whatever you do, so don't be hatin'.

[stevensabile]

Im a basketball player, and i really get frustrated when i didnt get what i expected. But the message tells you to work hard if you really want it. It makes me want to work hard everyday in the gym.Thanks man!!

[shadow911110]

dude i ask my self is it worth it standing behind the blocks everyday



[cherylmiamilan]

Great inspirational video for anybody with a dream who needs to work hard to achieve it. I will watch this every morning. Thanks... I needed that! 

[NIRIEL06pleasureable]

I gotta tell you man. This inspired me to do better. :D

[seanthewonton]

sometimes weask ourselves is this what I really want? every time I go to practice, I think to myslef why the heck am I even here? haha oh swimming, the sport I love to hate

[cdhmfe]

idk wat iwould do without swimming it has been in my life for 7 years and cont. to be a dedicated swimmer I started swimming when I was seven and love ever bit of it the practicing the winning and the losing even thoe it feels likk nothing before you still brush it off and stride hard and never lose dout!:)

[claris453]

i love swimming very muchhhhhh

[wongster88]

lol at 0:49 the guy behind piersol is mocking him

[megapod10351]

7 people just cant get under tht 1min barrier, for the 50 free.

SICK VID

[Jimmys921]

My sport might not be swimming but the message remains the same...

Awesome vid man..!

[Rferrer20]

@Jimmys921  thank you :)

[TheXxBROKENARROWxx]

get up 4:15 eat , swim for two hours get changed go upstairs eat again go to school (my school is next to the pool) but i love it x

[Bibby227]

get up a 4:30 get to gym at five, swim till six. go to school. im not gonna stop yet

[TheLeilisa]

which swimming styles if done regularly will make you grow taller?

[ketheasiankid]

my swim team is on break for 2 weeks and this got me pumped as hell

[eucaristia10]

From Peru. Gracias, el video es una inspiración. thanks.

[faisal2401]

2:20 dont mess with her

[toyturn12345]

im a freshman in highschool and go a 27:49 in my 50 fly i go a 1:03:34 in my 100 fly and 27:78 in 50 back and 102:34 in 100 back tell me if im off to a good start i already broke a record in the 200 medley relay...ive been swimming sience 5th grade..

[TheStragiint]

@toyturn12345 who gives a fuck ?

[mere4liam]

I LOVE ITTTTT and its soooo true the trannings are so hard ad u do wonder it is worth it wen u miss out on lots just for swimming but wen u get the results ITS WORTH IT:)

G8  VIDEO

[Maderna79]

FOREVER!....

[kuuipoleeanne]

i love this. (:

[thiagomatos1293]

I leked the video so... But I don't swim! 

[MARMOFLASH]

wake up at 7, go to practice from 8:00 to 10:00, survive, then go back from 4:30 to 7:30, is it worth it?...U bet ur ass it is

[luisian100]

swimming is a life ... my life

[pablowito]

your right men jajajaj men arena fastskin i have that one shit they got them of this year shit o well ill keep swimming jjajaja

[lolatcomedy]

i swim 5 times a week for 2 hour sessions and i am getting close to nationals

[shaniemean]

for me to swimming is my first and my last love .......even if practice is not verry strict and serious in my club but.......we're trying to deal with it becuz we are awesome swimmer .we hope we'll get over it

[deezal25fuel]

thanks for making this!!!

[sleepinrocker]

tht nothing try swimming 2x 3 hour practices a day during the summer with dryland everyday before afternoon practice. and during the school year 2doubles 5 times a week and an hour half practice in the morning and 3 hours at night and christmas training is 5 hour practices everyday for two weeks straight

[chapc1]

@sleepinrocker my last coach (he left after one year) had that exact schedule. HELL. Except the christmas training. We went to florida and had two 2 1/2 hour practices with an hour of dryland inbetween, but that was only the second week. I have never used so much icy-hot in my life!

[sleepinrocker]

its crazy shit man but worth it

[MegaSwimmer16]

yeah!! i kn ow how that is i do that for high school for 3 hours or ever more! even during school years wow it sounds like my swim season lol we will talk hit me up! :)

[swimergrl22]

In the summer I swim 3 2 1/2 hour practices in 1 day and dry land 4 times a week. On tuesdays and wensdays I have my summer team meets.I DO SWIM FOR USA SWIMMING ALSO. And every other week i would have a swim meet for my USA team. In the winter I swim 5 2 hour practices a week. And meets 4 times a month (also 3 days). Also dryland every saurday. I LOVE SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[santi6782408]

very important

[adham2574]

does any know the name of the music in the background ?

[scootherful]

i watch this video before all my bi meets. it pumps me up so much

[Nevs022]

this video is like my life♥

i love it 5/5 (:

[MyFashion01]

i love natation

[zGlueStickz]

yesterday i had a meet andi was the 100 free this guy was ahead of me up till the last flip turn and right then i thought wtf am i doin i know i work harder than this kid and kicked off the wall and went faster than i ever had and touched him out it was crazy this vid is inspirational

[swimgeek15]

All of this is so true, you are doing your sets and in the back of your mind you are thinking why am i doing this? Is the pain really worth it? But then you shoot of the block in a meet and beast out everyone in your heat, and you know that all of those sets your coach made you do was worth it..... i love to swim

[2soccer4life13]

i do triples 4 times a week and doubles for the rest of the week

[prettygabby]

go to 2;12 it looks like the guy is signing

[SinnohX]

So where do you guys go to swim so early in the day? I'd imagine that most places are closed, but I wanna do morning practices also.

[Chnummmm]

wake up at 4.40 , driving to different city , start practice at 6 and finish at 7 . Than go to work from 8 and finish at 5 sometimes 6 .

Quite nice as for person who has never been a pro swimmer. But i love it.

This move , song etc i great due to one fact , the quotes and filing on this move are universal and even if you are not a swimmer you can linked it with other challenges on the real life. That is why this video is so great.

Many thx for producer !! Great Job.

[SlimplySneaky]

eh im twelve i wake up at 5:30 in water at six to 8:15 then get out our of dryland so dont be complaing jk its nothing compared to you guy i just started :)

[Bassmasta79]

wake up at 5, drive 25 and get in at 5:30. swim 2 hours then go to school. Highschool practice from 4:00 to 5:30 then club practice from 5:30 to 7:30. but i love it : )

[amotofan]

haha me too except i practice from 5 am to 7

[HungAzn]

I don't have the energy to do double/triple practices. Kudos to you.

[zGlueStickz]

ya our season starts tommorow for high school and we r gonna have mornin practice then practive from 3 to 6 everyday except sunday and thats the day i work out but keep it up u got the heart of a swimmer

[swimmer371]

@Bassmasta79 how u do ur homework? what grade u in?

[Bassmasta79]

@swimmer371 im in 12th i just stopped swimming im sad but its just me closing a chapter in my life and starting a new one. homework was a struggle but when you want something enough you find a way to do it

[swimmer371]

@Bassmasta79 man i quit swim bout months ago now and...im in my hs team..and dropping a freshman in hs. i have been dropping espcially my free times in the 50- 24, 100- 55, 200-1:59 . it has been great . im planning on joining club after hs season (about 2 weeks) and i really want it i love the sport. i just need a ride to the pool but as u said u want it bad enough...you find a way.

[camaros65]

@Bassmasta79 were do you go to school?

[mollyisthebomb929]

perty good:)

[freddygee123]

very good vid

omg this is crap now i spent 200 pounds on a arena powerskin and THE FINA have decided boys can only wear skins from waist to knee does anyone else agree that the rule should be changed back ?

[PanteraFudge]

i dont.. im glad its changed. Yes it does suck that you just bought them and now its a waste of money but the line got to be drawn somewhere. Technology in these suits are just going to far.

[swimmersgirl]

I agree, PanteraFudge. I've never been a big fan of fastskins, just because it seems to me like people just use them as accuses for why they are/ aren't getting best times. I've never owned a fastskin, and only worn my friend's old one once. At state I was one of the only girls without a fastskin, and it actually makes me feel faster... like I don't have to pay hundreds of dollars to swim in a fast suit, I can get here without that.

[samsinyard]

haha 5:30 is nothing, try waking up and 4:00 in the pool at 4:30 till 7, and then back in 10- 12:30, lunch mabe a nap, and back in from 4-7 p.m. then one hour of dryland, and 3 days a week cardio vascular work.

[inJCwepray]

waking up at 6 isn't so bad. try waking up at 5:30, jumping in the pool at 6, swimming 7500 yards, done at 8, get out and have a 2 hour break for bfast. back in the pool from 10-12 for an additional 6000 yards of sprint-style swimming. props to whoever made this vid. i think all my mates and i were on the verge of losing it, but we do have a reason. we're swimmers! best sport on earth!

[2fas2swim]

i have to wake-up at 6:00 AM to drive 20 to get to the pool for a 2 hour workout the 30 min dryland then 20 home BUT ITS ALL WORTH IT!!!

[kyle1172]

I'm going swimming tomorrow morning :D SWIM LIKE THE WIND EVERYONE !!!!

[SwimmerGirl423]

what song is this or music??

[r0Mun]

0:50 its ian thorpe ??!!! OMG

[philip711videomaster]

you tards who think you swim just because you are on your high school team. well your not.

[tenten94]

u dnt no swiqmming unless uve dun club swimming for an actuall team high school teams are bull

[Chnummmm]

i watching this video before i start 400 m I.M --thx

[nolan9090000]

Video is VERY insperational!!! Thank you for making it. NICE WORK!

[GRAPvids]

man i owe you a million thanks. i'm a freshman at alexander high school, and I got really down because i got 2nd place at my regional meet in my 500 free, when i clearly had the lead at the 350 turn.

thank you i will work harder and harder :D

[ljov4ik]

Thanks man, you have inspired me to go on, i had some hard time and i thought i must give it up, but thanks to you ill go on!

[romankowalewski]

muy bueno. un abrazo nadadores.

[hoggg11]

i love it

[justineswim]

I FRAKIN LOVE THIS VIDEO

[justineswim]

PPl dont understand how hard Swimming is. I have taking years of it 12 to be right. You are moving every bone in your body at diffrent times. Yet ppl come up to a 13 year old and asked me "honey are you on steriods?" I worked to be great. So remember the name Justine in 1016 Im going to kick ASS

[littlezdawg2012]

Wow dude, can you sound a LITTLE more arrogant?

[Slinky1213]

Ik right!? I am on my team and my times show that i am almost able for states and I'm gonna get there! I'm gonna aim for 2012! Swimming is hard..u work every single muscle in ur body. I'll remember ur name :) I'll be like "I remember her comment on youtube!" ;)

[justineswim]

Tara Tores. I think thats her name

[Slinky1213]

yeah..it is :)

[Slinky1213]

Dara Tores..I take that back :)

[jaxxxo5]

hey men!!!!!..............i was looking this video and i found a swimmer that i coldnt know who is?-.......would you mind telling me who is the swimmer that appears at 1:01......plz........waiting for your answr!....thnx

[juicygrl64]

Its Dara Torres the like 40 something year old

[killajava]

^ l1V3$ 2 $W1M!!!!!!!!

[grom312]

))) Swimming IS my life for sure)))

[westbear78]

growing up in montana my whole life, its hard to be a swimmer, because the sport is not that popular, which is probably true throughout the nation, but with the help of the olympics, i think it sprung the nation into wanting to swim. i swam, and so did my family. brothers still hold records, mainly in montana, check out my swim video, i was not good at all, but i try. swimming takes heart. it takes dedication, and it takes mental skills and physical toughness. swimming is the ultimate sport

[amerikanerMarinen]

Same here. I'm on the USMC Swim Team and my cousin is on the swim team at his high school. After the Olympics this year, it's no longer laughed at.

[Slinky1213]

i hear ya! I was walking through the hallway during the first week of school (after beijing oympics) and they were talking about soccer and how it's so much better than swimming and they saw me and they shut up. No one gives me crap...they know it's a really hard sport. USMC? not familiar with it. is it a high school team?

[Slinky1213]

I thought USMC meant United States Marie Corps?

[amerikanerMarinen]

United States Marine Corps.

[Slinky1213]

yeah..I was kinda tired when I wrote that...I didn't know what i was talking about XD sry....yeah I know what USMC is. I wrote that and later i was like "Omg! I just made an idot of myself!!"

[bamboocha148]

hey mirjam

hdl

btw great vid 5/5

[yaranzo5]

fav'ed ^.~

[Marcoli5]

There's always a little glow of light at the end of the pool, which encourages you to try as much as you can and to carry on to the end...

[soccergirl6544]

I love swimming. What makes me mad is when ever my friends talk about the olympics, all they talk about is Micheal Phelps. I mean what about Ian Crocker or Katie Hoff. Its like, I knew about him a long time before you did!

[sailor1229juliet]

im in sooo much agreement with you but michael phelps wanted to do that he wanted all the world to see that swimming is just as amazing as any other sport and he did that winning all that medals

[swimfriedman]

Love swimming, I also get frustrated ( and cold)

[MPlover7]

Swimming is the best

[boyelevela1]

tnx man

[Schlunzen]

Awesome video!! :D

[MEXISWIMMER]

Jeez amazing video.very motivational.i got goosebumps by just watching.

[innerbk]

what is the song?

[theoslayer]

Its from Nine Inch Nails I dont remember the name...but its the soundtrack of 300

[KRETLS]

nine inch nails - just like you imagined

[PhelpsFan96]

what music is this??? it goes well with the video

[PhelpsFan96]

cool great vid thx

[mzcoolerheidi]

wowwee thanks for that :) that was good.

[apeworld7]

i will always love swimming

[spagettohayley]

i spent my whole summer swimming atleast 23 hours a week not including lifting. it was rough and i didnt do as well as i wanted to in the end but i still think its worth it and i wouldn't have it any other way

[Rferrer20]

thats goos for u

[Caroline82891]

oh yeah and i swim at least 6 days a week, its my 5th year swimming. I love it

[Caroline82891]

awesome vid your soo right!!

[kevtheories2]

phelps has weird body

[bytedildo]

rowing!!

[cfallon12]

this is so awesome!! I'm coming back to swimming after an injury and its rough to get back into after you've been out of it and this seriously is an awesome "pick-me Up" kind of thing

[FUNSIZEDswimmer]

same here!

[chainswimmer]

swimming really is life. i swim 23 hours a week during the summer and i love it. im hoping to make nationals this year in my 400 IM

[swimaddict6]

nice video.

i swim atleast 9 times a week, and i'm 12.

its my life.

[Stevo7MiNtEr]

5 days is not alot

[Swimrocks97]

i swim ALOT! i have practice 5 days a week and i am pretty good

[miviir]

my game ~my life~

[JURADOSCORP]

hey thanX dood!! i have receipt U'r answer, nunca hubiera imaginado qe escuchara eminem hahaha. yo Escucho tRance. Later home!!

[vadi33]

thank you great video...

[worldpoz]

really!....i'm sorry for my english...so, this is also my passion and my sport...1 day I will be in your video...I will be a winner!

[swimmerforever2008]

yeah nothing beats swimming !

[JURADOSCORP]

apenas entre en un curso de natacion, y es hermoso, pesado, pero me gusta y lo qe me intriga cuando veoo estos videos es>>> QUE MUSICA O QE ESCUCHARA Phelp's o los demas nadadores cuando traen puestos sus audifonos ??? hehe please answer this!!!!

[Rferrer20]

ellos escuchan varia pero phepls mayormente le gustya el rap americano como la tiraera motivacional. uno de los artistas mas favoritos del es eminem

[sheshu35]

Me gustó!!! Really good, it's a great video, the things you said also mean a lot to amateur 'swimmers' like us...

-Don't give up!-

gracias! thanks .-

[JouChan2005]

I know what u mean! this is the best! I looooove swimming!!!!!

[magicgrybas]

Only real use would be to swim faster from a shark and the fact that we live on land swiming isnt ''THAT'' important...

[Palpal3231]

it's meant to be practical... it's a sport.

[matjazzorman]

love it

[mariels9]

the best video ever

[messedupdude]

this is a great vid.....i feel very motivated after this

[Rferrer20]

thank u

[DeadManFriday13]

whats the name of the song??

[sailor1229juliet]

the name of the song is: just like you imagined , the band is Nine inch nails

the song is from the 300movie soundtrack

[gabycookie80]

ta cool el video...

[sailor1229juliet]

Que no me gusto la musica, pero el video te quedo ca~on....

[Rferrer20]

esq tienes q escucharla con otras bocinas porq ahi no se escucha bien creeme

[ponce2a]

go 4 it! Great JoB, Se you on nex olimpiads.

[daniellopezdi]

jajaja cabron I AM WRONG pq yo pienso q no es worth it!! jaja chekeate todos los videos q yo he echo son bn charrosss!!!! jaja nos vemos en el natatorium!