TO ALL MALE SWIMMERS: Is it true that sometimes the "shrink" can happen to your P#^!$:?
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Of course. \n\nYour body is equipped to protect itself, expecially the more important parts.\nWhen the temp drops, blood vessels close to the skin surface close up, reducing the amount of blood that is "chilled", thus protecting your core temperature.\nSoft tissue structures, such as the genitalia, tend to rely on blood volume to maintain their shape and size.  Take away the blood flow, they shrink. \nIn addition, the testes are drawn up into the body to protect them, for much the same reasons. It's an involuntary reaction (though some martial artists learn to control the effect voluntarily, as a safety precaution).\n\nThe only cure for this shocking condition is a nice warm shower...
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Try not to close them. It'll hurt at the beginning but you'll get used to it in two days of swimming.
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Nope! Just a tale to keep you from peeing in the pool.\n\nfun little sign that I saw at one community pool:\n  OOL\nNotice there's no "P" in our pool... we'd like to keep it that way.
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Imagine my Speedo with an extra large Depends soaked through and through. What an aphrodisiac! Just call me Mr. Baggypants.\nMD
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I've never heard of anything like this before......before we started that aspect of our relationship my (now) husband got blue balls and felt really sick and chills and such.....maybe you hold out so long that that happens to you.  I am so sorry to hear that!
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Yes, but to avoid the occurence of a tsunami, they should be told to "wade their turn" before being prodded gently into the water with appropriate pool cues. Really fat to obese men and women are cautioned never to enter the water, naked as part of a herd (as this could in rare cases cause a stampede or surge in the opposite direction by the normal everyday denisens of any swimming area) and at no time should they ever shout out inciting phrases such as, "Last one in as a rotten egg!"\n\nIn any event, actual rotten eggs as you may or may not have had occasion to reflect don't have the stomach for bothering "fat" people. They are far happier most days leaping over fetid salads in a single bound and making small talk about such unpleasant things as last nights dinner with the Santogrosso's when the impromtu crotch-scratching contest broke out between asking where Cleveland was and actually locating it on a map. As for actually having been to Cleveland, well that is another story! :)
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Its no big deal at all, but its a little scary until you do it for the first time.  \n\nBasically, the rule to remember is that the boys wont laugh at you for being naked, but they will laugh at you for being embarrassed about being naked.  They pick up on that.\n\nDon't try to hide yourself or wear swim shorts.  Guys that do, generally lose them (with help) at a really embarrassing time and then everybody laughs.  For that reason, not all schools even allow guys to shower with their swim suits on.  Stop and think about how stupid that looks.  In my school, we were forbidden from wearing shorts in the shower.\n\nJust go in, strip, then walk into the shower.  You usually don't stay in there all that long, just enough to get the sweat off.  Then you get a towel and go back and get dressed.  \n\nEven if you are scared to death, you can't show it.  Just pretend that you do this every day.  You'll be really sorry if the other guys find out you are scared.\n\nI was scared the first time really bad, but after a week or so, I was very comfortable being naked in front of the other guys.  I even streaked the gym, but there weren't that many people in there at the time.\n\nAfter you have been doing it for a few weeks, you'll feel like showering outdoors.  Seriously, it just is.\n\nOne other thing, you might have a tendency to go quickly into the shower and then get dressed as fast as possible.  The problem is that this shows that you are nervous and can get you into trouble.  You need to throttle yourself so that you don't appear nervous.\n====\nForget about crap like penis size and sh!t.  Nobody is going to comment about it and you'll see that pretty much all the guys are the same.  Contact me if you have any qustions.
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Too much probably.  For some reason I often do it in the shower.  Usually I recall times I let someone down.  Shame like that is hell.\n\nIt's a good question...I wish I didn't have this answer.\n\n:o)
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I don't have a fear of having my face in the water, I just don't like the sensation of trying to hold my breath. I love to swim however! The advice on doggie paddling and other strokes that don't really require your face to be in the water are excellent one. These are how I enjoy the water. I do not look as graceful as a person who will put their face in the water, but I haven't had any bad experiences either, and I LOVE to tread water (deep water at that!).
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My friends and I have the same debate, and we call it the "Blubber Theory".  It is not scientific, but assume that since the body lose heat from being in the water for so long, it start to adapt to its environment by creating "blubber" to prevent excessive heat loss.  N.B. This is not scientific, but the blubber is higher in swimmers who spend more time in the water and who dont alternate with another sport/activity.
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for me, it is the other way around.  whenever i don't release my sperm for a few days, my balls becomes heavier.  it might just be my imagination but that how it feels.
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Wearing a female suit would cause you much more grief than wearing a male speedo, trust me.  Many of the people who play polo have grown up as swimmers, and have been in speedos since day one.  If you haven't grown up as a swimmer a speedo can be VERY uncomfortable.  I wouldn't worry about body image in a speedo too much, most people aren't looking at you that way.  Stretch marks, or man boobs(sorry don't know the right term) aren't really that big a deal imo.\n\nIf it is a really big deal to you, try looking at buying a full body MALE suit: http://www.speedousa.com/  these suits can be very exspensive!!  Keep in mind that polo teams sometimes buy suits in bulk with team names/designs, and these suits are made of more durable material and won't tear during a polo match.  The last thing you want is a speedo to tear, then you'd really have something to worry about!  (i once wore an old speedo in a match and an opponent ripped the butt end out!!) Hope that helps.
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It is most likely what most of the others are saying....body fat falls below a certain percentage and stuff starts happening. It isn't unusual...but that doesn't mean it isn't worth asking about. Next time you go see the doctor (hopefully a doctor that understands female athletes...you don't want one that says "oh, just sit on the couch and relax instead of running :>) ask the doctor about it. Remember...its YOUR body...take care of it...and when stuff happens that make you wonder....then ask the doctor. He/she should be able to answer EXACTLY what is going on and what the effects, if any, are.
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If u stand on your head and drink a glass of water u get bigger breasts... I tried it, I almost drowned on 2 inches of water. Oh and that if you speak with you back facing someone about the weather, the wind will change and you become agrophoabic; I guess that would explain why I never go out anywhere tho
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this is not dangerous and it means that you have not released your sperm for awhile.  this will change back to normal when you release it regularly.  when i was younger (like when i was a teenager) this happened to me several times and now i wish that this will happen to me again.\n\np.s.\nwhy did some people answer this question just to say things like 'gross'.  if they dont like the question, just go to other questions, right?
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STORY TIME!\n\nFirst shower at boot camp. Newly formed company. We are all madly rushing around trying too get ready too stand on the line. (inspection) Guy walks into the shower area with the eighty odd rest of us. He's not swinging big junk. His junk is just impossibly large. A hush goes over the lot of us. He stops and says "What? Can't a man have a big d**k with out it being cause for alarm? What?" That was the end of it.\n\nCoolest responce too an awkward situation I've ever come across.
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If you stay in the water TOO LONG then your skin is obviously going to because you've deepend the D.N.A lines\nToo much science stuff to understand? Ask your local neighbour!