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Swimming as Lifelong Skill and Heart Attack Paranoia in the Pool
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Shane makes a sincere case for swimming as the best exercise you can adopt for life: the joints don't take a beating, you can do it into old age, and it builds a genuine transferable skill [1] — Shane Gillis "Swimming is the ultimate. Your joints don't hurt afterwards. It's truly a skill to pick up for life that'll carry you all the way to old ag…" 49:50 . He's been doing breaststroke laps — the sustainable stroke — and watching freestyle swimmers underwater, trying to reverse-engineer their technique while looking, as he puts it, 'like a fucking shark down there.' The comedy undercuts the sincerity when he admits he thinks about having a heart attack in the pool every single day. Lemaire Lee warns him to be careful, having already lost one person he cared about to water. Shane accepts the risk: 'If I fucking die swimming, I die swimming, man.'
Shane attended a White House event, where decorated Medal of Honor recipients approached him as fans. The night also featured dirt bike flips on the lawn and a terrifying stealth bomber flyover. He hung out exclusively with troops and avoided the politicians.
