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    1 year ago

    Didn’t the man who swam the English channel gain 10 kg because he would need to burn it during the activity or whatever?

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      1 year ago

      Loads of people swim the English channel, its not /that/ hard. you might be thinking of a different swimmer

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        1 year ago

        Putting on weight for large swims is common and not only that but the amount in my comment was quoted from an article about swimming the English channel.

        But sure, gaslight me.

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          Lmao I wasn’t trying to gaslight you. I wasn’t sure of the info myself, hence why I said might