General Yuzuru Chat

[river]

6 hours ago, gaia said:

this is what I've found till now


 

 

Huh, I thought he couldn’t swim! I think I speak for all of the former competitive swimmers on here when I say if he ever wants to get faster… we’d all be happy to help. 

[Henni147]

7 hours ago, gaia said:

this is what I've found till now


 

 

 

Yuzu, I get that you were very exhausted, but 25m in 10min? That means 1 minute for 2.5 metres 

This almost sounds like a typo, because this is extremely slow.

 

To put things into perspective: I am not an overwhelmingly good breastroke swimmer and I swim 25m in about 35-40 seconds. I guess it was meant to be 25m in 1min. That would be more realistic.

 

EDIT:

But anyways. If he learned swimming extra for the 4A, I bow down to him. This is really great 

[gaia]

6 hours ago, IceWings said:

Next we will see him riding a bike!

my home town in advertised in italy as "the city of bicycles", so yuzu feel free to come and practice . (in spring we also have nice strawberries as extra bonus XD )

4 hours ago, Anni said:

 

 

 

Here the translation 

 

Credit: @orangesrgd on twitter

 

[NEWS]

so

we've had DOI
we've had yuzu screaming the h**l out of himself
we've had toshl speaking Yuzu-sama
we've had frau video
now we have today's interview and toshl poetry

anyone still alive on the planet?!?

oh yes, and the special show on DOI day 3 is on its way... omg. I'd better start carrying a  syringe of adrenaline with me all the time

 

[rockstaryuzu]

1 hour ago, Henni147 said:

 

Yuzu, I get that you were very exhausted, but 25m in 10min? That means 1 minute for 2.5 metres 

This almost sounds like a typo, because this is extremely slow.

 

To put things into perspective: I am not an overwhelmingly good breastroke swimmer and I swim 25m in about 35-40 seconds. I guess it was meant to be 25m in 1min. That would be more realistic.

 

EDIT:

But anyways. If he learned swimming extra for the 4A, I bow down to him. This is really great 

As any lifeguard will tell you, there are definitely people out there who can take 10minutes to go 25m...but they're usually chatty old ladies who have draped themselves over flutterboards and are having a  leisurely talk with a friend as they paddle along.  

[Melodie]

1 hour ago, Henni147 said:

 

Yuzu, I get that you were very exhausted, but 25m in 10min? That means 1 minute for 2.5 metres 

This almost sounds like a typo, because this is extremely slow.

 

To put things into perspective: I am not an overwhelmingly good breastroke swimmer and I swim 25m in about 35-40 seconds. I guess it was meant to be 25m in 1min. That would be more realistic.

 

EDIT:

But anyways. If he learned swimming extra for the 4A, I bow down to him. This is really great 

It's possible there was a typo. Let's wait for other vers. I'm sure they will come out soon.

[SuzyQ]

2 時間前, Henni147さんが言いました:

 

Yuzu, I get that you were very exhausted, but 25m in 10min? That means 1 minute for 2.5 metres 

This almost sounds like a typo, because this is extremely slow. Even for synchronized swimming.

 

 

To put things into perspective: I am not an overwhelmingly good breastroke swimmer and I swim 25m in about 35-40 seconds. I guess it was meant to be 25m in 1min. That would be more realistic.

 

Not in 10min. He takes more than that 

(Some words and phrases are omitted in the translation) 

 

Spoiler

羽生：僕、去年の全日本選手権の前まで、アクセルの練習と一緒にすごく筋トレをやったんです。というのも、自分はかなり細くて、どっちかというと筋肉がなくて体幹も弱く、ジャンプが安定しないタイプだと常に思っていたんです。だけど、言ってみれば、それがあるからこそ自分のジャンプが生まれると思っていて、それが自分なんだと言い聞かせていました。でも、4回転半の練習をやっているうちに、これは今までと同じ方法じゃ跳べないと思って。じゃあ今までやってこなかったものは何だろうと考えた時に、筋トレだったんです。

で、やった結果、跳べなくなりました。

池江：重くて？

羽生：重くてというのももちろんあると思うんですけど、たぶんバランスが崩れて。やっぱり怪我が多くなった。あとは、結局使いこなせないんだなと思いました。スケートには邪魔というか必要じゃない筋肉ばっかりついたなという感じがあって。僕、ランニングとかすると普通に筋肉痛になるんですよ。だから、たぶん走る筋肉は全く持ってないし。水泳なんて、昔、息継ぎが全くできなかったので。

池江：そのたびに立って止まるみたいな。

羽生：そうそう。平泳ぎで25ｍ泳ぐのに何十分かかるの？というレベルです。たぶんそういう筋肉を何も持ってないんですよね。だから、陸上でたとえ鍛えたとしても、氷上で使えないなと思ったんです。

(Rough translation through DeepL and me)

Hanyu: Before the Nationals last year, I did a lot of strength/muscle training, along with the practice of Axel jumps. As I'm very thin and not so muscular, if I would say, and my body core is weak, so I always thought that I'm the type of skater whose jumps are not stable. But I also thought that, because of that, my jumps were brought about, and I told myself that it was who I was. But as I practiced 4A, I realized that I couldn't jump it in the same way as before. Then, I thought about what I hadn't done so far, and it was strength training.

So I did it, and as a result, I couldn't jump.

Ikee: Because of too much weight?

Hanyu: It might be because of the weight, but I probably lost my balance. I got injured more often. Also, I realized that I couldn't use them (muscles) well after all. I felt that I had only gained muscles that were not necessary for skating. When I run, I usually get muscle pain. So I probably don't have any muscles good for running. As for swimming, I could not take a breath at all.

Ikee: You had to stop and stand up every time you take a breath.

Hanyu: Yes, yes. It is "How many minutes are you taking to swim 25 meters in the breaststroke?" level.  I probably don't have any muscles for that. So even if I trained on land, I couldn't use the gained muscles on the ice.

This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

[Henni147]

10 minutes ago, SuzyQ said:

 

Not in 10min. He takes more than that 

(Some words and phrases are omitted in the translation) 

 

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羽生：僕、去年の全日本選手権の前まで、アクセルの練習と一緒にすごく筋トレをやったんです。というのも、自分はかなり細くて、どっちかというと筋肉がなくて体幹も弱く、ジャンプが安定しないタイプだと常に思っていたんです。だけど、言ってみれば、それがあるからこそ自分のジャンプが生まれると思っていて、それが自分なんだと言い聞かせていました。でも、4回転半の練習をやっているうちに、これは今までと同じ方法じゃ跳べないと思って。じゃあ今までやってこなかったものは何だろうと考えた時に、筋トレだったんです。

で、やった結果、跳べなくなりました。

池江：重くて？

羽生：重くてというのももちろんあると思うんですけど、たぶんバランスが崩れて。やっぱり怪我が多くなった。あとは、結局使いこなせないんだなと思いました。スケートには邪魔というか必要じゃない筋肉ばっかりついたなという感じがあって。僕、ランニングとかすると普通に筋肉痛になるんですよ。だから、たぶん走る筋肉は全く持ってないし。水泳なんて、昔、息継ぎが全くできなかったので。

池江：そのたびに立って止まるみたいな。

羽生：そうそう。平泳ぎで25ｍ泳ぐのに何十分かかるの？というレベルです。たぶんそういう筋肉を何も持ってないんですよね。だから、陸上でたとえ鍛えたとしても、氷上で使えないなと思ったんです。

(Rough translation through DeepL and me)

Hanyu: Before the Nationals last year, I did a lot of strength/muscle training, along with the practice of Axel jumps. As I'm very thin and not so muscular, if I would say, and my body core is weak, so I always thought that I'm the type of skater whose jumps are not stable. But I also thought that, because of that, my jumps were brought about, and I told myself that it was who I was. But as I practiced 4A, I realized that I couldn't jump it in the same way as before. Then, I thought about what I hadn't done so far, and it was strength training.

So I did it, and as a result, I couldn't jump.

Ikee: Because of too much weight?

Hanyu: It might be because of the weight, but I probably lost my balance. I got injured more often. Also, I realized that I couldn't use them (muscles) well after all. I felt that I had gained muscles that were not necessary for skating. When I run, I usually get muscle pain. So I probably don't have any muscles good for running. As for swimming, I could not take a breath at all.

Ikee: You had to stop and stand up every time you take a breath.

Hanyu: Yes, yes. It is "How many minutes are you taking to swim 25 meters in the breaststroke?" level.  I probably don't have any muscles for that. So even if I trained on land, I couldn't use the gained muscles on the ice.

 

Thank you very much for the translation!

 

So it is indeed that difficult for him... Poor boy, that must be very hard...

But big kudos to him that he tries!

[SuzyQ]

20 分, Henni147さんが言いました:

 

Thank you very much for the translation!

 

So it is indeed that difficult for him... Poor boy, that must be very hard...

But big kudos to him that he tries!

 

Almost all Japanese schools have a swimming pool (because of a tragic maritime accident of children in the past　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiun_Maru_disaster).  So, Japanese children can swim at least a little, unless he or she does not attend swimming classes for reasons.  But as the teachers are generally not swimming coaches, even if it depends on the teacher, swimming classes are usually a sort of play time (as far as remembering my childhood).  I'm saying this because I'm in the similar level as his  

[river]

37 minutes ago, SuzyQ said:

 

Not in 10min. He takes more than that 

(Some words and phrases are omitted in the translation) 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

羽生：僕、去年の全日本選手権の前まで、アクセルの練習と一緒にすごく筋トレをやったんです。というのも、自分はかなり細くて、どっちかというと筋肉がなくて体幹も弱く、ジャンプが安定しないタイプだと常に思っていたんです。だけど、言ってみれば、それがあるからこそ自分のジャンプが生まれると思っていて、それが自分なんだと言い聞かせていました。でも、4回転半の練習をやっているうちに、これは今までと同じ方法じゃ跳べないと思って。じゃあ今までやってこなかったものは何だろうと考えた時に、筋トレだったんです。

で、やった結果、跳べなくなりました。

池江：重くて？

羽生：重くてというのももちろんあると思うんですけど、たぶんバランスが崩れて。やっぱり怪我が多くなった。あとは、結局使いこなせないんだなと思いました。スケートには邪魔というか必要じゃない筋肉ばっかりついたなという感じがあって。僕、ランニングとかすると普通に筋肉痛になるんですよ。だから、たぶん走る筋肉は全く持ってないし。水泳なんて、昔、息継ぎが全くできなかったので。

池江：そのたびに立って止まるみたいな。

羽生：そうそう。平泳ぎで25ｍ泳ぐのに何十分かかるの？というレベルです。たぶんそういう筋肉を何も持ってないんですよね。だから、陸上でたとえ鍛えたとしても、氷上で使えないなと思ったんです。

(Rough translation through DeepL and me)

Hanyu: Before the Nationals last year, I did a lot of strength/muscle training, along with the practice of Axel jumps. As I'm very thin and not so muscular, if I would say, and my body core is weak, so I always thought that I'm the type of skater whose jumps are not stable. But I also thought that, because of that, my jumps were brought about, and I told myself that it was who I was. But as I practiced 4A, I realized that I couldn't jump it in the same way as before. Then, I thought about what I hadn't done so far, and it was strength training.

So I did it, and as a result, I couldn't jump.

Ikee: Because of too much weight?

Hanyu: It might be because of the weight, but I probably lost my balance. I got injured more often. Also, I realized that I couldn't use them (muscles) well after all. I felt that I had gained muscles that were not necessary for skating. When I run, I usually get muscle pain. So I probably don't have any muscles good for running. As for swimming, I could not take a breath at all.

Ikee: You had to stop and stand up every time you take a breath.

Hanyu: Yes, yes. It is "How many minutes are you taking to swim 25 meters in the breaststroke?" level.  I probably don't have any muscles for that. So even if I trained on land, I couldn't use the gained muscles on the ice.

 

I actually don't think it's all that surprising that he can't take a breath during the breaststroke without standing on the bottom of the pool. His body fat percentage is so low, I'd imagine he just sinks like a rock, especially with how high a beginner usually wants to pick their head up to breathe.

[Anni]

Excerpt from the interview with Jason Brown (Yuzu 's part) 👏
 

 

Credit: @tsukiyominoasa on twitter

 

Source 
https://m.gazeta.ru/amp/sport/2021/07/14/a_13735634.shtml?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

I think Jason will definitely miss the interaction with Yuzu during training now.

 

[NEWS]

 

[barbara]

11 hours ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Just a reminder to all my dear satellite friends:

 

Planet Hanyu is fully equipped with an 'ignore user' function, which can be deployed to completely block all content posted by any user you chose to ignore. You can find this utility in your account settings. Please feel free to use it as appropriate and/or desired, for the sake of your own peace of mind, if nothing else. 

 

And thank you greatly to the mods for equipping the Planet with said very useful function! 

 

 

That little but vital piece of information just made my day.  I don't need to spend time becoming furious when visiting PH.

[Henni147]

On 7/15/2021 at 7:16 PM, river said:

I actually don't think it's all that surprising that he can't take a breath during the breaststroke without standing on the bottom of the pool. His body fat percentage is so low, I'd imagine he just sinks like a rock, especially with how high a beginner usually wants to pick their head up to breathe.

 

Well, when I learned swimming at the age of 7, I was extremely thin. Disney could have casted me for a real-life adaption of the skeleton dance. Absolutely 0 fat and muscles, only the ones that you need to stand up, walk and move your hands. And that hasn't really changed ever since.

 

However, I really love swimming and in backstroke I even have decent times with 40sec over 50m. Having low body fat percentage doesn't necessarily mean that you cannot stay above water. It's the mix of good coordination of arms and legs, catching the right breathing rhythm and of course power, if you want to reach top speed on competitive level.

 

Yuzu definitely has more muscles than I have (maybe more fat, too, because I have none), so that alone shouldn't be a problem.

[Anni]

13 hours ago, lajoitko said:

And Yuzu is supporting Tour de Tohoku also this year.

 

 

 

 

English translation of Yuzu's message for "Tour de Tohoku 2021"

Credit: @sarah_sohma on twitter

 

[NEWS]

[Yuzuwinnie]

17 minutes ago, Henni147 said:

 

Well when I learned to swim at the age of 7 I was extremely thin. Disney could have pitched me for an actual adaptation of the Skeleton Dance. Absolutely 0 fat and muscle, only the ones you need to get up, walk, and move your hands. And that hasn't really changed since. I am now 1.80 and weigh 50 kg (about 2 kg is sculpted hair). No matter what I do, how much I eat, how many sports I do, I keep losing weight. My gut bacteria are refusing to work for some reason. I have visited countless doctors and specialists, but nothing has helped so far.

 

However, I really enjoy swimming and in backstroke I even have decent times with 40sec over 50m. Having a low body fat percentage doesn't necessarily mean you can't stay on top of the water. It's the mix of good arm and leg coordination, catching the right breathing rate and of course power, if you want to hit top speed at a competitive level.

 

Yuzu definitely has more muscle than I do (maybe more fat too, because I don't have any), so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

 

The same when I learned around the age of 13/14 years : 1m59 and 44KG and no muscles too   and fitting into the 34/36 (European size) ultra thin .... and as Henni writes, you have to coordinate his movements well and I do breaststroke and backstroke and on the other hand, I have done "yoyos" over the years and my 2 children and now, I am at my youthful weight and you, it's your build (my brother is the same, still the same slim figure) 

[Henni147]

This is a bit off-topic, but I feel the need to share it:

This is probably the first time that I can roughly feel how Yuzu must have felt after the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.

 

Here in my region we had so heavy rainfalls and floodings the last two days, that many of our friends lost their homes and belongings. The cities Hagen, Wuppertal and Euskirchen were hit especially hard. The dam close to Euskirchen has cracked and is in danger to break. I have never experienced anything like this before.

Thank god, our house was not affected, because we live on a plateau, but it broke my heart to see the severe damages in other districts. We tried our best yesterday to help our friends and colleagues to save what could be saved, but we were recommended by the fire department not to leave our house today, because the situation out there is very dangerous and unpredictable. 80 people have died, roughly another 500 are missed in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz.

 

I pray with all my toes and fingers that the rainfalls will stop soon and everyone stays healthy and safe 🙏