diff --git a/timm/models/efficientnet_blocks.py b/timm/models/efficientnet_blocks.py
index d5fdce79..d7421ff4 100644
--- a/timm/models/efficientnet_blocks.py
+++ b/timm/models/efficientnet_blocks.py
@@ -106,20 +106,18 @@ class SqueezeExcite(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, in_chs, se_ratio=0.25, reduced_base_chs=None,
                  act_layer=nn.ReLU, gate_fn=sigmoid, divisor=1, **_):
         super(SqueezeExcite, self).__init__()
-        self.gate_fn = gate_fn
         reduced_chs = make_divisible((reduced_base_chs or in_chs) * se_ratio, divisor)
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         self.conv_reduce = nn.Conv2d(in_chs, reduced_chs, 1, bias=True)
         self.act1 = act_layer(inplace=True)
         self.conv_expand = nn.Conv2d(reduced_chs, in_chs, 1, bias=True)
+        self.gate_fn = gate_fn
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_se = self.avg_pool(x)
+        x_se = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x_se = self.conv_reduce(x_se)
         x_se = self.act1(x_se)
         x_se = self.conv_expand(x_se)
-        x = x * self.gate_fn(x_se)
-        return x
+        return x * self.gate_fn(x_se)
 
 
 class ConvBnAct(nn.Module):
diff --git a/timm/models/layers/cbam.py b/timm/models/layers/cbam.py
index 600d51fa..44e2fe6d 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/cbam.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/cbam.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Hacked together by / Copyright 2020 Ross Wightman
 
 import torch
 from torch import nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
 from .conv_bn_act import ConvBnAct
 
 
@@ -18,15 +19,13 @@ class ChannelAttn(nn.Module):
     """
     def __init__(self, channels, reduction=16, act_layer=nn.ReLU):
         super(ChannelAttn, self).__init__()
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
-        self.max_pool = nn.AdaptiveMaxPool2d(1)
         self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(channels, channels // reduction, 1, bias=False)
         self.act = act_layer(inplace=True)
         self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(channels // reduction, channels, 1, bias=False)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_avg = self.avg_pool(x)
-        x_max = self.max_pool(x)
+        x_avg = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
+        x_max = F.adaptive_max_pool2d(x, 1)
         x_avg = self.fc2(self.act(self.fc1(x_avg)))
         x_max = self.fc2(self.act(self.fc1(x_max)))
         x_attn = x_avg + x_max
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ class LightChannelAttn(ChannelAttn):
         super(LightChannelAttn, self).__init__(channels, reduction)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_pool = 0.5 * self.avg_pool(x) + 0.5 * self.max_pool(x)
+        x_pool = 0.5 * x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True) + 0.5 * F.adaptive_max_pool2d(x, 1)
         x_attn = self.fc2(self.act(self.fc1(x_pool)))
         return x * x_attn.sigmoid()
 
diff --git a/timm/models/layers/eca.py b/timm/models/layers/eca.py
index 497c5b04..3a7f8b82 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/eca.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/eca.py
@@ -52,22 +52,15 @@ class EcaModule(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, channels=None, kernel_size=3, gamma=2, beta=1):
         super(EcaModule, self).__init__()
         assert kernel_size % 2 == 1
-
         if channels is not None:
             t = int(abs(math.log(channels, 2) + beta) / gamma)
             kernel_size = max(t if t % 2 else t + 1, 3)
 
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         self.conv = nn.Conv1d(1, 1, kernel_size=kernel_size, padding=(kernel_size - 1) // 2, bias=False)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        # Feature descriptor on the global spatial information
-        y = self.avg_pool(x)
-        # Reshape for convolution
-        y = y.view(x.shape[0], 1, -1)
-        # Two different branches of ECA module
+        y = x.mean((2, 3)).view(x.shape[0], 1, -1)  # view for 1d conv
         y = self.conv(y)
-        # Multi-scale information fusion
         y = y.view(x.shape[0], -1, 1, 1).sigmoid()
         return x * y.expand_as(x)
 
@@ -95,30 +88,20 @@ class CecaModule(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, channels=None, kernel_size=3, gamma=2, beta=1):
         super(CecaModule, self).__init__()
         assert kernel_size % 2 == 1
-
         if channels is not None:
             t = int(abs(math.log(channels, 2) + beta) / gamma)
             kernel_size = max(t if t % 2 else t + 1, 3)
 
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
-        #pytorch circular padding mode is buggy as of pytorch 1.4
-        #see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/17240
-
-        #implement manual circular padding
+        # PyTorch circular padding mode is buggy as of pytorch 1.4
+        # see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/17240
+        # implement manual circular padding
         self.conv = nn.Conv1d(1, 1, kernel_size=kernel_size, padding=0, bias=False)
         self.padding = (kernel_size - 1) // 2
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        # Feature descriptor on the global spatial information
-        y = self.avg_pool(x)
-
+        y = x.mean((2, 3)).view(x.shape[0], 1, -1)
         # Manually implement circular padding, F.pad does not seemed to be bugged
-        y = F.pad(y.view(x.shape[0], 1, -1), (self.padding, self.padding), mode='circular')
-
-        # Two different branches of ECA module
+        y = F.pad(y, (self.padding, self.padding), mode='circular')
         y = self.conv(y)
-
-        # Multi-scale information fusion
         y = y.view(x.shape[0], -1, 1, 1).sigmoid()
-
         return x * y.expand_as(x)
diff --git a/timm/models/layers/se.py b/timm/models/layers/se.py
index 578ebf08..a896fb71 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/se.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/se.py
@@ -1,40 +1,36 @@
 from torch import nn as nn
-from .create_act import get_act_fn
+from .create_act import create_act_layer
 
 
 class SEModule(nn.Module):
 
     def __init__(self, channels, reduction=16, act_layer=nn.ReLU, min_channels=8, reduction_channels=None,
-                 gate_fn='sigmoid'):
+                 gate_layer='sigmoid'):
         super(SEModule, self).__init__()
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         reduction_channels = reduction_channels or max(channels // reduction, min_channels)
-        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(
-            channels, reduction_channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0, bias=True)
+        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(channels, reduction_channels, kernel_size=1, bias=True)
         self.act = act_layer(inplace=True)
-        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(
-            reduction_channels, channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0, bias=True)
-        self.gate_fn = get_act_fn(gate_fn)
+        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(reduction_channels, channels, kernel_size=1, bias=True)
+        self.gate = create_act_layer(gate_layer)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_se = self.avg_pool(x)
+        x_se = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x_se = self.fc1(x_se)
         x_se = self.act(x_se)
         x_se = self.fc2(x_se)
-        return x * self.gate_fn(x_se)
+        return x * self.gate(x_se)
 
 
 class EffectiveSEModule(nn.Module):
     """ 'Effective Squeeze-Excitation
     From `CenterMask : Real-Time Anchor-Free Instance Segmentation` - https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.06667
     """
-    def __init__(self, channels, gate_fn='hard_sigmoid'):
+    def __init__(self, channels, gate_layer='hard_sigmoid'):
         super(EffectiveSEModule, self).__init__()
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         self.fc = nn.Conv2d(channels, channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0)
-        self.gate_fn = get_act_fn(gate_fn)
+        self.gate = create_act_layer(gate_layer, inplace=True)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_se = self.avg_pool(x)
+        x_se = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x_se = self.fc(x_se)
-        return x * self.gate_fn(x_se, inplace=True)
+        return x * self.gate(x_se)
diff --git a/timm/models/layers/selective_kernel.py b/timm/models/layers/selective_kernel.py
index 2efaa487..10bfd0e0 100644
--- a/timm/models/layers/selective_kernel.py
+++ b/timm/models/layers/selective_kernel.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class SelectiveKernelAttn(nn.Module):
         """
         super(SelectiveKernelAttn, self).__init__()
         self.num_paths = num_paths
-        self.pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         self.fc_reduce = nn.Conv2d(channels, attn_channels, kernel_size=1, bias=False)
         self.bn = norm_layer(attn_channels)
         self.act = act_layer(inplace=True)
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ class SelectiveKernelAttn(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x):
         assert x.shape[1] == self.num_paths
-        x = torch.sum(x, dim=1)
-        x = self.pool(x)
+        x = x.sum(1).mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x = self.fc_reduce(x)
         x = self.bn(x)
         x = self.act(x)
diff --git a/timm/models/rexnet.py b/timm/models/rexnet.py
index 03e6ee02..b7522a05 100644
--- a/timm/models/rexnet.py
+++ b/timm/models/rexnet.py
@@ -59,18 +59,15 @@ class SEWithNorm(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, channels, reduction=16, act_layer=nn.ReLU, divisor=1, reduction_channels=None,
                  gate_layer='sigmoid'):
         super(SEWithNorm, self).__init__()
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
         reduction_channels = reduction_channels or make_divisible(channels // reduction, divisor=divisor)
-        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(
-            channels, reduction_channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0, bias=True)
+        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(channels, reduction_channels, kernel_size=1, bias=True)
         self.bn = nn.BatchNorm2d(reduction_channels)
         self.act = act_layer(inplace=True)
-        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(
-            reduction_channels, channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0, bias=True)
+        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(reduction_channels, channels, kernel_size=1, bias=True)
         self.gate = create_act_layer(gate_layer)
 
     def forward(self, x):
-        x_se = self.avg_pool(x)
+        x_se = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x_se = self.fc1(x_se)
         x_se = self.bn(x_se)
         x_se = self.act(x_se)
diff --git a/timm/models/senet.py b/timm/models/senet.py
index 2155ec81..8073229a 100644
--- a/timm/models/senet.py
+++ b/timm/models/senet.py
@@ -71,17 +71,14 @@ class SEModule(nn.Module):
 
     def __init__(self, channels, reduction):
         super(SEModule, self).__init__()
-        self.avg_pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)
-        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(
-            channels, channels // reduction, kernel_size=1, padding=0)
+        self.fc1 = nn.Conv2d(channels, channels // reduction, kernel_size=1)
         self.relu = nn.ReLU(inplace=True)
-        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(
-            channels // reduction, channels, kernel_size=1, padding=0)
+        self.fc2 = nn.Conv2d(channels // reduction, channels, kernel_size=1)
         self.sigmoid = nn.Sigmoid()
 
     def forward(self, x):
         module_input = x
-        x = self.avg_pool(x)
+        x = x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
         x = self.fc1(x)
         x = self.relu(x)
         x = self.fc2(x)
diff --git a/timm/models/tresnet.py b/timm/models/tresnet.py
index e060c20d..75b545e5 100644
--- a/timm/models/tresnet.py
+++ b/timm/models/tresnet.py
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ class FastGlobalAvgPool2d(nn.Module):
 
     def forward(self, x):
         if self.flatten:
-            in_size = x.size()
-            return x.view((in_size[0], in_size[1], -1)).mean(dim=2)
+            return x.mean((2, 3))
         else:
-            return x.view(x.size(0), x.size(1), -1).mean(-1).view(x.size(0), x.size(1), 1, 1)
+            return x.mean((2, 3), keepdim=True)
 
     def feat_mult(self):
         return 1