swimming?

[mouseman004]

I can't swim very well neither, which is weird because Finland is "the land of thousand lakes", our house is almost ashore, our summer cabin is almost ashore and we have like.. 10 lakes in 10 kms radius from our house.

I just hate swimming in a lake. And haven't done it for two-three years.

I can't swim in Lakes or the Ocean. I have an irrational fear of deep water.... (however this only applies to natural bodies of water, I am fine with deep pools)

[rodrigo]

I can't swim in Lakes or the Ocean. I have an irrational fear of deep water.... (however this only applies to natural bodies of water, I am fine with deep pools)

i dont think thats irrational. that shit IS scary

[swallow]

sounds to me like it'd most likely be cold as hell.

Well, water in the lake in summer is usually like.. 20-24*C and in the wintertime it's frozen. It's too cold for me, anyway.

I can't swim in Lakes or the Ocean. I have an irrational fear of deep water.... (however this only applies to natural bodies of water, I am fine with deep pools)

Same thing with here! I hate even to be in a ship.

[D1988]

Swimming is OK, but I am not very good at it.

Like you Ed, I can remember when I was younger, my dad thought it was really important that me and my brother learned how to swim, so he showed us.

No way would you catch me swimming in a loch here in Scotland though, far too cold for my liking.

I wish the lochs still froze here in winter.....

[optimismdefeats]

I am going to go swimming once every three weeks so that will be good. I don't get to go often but now I will be able to. I need things like that cos it's healthy and fun.

[CarlaRant]

When I was doing physical rehabilitation, I was required to swim 3 days a week. I love it, but I don't have a gym membership and the community pool is only open during the summer months, despite living in Phoenix, where it's at least 70 degrees 10 months out of the year.

[xmichaelxlilunx]

i enjoy swimming and im kinda an amateur swimmer
(im in the swim team in my skl)
i swim like 29s 50m freestyle
considering the amount of practice i hav every week (60 mins) and im only 15
my time its ok
swimming is really fun and great workout tho
i can do it everyday if its not training-like lol

[straightXed]

i enjoy swimming and im kinda an amateur swimmer
(im in the swim team in my skl)
i swim like 29s 50m freestyle
considering the amount of practice i hav every week (60 mins) and im only 15
my time its ok
swimming is really fun and great workout tho
i can do it everyday if its not training-like lol

I have been swimming loads recently, my times aren't amazing but i am swimming a lot further. I can manage about a mile and a half at the moment and could keep going longer but i don't want to over do it, plus i'm trying to concentrate on good technique.

[xmichaelxlilunx]

I have been swimming loads recently, my times aren't amazing but i am swimming a lot further. I can manage about a mile and a half at the moment and could keep going longer but i don't want to over do it, plus i'm trying to concentrate on good technique.

endurance is my weakness :(
thats why i cant swim 100ms in competition
well in my skl's swimming team we normally swim 2000m per practice (60 mins)
but that was like hell
i get headaches after

[straightXed]

endurance is my weakness :(
thats why i cant swim 100ms in competition
well in my skl's swimming team we normally swim 2000m per practice (60 mins)
but that was like hell
i get headaches after

More practice, swim 3 times a week and you will really improve vastly.

[hatley]

Hope you are still doing the swimming thing. Its kind of a life sport. I did the competitive thing in high school...butterfly. Got burnt out, now its a conditioning/ x-training thing for me.
Three times a week our tri-group is in the pool.
Mon-
4x100 M
200 M

Wed-
2X 100 M (2x)
300M

Fri-
400 M
100M

Great total body workout.

[easy]

sounds to me like it'd most likely be cold as hell.

for some reason as im flipping through this thread this made me laugh pretty hard...
i wish i could swim regularly... especially in a bay or ocean to make it extra difficult but arlington virginia is lacking the right climate and the water. maybe upon my return to manila but even there id have to travel to find water =[

[Lifestyle_X]

I never saw this thread, weird. I'm starting to swim regularly, I didn't do much sports after I broke my elbow last summer. I'm back on my skateboard now, but swimming is the real deal. My mom goes 3 or 4 times a week to the pool. With school etc I only go twice a week. 45 minutes of pure swimming and I feel great ! It's a good work-out, perfect for my condition. I need to do it more often, I've only been doing this for a week. But tomorrow I'm off again to the pool ! Oh yeah, 2 weeks of vacation (working hard for school..) starting tomorrow, gonna swim (and study) so much more. It's indeed way more enjoyable than running/jogging.