I love swimming as an adult and genuinely wish I had had more access to pools and lessons as a child. I am from a landlocked state and a rural town, so private pools weren't really a "thing" and neither were public pools. My cousin's family moved to a house with a pool, but I was afraid to go in the deep end because I thought I would drown. My cousin could sort of flail around with something approaching breaststroke, but I was too scared so I could only frolick up to the 6 ft edge--I was already tall for a teenager but wasn't quite the 6' I am today.
As an adult, I decided that living in a state surrounded on three sides by water, while being unable to swim, was simply too dangerous. Learning as an adult brought a new form of exercise into my life, one that I find I strongly prefer. It has become a reflex for me to stop breathing the instant my nose is submerged. I can do all strokes but butterfly--I can dolphin kick, but not well enough to provide any significant propulsion, so whenever disposable income re-enters my life, that will be the final stroke to conquer. Breaststroke is easier on my knees, but hard on my wrists, so I usually stick with front crawl and consider that my best stroke. Backstroke is fun but I find that I often misjudge distance and end up slamming the back of my head into the end of the pool lane, so I don't do it often.
If gators weren't so prevalent here, I'd try open water swimming, but I am rather fond of having all of my limbs attached to my body, so I'll stick with chlorinated pools that are reasonably some distance away from a pond/swamp. At the gym, the most I have to deal with is creepers acting like they have never seen a leggy woman in a bathing suit before. [insert eyeroll here]
Have you thought about maybe doing those parent-child swimming lessons with Humuhumu? I know your schedule stays pretty packed but maybe even one lesson together a week could improve your own skills?
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Date: 2018-09-15 11:58 pm (UTC)As an adult, I decided that living in a state surrounded on three sides by water, while being unable to swim, was simply too dangerous. Learning as an adult brought a new form of exercise into my life, one that I find I strongly prefer. It has become a reflex for me to stop breathing the instant my nose is submerged. I can do all strokes but butterfly--I can dolphin kick, but not well enough to provide any significant propulsion, so whenever disposable income re-enters my life, that will be the final stroke to conquer. Breaststroke is easier on my knees, but hard on my wrists, so I usually stick with front crawl and consider that my best stroke. Backstroke is fun but I find that I often misjudge distance and end up slamming the back of my head into the end of the pool lane, so I don't do it often.
If gators weren't so prevalent here, I'd try open water swimming, but I am rather fond of having all of my limbs attached to my body, so I'll stick with chlorinated pools that are reasonably some distance away from a pond/swamp. At the gym, the most I have to deal with is creepers acting like they have never seen a leggy woman in a bathing suit before. [insert eyeroll here]
Have you thought about maybe doing those parent-child swimming lessons with Humuhumu? I know your schedule stays pretty packed but maybe even one lesson together a week could improve your own skills?
And on that note, post-swim hair care is a must.