I did something today that I have been threatening to do for months. Years, actually. I started swimming lessons. Swimming is the only physical activity I have ever truly loved.
Now, I know how to swim. I’ve been jumping in pools since I was a wee tyke, according to my mother. But I haven’t had swim lessons since I was a kid. I know my form is probably somewhere in the “spaz” range, so I thought I would take lessons. Be all swift like a fishy, and swim laps during the daytime adult lap swim.
Good lord, that sounds like an exercise plan. Armageddon arriving shortly.
My first lesson was this evening and it was AWESOME. Almost instantly I felt all the tightness and tension in my neck and shoulders protesting. Not in a “ouch this hurts you’d better stop that this instant way.” But more in a “hey, if you keep this up we might not stick around” way.
AWESOME, oui?
Since I enjoyed it so much, this means I get to go out and buy accessories. I bought a suit a couple of months ago. But now I’m going to get some goggles, and I think I am going to get a swim cap because, even in a pony tail, my hair keeps getting in my face. Oh and a sassy bag to carry my equipment in and probably a special towel JUST FOR SWIMMING. Oh, and that shampoo that gets chlorine out of your hair. I need that.
Because I’m a swimmer now.
that’s awesome.
(i think that was all i was going to say the other day when i tried posting.)
🙂
Maybe a bathing suit made out of a technical fabric. Something to wick moisture away from your body. Sounds like you’ll need it.
Can’t swim, myself – I am awed.
I am 31.
I cannot swim.
I should sign up for lessons, but I am skerred.
I LOVE to swim. I recently had the luxury of house-sitting for a friend with a pool. I’d just tread and float around literally for hours.
Swimming is awesome for muscle tension…I remember one day after a brutal hike through rhododendron thickets, I’d attempted to soothe my aching everything in the hotel hot tub, but to no avail. I’d resigned myself to days of intense muscle aches. After a leisurely swim in the pool, however, I felt almost completely normal again.
Which was weird cuz “completely normal” is something rarely ever get near. 🙂
Enjoy yourself!
I’ve been out of it for a while. I hope you got a silicone cap because latex sucks. If I’d been around when you were venturing, I would have been here to counsel you. 🙂 Not that you need it, but these things matter. I have a latex allergy, so it was important for me to find out there was an alternative. It’s great to hear that you’ve made a return to swimming. Good job!