Any other swimmers here?

SMCLosesIt

I just started swimming a month ago after an injury meant I could no longer run (which I'm bummed about, I love running) Starting to really enjoy swimming now and noticing changes in my body already, I'm up to an hour in the pool 5 times a week
So anyone else who only swims for fitness? How long have you been swimming and how has it changed you? Doesn't seem to be much discussion about it here.

middlehaitch

I am learning to swim right now. Back stroke is my best stroke so far and I am aiming for 1km by the end of the month.
I go to the pool 5 days a week at the moment, 2-3 days are learning to swim with snorkel gear. I do lift 3x a week also.
I am hoping by summer I will be proficient enough to make swimming my sole exercise.

If you do a search in groups there is a swimming group that you could join. You would probably find that more satisfying than searching for threads.

Cheers, h.

haileyhoover8

I swim 5 days a week for 2-3 hours! I swim competitively for a college team

ElizabethOakes2

I try to swim three times a week. (I have a cold this week, so no pool for me!) After my back surgery it was pretty much the only exercise I could do. I have permanent nerve damage on my left side, so my once-upon-a-time textbook stroke is gone and I fear I look more like a half-drowning hippopotamus in the water.
I alternate strokes- breaststroke, backstroke, crawl, with the breast-stroke making up most of my laps at this point. Because of the nerve damage, I tend to 'lane drift' in my crawl and am always clipping the lane-dividers.

I try to get to the pool right at 1 pm so I can get in as the lunch work-out crowd is leaving and before the after-work crowd comes in, so I can get a lane to myself. When our gym was under the previous owners, lane-sharing wasn't allowed because it's only a 20 x 14 meter pool, but the new owners took down all the rules, reset it to five very narrow lanes instead of 4 lanes (and didn't repaint the lane lines on the bottom of the pool.) I wish it made financial sense for me to go back to my old swim club!

girlwithcurls2

There is a great group of swimmers of all abilities and skill levels here!! Search "Swimmers!" (I'm not sure how to get the link in a post...)

It's a great group of people-encouraging, supportive, informative, and funny. As a new swimmer (also former runner), I have learned a lot and gotten to the pool on those days when I'd rather not because I know my swim buddies are getting there too. Always looking for people to add to the group. Come on over! (all of you!!)

gawworthington

I enjoy swimming- I also do water aerobics.