Swimmers?

I think most swim people hang out here - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/122-swimmers

Swim.com has an app and a bit of a community. I tried it out last summer but I don't swim enough for it to matter. There are a few swimmers around but your right not too much in terms of threads.

I've been swimming 22 yrs--3x a week. There are swimmers on here, but many of them do other things too. Do a search and you'll pull up some swimming threads with training ideas. There are people just starting, to people who competition ocean swim. They'll come out of the woodwork if you need help or have a question.

I'm an "adult learner," as it were... . (I think that's what I'd be labelled...)
I nearly took lessons as a kid for literally years, and made almost no progress. Then I almost drowned at 11 and my mom put me in lessons until I passed an initial class (and lived with the fear of drowning until I was into adulthood). At 47, I decided it didn't look "that hard" and started trying to swim laps. HA!!! I swam one length of the pool and realized (totally deprived of oxygen) that if I didn't swim back, the guard was going to wonder and worry... I started watching goswim videos and others. Got into the Swimmers! group here. Added a length when I could. Now, I'm a mediocre swimmer who swims 45 laps/swim 3-5 times a week with a deep water cardio class too. The Swimmers! group is great. Not a lot of activity, but a solid group of people with a variety of skill levels, goals and personalities that make us pretty freakin great Try us. We're not super-posters, but if you want encouragement, advice or support, we're your peeps.

Because of my bad knees, swimming is one of the few things I can do besides walking. So I just started this year, but my fitness level is below zero. I try to go 2-3 times a week and swim 50 laps, 25m each, within 40 minutes. But it makes me feel proud after doing no sports at all for almost 10 years ;-)

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I live in Italy and the very best goggles I've found are "Aqua Sphere". They give you great visual side vision. My husband who's now 64 and has been swimming since he was a teenager, tried them (I bugged him about them) and decided they are fantastic. I went last week to buy several pair and the store doesn't carry them anymore--downsizing in the swim department. However here's their web site:www.aquasphereswim.com. I may have to buy online. Also--for the panda look, don't tighten your googles too much, it actually lets more water in and gives you headaches. They should be snug, and you can feel the suction. Best.

Just added to my Amazon cart. Thanks!

Let me know what you think of them. I've been using them for at least 5 yrs and love them.

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I've been back swimming for about 1.5 years. Started going to Masters Swim a few weeks ago. Our group is small so each person gets coaches according to their needs and goals.

Swimming is one of the things I do at the gym. I'm a SCUBA diver, and I'm more comfortable swimming with zoomers and a dive mask with snorkel. I was never a very efficient swimmer, so I took swimming as a class in grad school. It helped a little, but I never really developed a habit. Twenty five years later, I've started again. I did some reading from books in the library to think about technique. It feels great. I think I learned more from the book than I did from the college class. Go figure. I've started doing some of my swim workout with just goggles, and I can usually just do one lap (50 yards) of freestyle without stopping or switching to breast for a lap. My speed is improving, and even with the mask on, I can work on technique. It's a great way to stretch after a cardio and/or strength workout, and if I've just got time for a short workout, a swim is hard to beat.

I absolutely love swimming! I admit that I have been pretty bad logging my diet and exercise on my MyFitnessPal account; however, I am happy to say that I have continued swimming at least 4 days per week for the last one and a half months.

I would love to connect with other swimmers on here and share swim routine ideas or tips.

Swimming makes me so happy. I don't feel the sweat, it relieves so much tension, and the smell of chlorine is invigorating lol.

I used to be a competitive swimmer but it has been years since that time. I now swim for overall fitness-- with a particular focus on improving my heart and lung health.

I have quite a complicated and severe form of epilepsy and have found that exercise places a lot of stress on my body. As long as I make the lifeguard aware of my condition as I am entering the pool, swimming is a great way to get in that cardio workout without putting myself under too much pressure. It's low (or no) impact, completely non-weight bearing and gets the heart going; it's perfect for me.

I tend to use breaststroke as I heard that as long as you made efforts to keep your body straight in the water you were getting a great ab' workout. Has anyone else heard this?