I'm there with you. Up until a few years ago, I hadn't really been swimming in ages, even after loving it as a child. But I went to visit my grandmother in Florida, just at the cusp of the season where swimming'd be great, and I'd bought myself a cheap swimsuit at WalMart. I spent a few days bobbing in the ocean going, "God, I missed this, why have I not done this in ages?"
I had a gym membership, and happily it included access to a heated pool year round. They even offered water exercises classes at the time. When they stopped, I was reduced to getting water workout stuff on my own. If you'd like to try that, instead of lapswimming (which bores me swiftly, with my miniscule attention span), I suggest this book - The Complete WaterPower workout, http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Waterpower-Workout-Book-Prevention/dp/0679745548
Or DVDs from this instructor, Karen Westfall - most of her stuff can be found at http://www.waterworkout.com/ For Christmas a couple years ago, I got a waterproof mp3 player kit - while it holds a tiny amount compared to an iPod, it holds enough for me to put the audio components of the water workout cds on them, so I can listen to the instructor in the pool.
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Date: 2009-12-29 12:57 am (UTC)I had a gym membership, and happily it included access to a heated pool year round. They even offered water exercises classes at the time. When they stopped, I was reduced to getting water workout stuff on my own. If you'd like to try that, instead of lapswimming (which bores me swiftly, with my miniscule attention span), I suggest this book - The Complete WaterPower workout, http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Waterpower-Workout-Book-Prevention/dp/0679745548
Or DVDs from this instructor, Karen Westfall - most of her stuff can be found at http://www.waterworkout.com/ For Christmas a couple years ago, I got a waterproof mp3 player kit - while it holds a tiny amount compared to an iPod, it holds enough for me to put the audio components of the water workout cds on them, so I can listen to the instructor in the pool.