One great thing about swimming is how quickly I make progress as I return to lap swimming from doing other things for stretches of time. I hope that proves true for you as well: it's really encouraging and helps in maintaining that initial commitment.
I began competitive swimming as a 7 yr-old and swam through high school. I didn't swim in college (in California, land of v. serious swimming), but took it up again as an adult, sometimes on Masters teams, sometimes just swimming workouts on my own. I'm on hiatus now because the club we joined has only a 20 yd pool and I'd rather use the step machines and lift weights (because the one thing swimming is NOT is the weight-bearing exercise fitness folks recommend for those growing, er, mature). It's okay, but I'm starting to dream about swimming again, which is always a sign I need to get back to it. Fortunately, there's a new fitness club being built that will be closer to our house and is supposed to have a year-round outdoor Olympic-sized pool. (The one problem with that is that 50 metres is truly daunting when returning from a long time out of the water!)
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Date: 2009-12-29 12:43 pm (UTC)I began competitive swimming as a 7 yr-old and swam through high school. I didn't swim in college (in California, land of v. serious swimming), but took it up again as an adult, sometimes on Masters teams, sometimes just swimming workouts on my own. I'm on hiatus now because the club we joined has only a 20 yd pool and I'd rather use the step machines and lift weights (because the one thing swimming is NOT is the weight-bearing exercise fitness folks recommend for those growing, er, mature). It's okay, but I'm starting to dream about swimming again, which is always a sign I need to get back to it. Fortunately, there's a new fitness club being built that will be closer to our house and is supposed to have a year-round outdoor Olympic-sized pool. (The one problem with that is that 50 metres is truly daunting when returning from a long time out of the water!)
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