Hello All!
Happy Friday!
And, more importantly, Happy Halloween!
I have a question for all of you that include swimming in your workout. How did you start? Did you know how to swim before deciding to include it in your workout regimen or is it something that you had to learn how to do?
I'm asking because I've been off the workout bandwagon for a couple weeks due to a foot injury (sesamoiditis) that has the potential of being recurrent. Given that, I've kind of had to rethink my workout situation. Swimming seems to have the least amount of foot impact and the aquatic center by my house opens at 5:00 (perfect for my early rising self!) and closes at 12:00am (good for those insomnia days!). I'm thinking of making swimming my main cardio exercise in my regimen.
I'm just worried that I'm not a good enough swimmer to try something like that. I had swimming lessons when I was a kid where I learned the basics - floating, holding my breath, swimming underwater, jumping off the diving board, etc. And I had some in high school. I can go the backstroke, sidestroke, and freestyle, but I'm not sure if the technique is all that great. I really do love to be in the water - I'm a total water rat. But I'm a bit intimidated by all of the form stuff.
If there is a way to self teach form and all that, that would be great, since there are no classes offered that would fit in my schedule and I'm more of a self teacher anyway.
As a side note, the last time I tried doing laps, after 15 minutes, my butt was totally kicked! Perhaps there's hope for me yet?
Thanks!