Learning to Swim..or in my case trying so hard not to drown.
When I started trying to get fit and get in shape I had a list of activities to try along the way. These were things I'd always wanted to try some since childhood....I have gone through about 1/4 of my list and I have a few things I love (Biking, Hiking, Yoga, Bellydancing) and a few I dislike (BasketBall, softball, Tennis) but one thing I have always wanted to do is to learn to Surf. It just looks like so much fun and peaceful and just plain cool...but I have a few barriers. I can't swim, I'm afraid of the water, I wear glasses and I have asthma (which is mostly why being in deep water freaks me out) regardless of all this I have managed to complete 6 weeks of swimming lessons. While I am not a strong swimmer and I usually end up dog paddling because I can't get the breathing down I am getting better. I just signed up for another set of classes with a different more uhm militant instructor...he likes working on endurance. Exhaustion! I think part of it is the way that I swim, I believe that I waste of lot of energy panicing and flailing about but I think some of it is that I am not eating what I need before hand. I usually eat breakfast at 8 and then I have a small snack and class is at 12:30 and when I am done with class I have a nice lunch usually in the park and walk. Its a great saturday but I guess its going to have to change some. What can I eat that will give me that energy but not make me feel heavy and lethargic. Also the 6 week class was once a week this class is every Saturday and then Sunday I am so afraid that is not enough recovery time for me. What can I do when I have heavy workouts back to back like that?
Thanks for any advice!
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