25 August 2020
This week was very similar to previous weeks but with one exciting surprise at the end! In this class, we focussed on our freestyle without the board which is something I could not do before starting these lessons.
The biggest thing I didn’t understand about swimming was how to breathe when swimming freestyle! Exercising is harder when you are puffed and can’t breathe when you want, like normal exercise. The one thing I do remember from childhood swim lessons is blowing nose bubbles….This still applies so you don’t accidently breathe water in!
I’ve been told that swimming fitness is completely different from regular fitness ‒ and they aren’t wrong! But your swimming fitness builds and I can now swim a few laps without a break! It just takes PRACTICE.
The most exciting part of this lesson was that I have MOVED UP A LEVEL (cue fireworks and celebrations). From next week I will be moving to a new class to build on my technique and start learning some breast-stroke to add into the mix – and this only took 4 lessons! This will be different for everyone but you can’t progress if you don’t start.
80% of success is just showing up – I think I saw that somewhere on the internet so it must be true. So, the big question is…what are you waiting for? Come and join me!
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