Wonderful Water

Does anyone here swim or do other things aquatic for exercise? If so, what workouts do you do?

I swim in the summer.  I go two or three times a week.  I will swim a half mile to a mile depending upon how I feel.  I do a hundred yards of freestyle plain, then a hundred with short fins, then a hundred yards with hand paddles, then I begin again.  I am really bad about remembering how many laps I have done so I keep a little piece of string with beads on it, at the end of my lane.  I slide a bead over for each hundred yards. 

I manage to make 4 laps, resting every half lap.

i haven't gone yet because i seem to be lacking the motivation, but there is a hospital locally that offers aquatic therapy in the rehab center. and they don't require a co-pay it is completely covered by my insurance. i need to go this week and i need to keep it up.

Oh goodness I do the crawl, backstroke, breast and side strokes. In addition I take deep water aerobics 2x per week and then swim after the class. Oh, I forget, a lot of dog paddling too. I stretch when forced to by the instructor. all in all I am in the water 5 - 6 days per week.

I will buy either a house or a condo during the next year or two and I hope to have some kind of pool there. that way I will only need the parks department pool for the long swims.

I began with arthritis classes that I could only get thorough half of the classes 3 years ago. Now I am addicted. I have to be in the water daily. It gives me energy, awakens me ad makes me feel better all around. I still have fibro though.

donnaeil