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Why am I so rubbish at swimming?

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR · 2024-10-17T09:05:06Z

I've never been a particularly strong swimmer, but can swim. Fine in a pool, not great in the sea Perfectly happy on my back or front for the most. Not great when the swells start to pick up. My biggest problem is that I don't seem to go anywhere fast - if I'm floating away from the boat, often struggle to make progress back. Breaststroke seems to get me nowhere, a bit better with front crawl. I'm reasonably fit, not overweight, have good upper and lower body strength, yet numerous old and/or overweight people were making it look easy off the boat yesterday, me - drowning cat Guess for the most it's technique and partly my intense fear of drowning. Are some people just not cut out to swim though?

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molgrips

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It's extremely technical. The difference between floundering and gliding along quickly is all technique, nothing really to do with fitness. Get on YouTube and start studying, then get someone to watch you swim.

Posted : 18/10/2024 12:12 am

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Poopscoop

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‘Bubble-bubble-breathe’

Just dont use this approach if you are sharing a bath with your other half. I bubble, she breaths.

It's "disgusting" apparently.

Bloody prude.

Posted : 18/10/2024 12:15 am

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