swimming Options

[Mickey]

Topic moved to Sports.

[none345678]

When was being able to swim a natural human instinct? Do we look like we were made for the water?

[brooklyneast05]

yeah i was thinking that too. i wouldn't hold it against my baby if i chunked it in the water and it didn't start swimming. i wouldn't do that anyway though.



i can't open my eyes under water, or at least i don't. i can but i hate how it feels. i don't get how people do it and claim they can see anything. when i do it i can't really see anything. i wish i could though.



i liked this better in the lounge tbh

[Joanne]

I heard somewhere that newborns instinctively know how to float and hold their breath underwater, but lose that instinct as they develop, and so they have to relearn it. Or something like that.

[DoubleJ]

i've been going swimming a lot lately. i'm going this afternoon again actually. let's talk about swimming
do you like it? do you go often? can you open your eyes under water? do you enjoy swim swimming or just floating around? does diving give you a headache? it gave me one yesterday after a while. do you have a pool? do you wish you had a pool? i'm certain that whenever i "grow up" and own a house i want it to have a pool.
tell me about your swimming habits.

I have a pool in my backyard and I try to swim as much as possible. I don't mind being under the water, but the bigger I have gotten, the shorter my threshold has gotten. We don't have a diving board, but I love to canon ball from time to time in the pool. There's nothing like getting a bottle of wine, getting in the pool with a significant other or a jumpoff, and just relaxing!

[none345678]

I heard somewhere that newborns instinctively know how to hold their breath underwater, but lose that instinct as they develop, and so they have to relearn it. Or something like that.

Only when they are just born.

I can open my eyes under water and see a little. But I hate the feeling of it.

[none345678]

I looooove cold water. I haven't ever been in a pool that was to warm, but I always rather it to be 50-60 degrees.

[libertie]

Strokes? Lol.. I don't know anything about swimming, just that I can float and keep my head above the water.

[-DressYourEyelid...]

i LOVE swimming. i feel so alive in the water.
i've been known to swim for hours straight.

my top time underwater was a little over 6 1/2 minutes. i'm still workin' on it. :D

[DoubleJ]

am I the only one who thinks that chlorine makes you sleepy.

[none345678]

I just figured it was the swimming that made me sleepy lol

[datass]

i love swimming. not so much diving. i like moving around under water actually. floating is fun too, especially on a tube. im quite a slow swimmer though..

[none345678]

I can't float at all.

I used to never go in water where is was so deep that I couldn't see my feet because my uncle would tell me that someone would grab my feet and pull me under. So when we would go to the are club he would force me to go in the deep in. What a douche.

[Mikeplyts]

my baby

O I C.

[brooklyneast05]

lol uh...yeah, as in my new born infant

[Mikeplyts]

Yeah, that's what I meant too.

[datass]

I can't float at all.

I used to never go in water where is was so deep that I couldn't see my feet because my uncle would tell me that someone would grab my feet and pull me under. So when we would go to the are club he would force me to go in the deep in. What a douche.

hahaha i used to have these weird imaginations deep waters all have sharks. there was this pool 3 meters deep and i would always imagine sharks from below eating me if i go too deep. but i always go all the way down anyways.

[libertie]

When I was about 5, my family went to a lake and somehow I ended up getting separated from them.. None of us were in the water, but they were across some rocks and I zoned out without realizing they'd all moved. When I DID realize I freaked out and tried to get over to them, and I slid into the water which picked me up and carried me way out. My head went under water and I just remember flailing around trying to keep myself up but I kept sinking. Someone heard me scream and the next thing I knew my dad was swimming out with my mom following close behind to get me. It was very traumatizing.. I was afraid to go swimming again for a really long time.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

I really hate swimming.

[none345678]

When I was about 5, my family went to a lake and somehow I ended up getting separated from them.. None of us were in the water, but they were across some rocks and I zoned out without realizing they'd all moved. When I DID realize I freaked out and tried to get over to them, and I slid into the water which picked me up and carried me way out. My head went under water and I just remember flailing around trying to keep myself up but I kept sinking. Someone heard me scream and the next thing I knew my dad was swimming out with my mom following close behind to get me. It was very traumatizing.. I was afraid to go swimming again for a really long time.

I remember if I started to float even a few feet from my parents or who ever I would scream bloody murder.

A couple weeks ago I went swimming with a bunch of people and they all decided to play a game of "lets remove abbeys bikini top". Douches.

[Gigi]

i've been going swimming a lot lately. i'm going this afternoon again actually. let's talk about swimming
do you like it? do you go often? can you open your eyes under water? do you enjoy swim swimming or just floating around? does diving give you a headache? it gave me one yesterday after a while. do you have a pool? do you wish you had a pool? i'm certain that whenever i "grow up" and own a house i want it to have a pool.
tell me about your swimming habits.

I LOVE swimming. It's the only sport I've ever loved to actually participate in. I swam competitively when I was a kid for 5+ years. My glowing achievement: second place at a Provincial swim meet for 100m backstroke!

Yeah that sounds like nothing, but you should understand something about me when it comes to sports...I suck. I couldn't even beat the white kids at table tennis. THE WHITE KIDS!

I do not go often anymore cus swimming is sort of a pain to do now that I'm way more busy than I used to be. Plus, I outgrew my old (proper) bathing suit. I haven't really swam laps in many, many years.

Yes, I can open my eyes under water, but would prefer goggles.

I like swim swimming WAY more than floating around/treading water.

In competitions you always have to dive to start a race (except backstroke), so no, diving doesn't give me a headache...maybe from the platforms though

YES I wish I had a pool!

Also, the last time I went swimming I thought I couldn't do a flip turn anymore, but turns out I CAN! I was pretty pleased with myself. And my best stroked was Freestyle. We all pretty much hated Butterfly but I didn't suck at it.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

lets remove abbeys bikini top

This is the kind of phrase that catches my eye. Causes me to think.

[Mikeplyts]

Had a feeling CJ would be quick to respond.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Had a feeling CJ would be quick to respond.

Of course. Why wouldn't I be quick to respond?

[Mikeplyts]

That's a good question. No answer though.