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Who knows how to swim here? I jus started it and les jus say i'm doing bad..

I swim like a poodle...

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LOL

until the lakes thaw there is no swimming for me

i swim about an hour a day(1500-2000yrds), three days a week(Well most weeks i do). Its great excercise, low impact and great for losing weight, and thinking. As with any excercise its tough to have the will power to get in the pool and do it.

I'm worried about drowning man, wait, the way not to drown is to hold your breeath?

I'm a fairly good swimmer and not too bad at diving, but I'm out of practice.

I took swimming lessons when i was 6 or 7. I didn't even need a little floaty at first either! biggrin:

I love to swim. In my highschool we have an olympic size pool. It has it's upsides and downs:
GOODS: fun time in gym when you play water polo and dunk people left and right. It's different--not the same old basketball, baseball, soccer, etc ruitine
BAD-It's dirty as hell! So many students use it and it's gross! They have to use ALOT of chlorein(sp) too. Sometimes you can see a film of hairgel from fag kids who don't wash their hair before they get in the pool! oOo:

I just got done with swimming season. If you're looking for a good work out, SWIM!

It's a great way to start the day off.

[quote="Blitz-krieg":10787]I'm worried about drowning man, wait, the way not to drown is to hold your breeath?[/quote:10787]

No, the key to not drowning is....swimming.

I took swimming lessons at day camp in my youth. I'm a great swimmer now.

Leys just say i wont drown..... oOo:

Took lessons a few years ago, but dont remember how to do it. :)

I can swim real good if a big fish is chasing me.

HOw big of a fish? a shark? Ive always wanted to hook a shark fishing...And swimming is easy to learn so I dont know why you need lessons. The only thing there good for is getting you in the pool to actually swim

not a fan of salt water Ill stick to the Great Lakes! At least this way nothing will eat me as I swim

Wheres the fun in that? it adds a whole new dimension when you swim in the ocean. I was once swimming out at Coronado (San Diego, CA) and a whole group of dolphins jump started swimming next to me and my mom it was freaking awsome. Then my dad said that where there were dolphins there was usually a shark. I didnt care to swim after that :(. Then my mom gut stung by a stingray that ended the fun times we had at the beach

wats some of the basics of swimming, cause i do not wanna drown and embarrass myself.. worst even die..

Unknown, thats horrible! lol...but i was in myrtyle beach and was floating there and 3 dolphins were jumping around about 20 yards away, its so cool...lol...they were just all....flying around biggrin:

i can swin.

yeah its seeing them so close out there is so awsome. Blitz-krieg start with floating on your back. if you can get that down you will have an easier time. Then advance to doggy paddle - freestyle - then learn to swim under the water for at least 20 seconds( it can be hard ). I recomend training for the last though. Take a deep breath and sink below the surface hold your breath untill you cant any longer then wait ten minutes and try again.

When I spent a couple months in The Phillipines three years back visiting family and whatnot, I did alot of snorkelling, and even swam with a pack of nurse sharks, or whatever you call 'em, unbelievable shit. My dad, uncle, cousins and I used to go Sturgeon fishing in the Fraser and Nachako up here in BC, but I don't think we can fish them anymore :(, I think they're endangered.

What the largest one youve caught? Ive seen some big stergeon like 500lbs+

Yeah, they get pretty big, the biggest one he caught was only 80lbs. Back in the day, you'd just jam a whole raw chicken on a meat hook and throw it in the river. They can get pretty old too, 90+ years old.

yall suck, ive been swimming for more than 10 years biggrin:

[quote="[DAS REICH]Unknown_Sniper":a569a]yeah its seeing them so close out there is so awsome. Blitz-krieg start with floating on your back. if you can get that down you will have an easier time. Then advance to doggy paddle - freestyle - then learn to swim under the water for at least 20 seconds( it can be hard ). I recomend training for the last though. Take a deep breath and sink below the surface hold your breath untill you cant any longer then wait ten minutes and try again.[/quote:a569a]

Learn to swim underwater???hm......and when u first got to the water, it felt weird right? When i got on, i was floating and scared at the same time oOo:

[quote="Blitz-krieg":057fb]Learn to swim underwater???hm......and when u first got to the water, it felt weird right? When i got on, i was floating and scared at the same time oOo:[/quote:057fb]

One question...

1.) have you not been in water before?

nope, jus 2 days ago, it was my first time in my life

[quote="Blitz-krieg":c5b81]nope, jus 2 days ago, it was my first time in my life[/quote:c5b81]

How old are you...cause thats the wierd oOo:

lol are you serious........i cant believe some people dont know how to swim, its the easiest thing in the world, hell i think its easier than walking

[quote="[DAS REICH]Unknown_Sniper":dd11b]Wheres the fun in that? it adds a whole new dimension when you swim in the ocean. I was once swimming out at Coronado (San Diego, CA) and a whole group of dolphins jump started swimming next to me and my mom it was freaking awsome. Then my dad said that where there were dolphins there was usually a shark. I didnt care to swim after that :(. Then my mom gut stung by a stingray that ended the fun times we had at the beach[/quote:dd11b]

if there's a group of dolphins you don't have to worry about sharks.
sharks are mostly solitary and are in ones twos or threes no match for a group of faster, and smarter dolphins. Also you don't have to worry about if you get a cramp, dolphins are famous for towing swimmers-in-trouble back to shore (scientists think that the dolphin may mistake the thrashing for another dolphin in trouble and helps the person)

[quote="Pfc.Green":021f0][quote="Blitz-krieg":021f0]nope, jus 2 days ago, it was my first time in my life[/quote:021f0]

How old are you...cause thats the wierd oOo:[/quote:021f0]

Well u c.. since i live in New York City, i dont really have any classes to take swimming and private tutoring, whcih costs around 200-400, is really expensive so i dont' really bother about sports, i'm born wit videogames, thas y i dont really care about those swimming and basketball but since i wanna join the Navy, i mind as well take swimming in my high school..new experience for me freak:

I swim. I dun't recall taking lessons when I was younger, but I know how.

Yeah just jump in a pool if you can swim good if you drown it was never ment to be.

P.S. Stryker - I know now there is nothing to be scared of Ive seen pic's of dolphines killing a great white before, My dad was just trying to scare me at the time....Sad to say he did

[quote="[DAS REICH]Unknown_Sniper":2e492]Yeah just jump in a pool if you can swim good if you drown it was never ment to be.

P.S. Stryker - I know now there is nothing to be scared of Ive seen pic's of dolphines killing a great white before, My dad was just trying to scare me at the time....Sad to say he did[/quote:2e492]

yeah, the safest place in the ocean is behind a platoon of dolphins biggrin:

The sharks are some pretty cool stuff. They dont bother me that much, its the barracudas that scare me. They can be pretty aggressive. Nurse sharks are pretty docile. You can pick lobsters out of the same holes as them, as long as you dont piss them off. Sharks typicall dont want anything to do with people. Most shark attacks happen because people are stupid - i.e. surfing/swimming in feeding areas.

Yeah, they have alot of cudas in Filipino waters, but I've never seen one.

I started swimming when I was 5. Now I swim for my school team.

I can't swim...

I'm not saying you, Chavez in general, but what about swimming is difficult that people can't do it? I mean, treading water, the backfloat, all that crap, etc. I can understand those being kinda difficult. But what about just going into water and using your arms and legs? I never really got how people couldn't do it.