I have always wanted to learn swimming, besides being an excellent workout option which is perfect for me since I suffer from 1001 issues of joint problems, the knee pain, the slipped disc, the broken ankle which still hurts and also the Carpal Wrist, it also is a life saving skill. A skill I think everyone should know and this belief was re iterated sometime back when Ojas fell in water. That day I wowed to myself that this year whatever happens I will learn swimming and that’s we are attempting these days.
When summer started frantic inquires were made for the swimming classes and what we came to know was surprising since the either the timings were weird 8:30 in the night (when is one supposed to have dinner?) or 6 in the morning (now come on you don’t accept me to wake up that early do u?) or the prices like 7K for 10 classes. Sigh. I also inquired about someone who will come and teach me and ojas in our colony the idea delighted me but was soon chucked when he told me he will take about 700/person/hour for the class that would mean about 1400 for both of us together and if we take about 10 classes to learn it would mean about 14K, the thought itself made me faint 😉
And by luck I came to know of this swimming class which charges a decent amount (actually quite reasonable according to blore standards if u ask me) and was holding classes in the afternoon at 3pm, now that time works perfectly for me as Ojas usually takes his afternoon nap during vacations from 2:30-4, that means I go after he sleeps and I am back just after he wakes up 🙂 Today was the second class I attended and I must say I am loving it… And I was able to float today a great feeling I tell u 😀
🙂 Welcome to the world of swimming . It is a good art to learn cause you never know when you might need it ..
I have been lucky studied in a public school in india which ahd all the Co curricular activites from sports-swimming-horse riding and shooting everything .. So i learnt when i was quiet young…
and i am firstt 🙂 yayyyyyyyyy
First!
nooooooooooooooooooo yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Woohoo! Lucky me! I just login for the day and get to be first here
LOL swaram kya hua? second time also u didnt see bikram’s comment?
and will u please say something about the post too??
:grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
🙂
Swimming is my most fav form of physical activity ever!! and u know i learnt it in flat 2 days!! yeah, i am awesome like that!! I did a post too – http://thewhiterain.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-was-fish-in-my-last-birth.html
u have fun in water. the trick is to get the breathing right. i am sure u will learn very quickly.. all the best!
Woww! Gud gng Monu 🙂
swimming is my fav form of excercise, i used to swim till the 7th mth on my first pregnancy
I started swimming but left after I learned to float .. thanks to my sensitive skin, I got so many rashes and pimples,it took me months to get back to normal:(
I plan to learn it in chlorine less water, I heard they use natural salts in some pools here which does not react with sensitive skin , will try this summer.
All the best to you and have fun:)
I am like a fish in the water. I learnt swimming when I was 2 1/2 and its still one of my favourite modes of exercise. I swam regularly till I was home. Coincidentally, I have also located a pool close to home where I strated swimming today 🙂
Yay! Way to go, Mon. Swimming is really fantastic, and I love the feeling of being able to navigate through water!! I’m sure you will love it. Just one tip: When it comes to learning strokes, do it slowly and steadily. The faster one tries to swim, the slower and more tired one gets 🙂
Hi Monika,
Good luck with your swimming classes. I want learn swimming for all the reasons you had mentioned above.But somehow was not successful till now.I just could’nt get the technique.I went to swimming classes in the Koramangala club when i was visiting India 2 yrs ago.Can you please let me know where these classes are being offered?
I used to love swimming, and then I stopped swimming totally, after moving to Leeds. Now daughter goes swimming, and I think it is high time that I started again. It is such a wonderful feeling,isn’t it?
I want to learn to swim too!
Good luck Mon..Keep it up..
I will agree with the above comment where going slow is mentioned.. go slow and easy..
the more you flutter the earlier you tire out and start disliking the whole swimming session.
also let me assure you that swimming in deep end is easier than in the shallow side so the effort u make in the initial days of learning is not what you will need to make later on..
After wanting to learn it forever, I finally did that exactly 2 years back. Have been enjoying swimming in the pool as well as in the sea since then. My only issue is I cant swim with head under water if I am not wearing the swimming goggles… but that lead me to learn swimming with my head out of water which saves the hair form getting wet.
sorry for the longish comment 😉 i just love swimming and happy to hear you are learning it too. all the best and enjoy being a fish!
There I got my inspiration…I have to learn to swim now..its not too tough na?
my mom always says that swimming and driving are life skills and one must learn both. I don’t know either as of now :l
Yayyy to you, Mon! I can totally understand the reasons behind your starting your swimming lessons. They were precisely why I had learnt too. Mainly for Namnam. I feel so much safer and more relaxed now when I go swimming with Namnam, besides feeling refreshed of course.
Happy swimming!
Wow! Good going. Lets here sometime soon that you swam the whole length 🙂
Why Im saying this – I learnt to float and struggled to swim the breadth but then too many things happend and I gave up – back to ZERO 😦 Sigh! Learning to swim is one of the top things to do for me before I die!!
O thats so nice to see …u will be swimming across very soon….
i just love water…anythign related ot water.
But its ages since I stepped in water for swiming..never learnt from any instructor. Was just thrown in water once as a child and the survival struggle made me swim.
I would love to swim in sea sometime – which I have not done till date.
Perhaps soon – along with Prisha 🙂
Good luck and keep going….its somehow very liberating 🙂 🙂 Gives a different sense of freedom! Dunno why!!
I don’t know if it is feasible but I am planning to enroll me n my son for the swimming classes the only thing I need to find is old enough!!!
Awesome 🙂 My usual concern about swimming pool is the cleanliness of the pool….I don’t want to end up with rashes or other concerns after swimming in dirty water…
But otherwise swimming is great fun!
oh I tried to learn swimming last year in our society’s pool; the teacher being D himself but I just couldnt get my legs to float or kick the water 😦
Having already seen the effects of swimming on u, I love the fact u took the initiative….and lucky you to get such a convenient timing too. 🙂