can you swim?

[Armitage]

Used to teach lifesaving, worked as a river guide for awhile.
So yes, pretty well. Have the kids in swimming lessons now.

 

[jjones]

I swim very good, and pretty much for any length of time if you include treading water, but I certainly won't be winning any olympic medals.

 

[EngenZerO]

yep

 

[insename2]

i can do maybe 14 laps in a row with breaststroke and swim the length of the pool underwater with no breaks...

 

[Yossarian]

yeah, I was a lifeguard for a couple years.

 

[Xylitol]

Yes and I love wearign speedos :Q

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
i'm 22 and I can't swim =(. I went kayaking once, and it flipped over in the middle of the ocean. I came back up and held on to the kayak until coast guard came 45 minutes later.

now, why would I go kayaking in the ocean if i don't know how to swim you ask? I'm an idiot. I do things because I want to, and don't really think about the consequences. I should listen to my gf and mom more. But that day, I will always remember, and it sure as hell is funny!

what is stopping you from learning to swim?

The kayak being close enough for him to reach...:Q

that time maybe... next time he could be not so lucky.

Thats when he will finally learn to swim, otherwise he will sink. That worked well for me when I was a kid.

nothing is stopping me from learning. I tried having people teach me, but I learned that no one is really that great at teaching. I'm taking swimming lessons next quarter though.

 

[Bassyhead]

yes

 

[BMdoobieW]

yes

 

[otispunkmeyer]

sure can

used to do 40-50,000m a week. no shens

2 hour sessions monday to thur nights, 1 hour on a friday night, 2 hours on a sunday afternoon and 3 out for 4 early morning sessions @ 1.75 hours each

2 hour sessions were roughly 6000m sometimes 7000
hour sessions 3000-3500
hour n 3/4's were 5000 odd

5 2 hours roughly 30k, 3 mornings brings that up to 45k

i did that up n till about 16-17, but got rather bored of it, that type of training has diminishing returns once your 18+. that type of training is more for the 11-16 age range, to give them a strong base on which to build on. from there your supposed to focus specifically on one or two events and train for them, using the fitness gained from all those meters as a base.

made it onto the loughborough uni team this year, but ive since dropped it since my course is more important to me.

 

[Juno]

heh. i plan to apply for a lifeguard job.

been swimming since i was baby.

 

[squirrel dog]

X life guard here . Agreed with Mosh , learn to do so if you dont know how.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Like a fish!

^

 

[SpiderX]

Yup, was a competitive speed swimmer for 10 years and a lifeguard for 5.

 

[Conky]

I'm part fish too.

Been swimming since I can remember, used to be a lifeguard, moved to be near the beach, yeah, I can swim.

 

[engineereeyore]

I can swim until my arms get tired.

 

[brtspears2]

I can swim, but very slowly. Tread water, not a problem.

 

[MotionMan]

I am (was? See below) a very good swimmer.

I never took the lifeguard test, but I could have and I use to teach swimming for a couple summers when I was in high school.

Right now I am very out of shape (except that round is a shape), so my endurance is crap.

MotionMan

 

[Maximilian]

I can swim, my friend couldnt when we started high school and swim classes, was pretty damn funny as we were all down the deepend treading water and he was standing up in the shallow end all by himself hehe. He took it light heartedly though and now he can swim, but not as well as most.

 

[Theb]

Absolutely, I grew up with a river going through the backyard, and I had lessons at a community pool when I was little.

 

[clamum]

Yeah. I took swimming lessons when I was younger at the local YMCA.

 

[BurnItDwn]

You could tie my arms and legs together and I could still "swim" according to the definition requested.

 

[Ryan]

Yep - took lessons when I was a little kid, and have lived near oceans for the majority of my life.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
sure can

used to do 40-50,000m a week. no shens

2 hour sessions monday to thur nights, 1 hour on a friday night, 2 hours on a sunday afternoon and 3 out for 4 early morning sessions @ 1.75 hours each

2 hour sessions were roughly 6000m sometimes 7000
hour sessions 3000-3500
hour n 3/4's were 5000 odd

5 2 hours roughly 30k, 3 mornings brings that up to 45k

i did that up n till about 16-17, but got rather bored of it, that type of training has diminishing returns once your 18+. that type of training is more for the 11-16 age range, to give them a strong base on which to build on. from there your supposed to focus specifically on one or two events and train for them, using the fitness gained from all those meters as a base.

made it onto the loughborough uni team this year, but ive since dropped it since my course is more important to me.

In high school I used to swim 36K yards (around 33K Meters) per week (and lift weights 3 days per week.)
I was much less fat then than I am now ... hehehe
However, I did weigh about 240 pounds (around 110KG) after 3 years worth of training back then.

 

[Brainonska511]

I can swim very well - I was a varsity swimmer for my school and am a certified lifeguard.