*Woo Hoo Its Friday Chat Thread**24th April 09

sammy115

Afternoon Inky.....

sammy115

blooomin eck - its £49 for a twelve week swimming course for adults here.....

I can't put my face in water. I used to have to wear glasses when I swam so looked like a turtle....now I have a fear of putting my face in the water but I would truly love to swim like mermaz...

(Land_of)_Maz

InkyCats20 wrote: »

Must say I'm full of admiration Maz, swimming is something I'd love to be able to do, I've had numerous sets of lessons over the years but have this strange fear that I'm going to drown & if someone splashes my face when I'm in the water I just freeze & also when I try to swim (uses the term very loosly, I can barely manage a width) I stretch my neck like a turtle so I don't get my face wet, I usually end up with really bad bad upper back / neck ache.
Perhaps I need to pluck up the courage & have another go :rolleyes:

Afternoon folks btw :hello:

It's amazing, i would highly recommend it....

get some goggles, as it takes away a great portion of the problem straight away.. i never wore goggles cause they never got wet... now i honestly can't live without them... if i do forget them, i always borrow a pair from lost property.

start by standing in shoulder height water... so you can stand but you can also look down and put your face in, if you wanted to.....

place your face in really gently... i assure you, if you do it gently nothing will go up your nose, and your eyes are protected... you can hold your breath at this point if you like.

then repeat and repeat and repeat until the trepidation subsides a bit... then place your face in again holding your breath but this time blow out slowly... make sure you blow outwards, and not in an upwards puff(think blowing your fringe away from your eyes), as this can blow water up your nose inadvertantly.

so you're going face in, holding a few secs, then blowing gently out... and then you lift your face out, take a deep breath in, hold it, and stick your face gently in the water again........

and there you are.. breathing like a swimmer.... first hurdle overcome...

After that you start each push off from the side of the pool by taking that deep breath and placing your face in the water, push off with your feet and hey ho! you're half a width over before you lift your face out.....

if i can do it, anyone can...!

(Land_of)_Maz

sammy115 wrote: »

blooomin eck - its £49 for a twelve week swimming course for adults here.....

I can't put my face in water. I used to have to wear glasses when I swam so looked like a turtle....now I have a fear of putting my face in the water but I would truly love to swim like mermaz...

I'm still one of the slowest in the pool, i'd win no awards believe me!

i'm just 400% better than i used to be!!

(Land_of)_Maz

ooooh and if you can, tie your hair back too, i always tie my long fringe back in an attractive vikki pollard style bobble on top, it just stops another annoying problem.....

redsquirrel80

I'm glad I'm not the only turtle-like swimmer!

Cheap lessons are all at silly times or miles away from me, will keep an eye out for new ones starting though.

becky_rtw

I hate swimming too but I'm okay - I swam lots as a child but now I cant see I hate it - dont doo googles as I'm allergic to latex

System

becky_rtw wrote: »

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System

sallyx wrote: »

Len if you want to get it on your mobile you need to text RUN to 83040 and it will then send you a link but you have to have WAP on your phone

Ah Roger that Sall TVM. Think I will monitor it from my laptop

becky_rtw

Sorry Len copied that from the running thread

Can I get a WHOOPPPPP - I've been paid!!!! They did something and rushed it through for all of us - thank goodness