I learned to swim last year at 30, which is funny because i've only ever lived on islands. I took a course, it was so embarrasing because I was in the pool with little kids. But they do have adult only courses if it really bothers you.
As an adult, you really only need a couple of lessons to learn how to swim. After that, it's just practicing and getting better at it. Learning to breath while swimming was the hardest part, I kept swallowing water.
Anyway, there are courses all over, community colleges and local pools. Are you currently in india? Not sure where you can take a course there, but I figure it would be the same. Schools with a pool are always a safe bet.
Same here......the breathing part is the absolute hardest. I'm in an adults only class....they don't let the adults take classes with the kids at my gym. And, I agree, it's practice, practice, practice. For me, it's really all about getting comfortable in the water and with the breathing and right now.....and I'm not there quite yet.
Totally worth learning how to. At the very least it is a very relaxing pastime once you are comfortable in the water.
Especially if you are lucky enough to have an entire swim lane to yourself.
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In case you do this yourself and not with an instructor I have two pieces of advice.
Any swimmer can exhaust themselves in half a pool length by kicking. Beginners often kick too hard, when you start try to kick just enough to keep your lower body at or closer to the surface of the water.
And don't try to swim fast in the beginning. It is almost guaranteed you will exhaust yourself before you make any improvements in your stroke. Go slow enough that you can go at least 8 laps. And maybe before that learn to go a pool length, without being breathless at the end, stop, rest, do another length.
I have difficulties b/c I'm built like a gorilla lol. At my weight and bodyfat percentage, it's basically like trying to put a square peg in a round hole. People do underestimate the value of being bouyant.
I remember trying to swim a few months ago. I had to use two kickboards and my gf and I were sharing a lane. She was swimming behind me and I noticed that I was kicking my ass off but not moving. Then I heard her start laughing and choking on water, the poor girl damn near drowned. Apparently I was kicking, but my feet were are the bottom so I was not going anywhere.
It is interesting to read posts from the prospective of the learner. Most of what people have said I have observed in the people I have taught to swim over the years. But I don't necessarily agree with feralBoy's comment that you can learn in just a few lessons as an adult. Of the 100's of students I've ever had I can only think of one that ever learned that fast - from never having swam before in her life to jumping into the deep end and swimming a length in under two weeks - but that was an extreamly rare case. Most adults are way to nervous to trust the water that quick. Learning breath control and relaxing into the water are the first hurdles to get past. Then learning how to effectively propell yourself takes practice. Find a qualified, experienced instructor.
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I also would like to learn swimming. I'm jealous about my friends who can swim far on the beach leaving me behind. I don't even know how to float. Poor me.
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