Just started adult lessons, are there any success stories out there?
Has Anyone Learnt How to Swim in Their Adult Life?
sahh on 30/11/2017 - 08:30
Last edited 30/11/2017 - 09:20 by 1 other user
Last edited 30/11/2017 - 09:20 by 1 other user
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Wow kudos to her! I really have no excuse now
What's that saying about old dog, new tricks?
Nah, seriously, good on you for giving it a go. The only thing stopping you from successfully learning will be in your head.
Yes totally agree, as I get older the head gets louder
I learnt to swim a little at school and was never a great swimmer.
probably almost 10 years back i took adult swimming lessons.
I became a stronger swimmer however still not good.
i can swim the length of a pool but that's it.
i think threading water and floating is the most important thing to learn.My wife learnt to swim at 30 - there’s no reason why you need to be a kid to learn to swim. You just need to be able to stay calm, follow instruction and be able to do a bit of cardio. If you’re unfit, learning to swim can be a lot harder - need to be able to operate on less oxygen than other activities.
Go for it, swimming is a wonderfully rewarding skill.
I feel learning as a kid will take away the fear and self doubt.
My friend did in his 30s. He succeeded. But yeah honestly I don't think it's a skill that only kids can acquire, so go for it, swimming is fun!
Just started adult lessons, are there any success stories out there?
My brother did it at age 20. He's 30 now and is an extremely faster swimmer. The trick was to do at least 1 extra session per week by yourself. It's not enough to just swim once a week for 45 minutes with your instructor.
Funny, are you me?
I just started a week ago and have had 2 sessions since. Still got 5 left to go for the end of the year.
I started to improve my swimming skills for survival. I'm probably going to continue and stay because swimming is fun.
Wow! I just started swimming lessons as well, a few more to go until the end of the year.
I find it a lot more effective when my instructor is there, I tried to go for a practice swim by myself but found myself giving up when it got a little tough :(
Good on you mate.
I think Swimming is actually a lot easier than it seems, because so much of it is psychological, and stressing out in the water actually creates a vicious feedback-loop.
If you are calm in the water, it's so much easier to breathe and stay calm in the water. Unfortunately the inverse is true as well: the more you freak out, the harder it is to swim and catch your breath and so the more you freak out etc.
Just building more familiarity with the water in a safe place, and a little bit of practice with some of the movements and how they feel, how to float, etc I think are the things that make the biggest difference in how safe you feel (and are) around water.
Totally agree, the more tense I am the more I struggle and then the more tense I am. Counter intuitive but I get it, it’s just getting my mind across it
A surprising number of my childhood friends never knew how to swim and only learnt recently (in their late 20's). Been to pools and beaches since, and they're still alive, so I guess they learnt successfully.
I taught a friend on mine when he was 28…it is not any harder or anything like that, I think it s just how u deal with the fear. When u grow up seems like u get more afraid of drowning or smn…kids don't really care
Yeah my nieces that have been swimming since they were babies are completely shocked that I can’t swim haha
https://www.facebook.com/thetimferrissexperiment/videos/4720…
A video series on learning various topics by breaking them down into the simplest steps, to optimize the learning process.
That particular episode is on swimming, both host and participate were around their 30's before finally learning to swim
I think i read in another interview that it was the breathing that throws off most new swimmers, and they would always have to stop once they ran out of breath. Learning each individual task made the process much easier for them. Eg teaching breathing as it's own step, before later combining everything.
Anyway, hope it's helpful in some way. Congrats on taking the steps to learn! You are amongst many others who never got around to learning
make sure you wear your pluggers and pee in the pool too.
My grandma learnt when she was 60+, became quite a good swimmer; not an athlete but enough that she could have fun at the beach or in a pool.