Do you know swimming? How long can you swim?
@earncommunity (1183)
India
June 14, 2008 8:35am CST
I Love swimming a lot. Initially i was scarred of water but once i got the hang of it i have not really looked back. I love swimming under water than over it, Its one of my favorite ways to relax. U need a calm and tension free mind to stay under water for long. How long can you swim/stay under water?
A part from that i can do all 4 strokes, not that good with the butterfly with freestyle being my favorite and the most preferred, i can go about 4 laps before i run out of gas.
How long can you swim? ever dared to cross the English channel?
I'm a poor diver, most of the times i fall like a rock, i would really like to improve on that...
If you don't know swimming i recommend learning it, i feel its some thing every human being should know...after all its the best exercise ever, there is not a single part of ur body which you don't use while swimming.
Please share your experience, tips & tricks with swimming.. I just love water! I love Swimming! 
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11 responses
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
15 Jun 08
Yea. Swimming is my best sport. It's my favorite too.
I learned swimming when I was 6 years old. I can swim all sorts of strokes except butterfly stroke. That's too tiring. 
I enjoy swimming early in the morning or early evening when the weather is cooling.
I can swim more than 20 laps non-stop. I have good stamina for swimming.
As for diving, you need to leap up first before you curve in towards the water. I hope this helps. I'm not sure how I should explain it. ;)
I enjoy swimming early in the morning or early evening when the weather is cooling.
I can swim more than 20 laps non-stop. I have good stamina for swimming.
As for diving, you need to leap up first before you curve in towards the water. I hope this helps. I'm not sure how I should explain it. ;)1 person likes this
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
19 Jun 08
yes swimming under water is like being in our own world. And you have to know how to control your mind if you have to stay down for long with out breating.
You should be physically in very good shape to swim for 2 KM, stamina for swimming means stamina for every thing else! Great!
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
15 Jun 08
wow! thats great! Butterfly is tough, i can barely do a lap, but its the most beautiful stroke to watch when some with a fluent action does that. u mean u can do 20 laps of a standard pool? 50 x 25 meters? that means u can swim 2 kilometers non stop! thats really great! i'm really trying to improve, i dont go beyond 400 meters that is 4 laps non stop. i can dive from a reasonable distance, the problem is when i try to dive from the high board ... its still a bit scary for me... i love to swim under water swimmer more than over it.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
14 Jun 08
I,too, love to swim. I am a very strong swimmer and have gone swimming all of my life, since I was a very little girl. I grew up with camping a lot and we went swimming in the lakes alot. I don't like to swim in a public pool but I love to go swimming in the river or lake. I love the openess a lake provides. I also taught my kids how to swim, at a very young age and also raised them to go camping and fishing and swimming. To this day, they are adults now, they still go swimming and campining and fishing. I guess they like it as much as me, since they grew up with it too and continue to go.
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@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
do u have to confidence to cross the english channel or some thing similar? I have lot of respect for swimmers who can go the distance...
Enjoy swimming...
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
just curious...what are the risks involved in swimming the English channel?
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
14 Jun 08
Well, no I wouldn't be able to swim the English Channel. I wouldn't even try to. It is just too far and dangerous, with the currents. But I am just saying that I am a strong swimmer not a pro at it. Thanks.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
14 Jun 08
When I was younger my parents put me in swimming lessons and they just could not teach me then my dad took me to the pool and he taught me how to swim in one day. I love swimming I also love just treading water it feels good to be surronded by water.
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@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
glad that u learned how to swim ... i read some where that new born babies adapt to water with out being taught ... so swimming is some thing natural for all humans its just that we forget it if not practiced.
@antony2best (583)
• India
16 Jun 08
no,i have no isea how to swim.i can asure you that i can prevent myself from drowning.
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@earncommunity (1183)
• India
16 Jun 08
yes! you can prevent yourself from falling into water, but even if you fall in deep water make sure u dont panic (if you can...that is..) i feel swimming is some thing every one knows naturally, but because of the fear of water you drown easily.
@davidabraham (437)
• Romania
17 Jun 08
I like swimming, even though it's something I haven't done in quite a while. I was used to go on for 3-4 hors in the water, I guess I can still do that.
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@earncommunity (1183)
• India
17 Jun 08
u mean you could swim continuously for 3-4 hours??? thats really great... i wont last for more than 30 minutes!
@shilpa_p (198)
• India
15 Jun 08
I can't swim!But i'm just kinda scared of water.I mean pools are ok but at the beach i make it a point not to go even a little deep into the water cuz i'm really scared of drowning.I think its a big drawback;not knowing how to swim.So i'm working on it.Hopefuly i'l succeed!
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@earncommunity (1183)
• India
15 Jun 08
u should definitely learn how to swim, if not you will miss some thing very spectacular...
@ajesh_pullad (2251)
• India
14 Jun 08
Hi friend,
i love to swim....but im not a good swimmer...but i know how to swim...this year i went with my friend to swim in river....some of my friends are enough good swimmer...with their support i bravely cross the river....!
That was a memorable one.
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
I think u are from kerala...thats great! but be careful with water. You can always be good at swimming if u put some time into it. i'm not a big expert in rescuing a person from water, thats a special art, u have to know how to swim holding the other person. Experts say we should grab the person from behind his left arm so that he cannot catch us back in his struggle.
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
16 Jun 08
you could still learn it if you want to. But its easy to learn when one is very young. i was 16 when i learned how to swim, during those days a 4 year old girl used to swim the full length of the pool and i used to feel lot of respect for her!
@gloreymay (882)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
I love swimming but I don't know how actually. During college I just passed my swimming class. Oh bad!
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
oh.. u have swimming classes in college !! thats great! How u passed ur swimming classes with our learning how to swim?? swimming is easy and natural and i'm sure u will learn how to do it.
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
yes! i have lot of friends who know how to swim but cant swim for long, they just have to improve their technique... do u keep ur head under water while swimming?
@gloreymay (882)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Yes I passed it. I can swim but not that long which other can.
@zhubaohuisdme (240)
• China
15 Jun 08
It is said that swimming is the best sport to our health.I consider it is right.it should be gather head our resistibility .you foret all your bother and enjoy it .
Well ,just to me .My company is near by sea so I can to go swimming after work every nightfall.however.I have not swimming for a long time and when I went into the sea for a while I felt tried .So I had to have a rest then.
I still love freeness of swimming !
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
15 Jun 08
yeah! if you don't swim continuously u might get tired soon....
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Oh I love swimming! :} I grew up by the sea, and my best memories involve the sea. In college I took up swimming, and that's where I learned the formal strokes except the butterfly. But floating and moving about in the water akin to treading, I learned all by myself as a child who grew up by the sea. I have observed that I feel lighter when swimming in seawater, heavier when in the swimming pool. I think it has something to do with differences in buoyancy.
@earncommunity (1183)
• India
14 Jun 08
me too... i hardly feel as if i am in water...its just a normal thing for me too. But i have never ventured out into ocean, i like to do that, just waiting for a chance. can you share some of your best memories involving sea?
