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I used to teach swimming, I had a class where an 81 year old woman sign up for the 8 week course, while she didn't have the mobility to do front or breast strok
by mywacaday 8y ago
I used to teach swimming, I had a class where an 81 year old woman sign up for the 8 week course, while she didn't have the mobility to do front or breast stroke she became very comfortable floating on her back and doing very slow widths of the pool, its never too late.
I also have a work colleague in his late 50's who only learned to swim four years ago and completed an Ironman last year.
I would recommend signing up for course of 1:1 weekly lessons with a certified coach, and practicing between the lessons, you'll be amazed what 16 hours over 8 weeks would do for you.
- DanielBMarkham 8y agoThank you for this. As a 50-something, I've swam my entire life but never mastered the breast stroke that seems to be required for "serious" swimming. Instead I backfloat, paddle, and swim underwater. It's always seemed to work well-enough. I've even got a SCUBA certification. But I always wanted to learn better technique. I thought that there wasn't a lot of options for older folks.
- mywacaday 8y agoI don't do breaststroke either, find it too hard on my back even though I regularly do up 3KM open water swims front crawl. Do whats comfortable and enjoy it