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I quite literally was thinking as I was reading your second paragraph, "hey, they should try swimming" - turns out you're well ahead of me! I started about fou

I quite literally was thinking as I was reading your second paragraph, "hey, they should try swimming" - turns out you're well ahead of me! I started about four years ago, and it's been awesome for me too. For me I tried it because I just never liked how running makes me feel in my chest, whereas the aerobic intensity of swimming (slower burn in zones 2 and 3) feels way better to me. For anyone starting out, there is a bit of a hump to get over as you get some technique (I just used YouTube videos and feel). For a bit of an idea of how it can be to start, when my then-girlfriend (now wife) started coming along to some of my sessions, she had done three half marathons and was training for her fourth, but she couldn't swim 50m of freestyle in one go without a break! I remember doing two laps, having a break, then some breastroke, break, etc., whereas now I can pretty easily punch out 600m freestyle sets fairly fast before a break, or do 2km without stopping at a bit of a slower pace.

beingfit 11mo ago
> For anyone starting out, there is a bit of a hump to get over as you get some technique (I just used YouTube videos and feel). Are you saying you learned to swim from YouTube videos and applying those lessons? Any recommendations on videos or playlists?
- stephen_g 11mo ago
  Oh sorry I can see that’s unclear and I’m assuming a lot! I’m in Australia so almost everyone who has grown up here has been taught to swim, and generally knows the basic strokes at least (I mostly just do freestyle and breaststroke). I didn’t think of people who might not be at that basic level, I’d definitely recommend some lessons if you’re not up to that! I was more meaning starting swimming laps regularly - for building fitness and stamina and correcting my technique (not having done lessons since I was in school). For this I’ve mostly used Effortless Swimming [1] and Skills N' Talents (swimming) [2]. 1. https://youtube.com/@EffortlessSwimming https://youtube.com/@EffortlessSwimming 2. https://youtube.com/@SkillsNT https://youtube.com/@SkillsNT

beingfit 11mo ago

> For anyone starting out, there is a bit of a hump to get over as you get some technique (I just used YouTube videos and feel). Are you saying you learned to swim from YouTube videos and applying those lessons? Any recommendations on videos or playlists?

stephen_g 11mo ago
Oh sorry I can see that’s unclear and I’m assuming a lot! I’m in Australia so almost everyone who has grown up here has been taught to swim, and generally knows the basic strokes at least (I mostly just do freestyle and breaststroke). I didn’t think of people who might not be at that basic level, I’d definitely recommend some lessons if you’re not up to that! I was more meaning starting swimming laps regularly - for building fitness and stamina and correcting my technique (not having done lessons since I was in school). For this I’ve mostly used Effortless Swimming [1] and Skills N' Talents (swimming) [2]. 1. https://youtube.com/@EffortlessSwimming https://youtube.com/@EffortlessSwimming 2. https://youtube.com/@SkillsNT https://youtube.com/@SkillsNT