do you like to swim????

[Miss Z]

I like swimming, and not just in summer! I swim for the school team sometimes - I can do races but mostly I go for the endurance tests. I can maintain a fairly good front crawl for a mile or so. It's odd, because if I ran that distance, I'd exhaust myself! I think it's probably because I have more upper body strength than leg strength thanks to horse-riding. One day, I'd like to swim the Channel for charity, like David Walliams did!

[Suki Wingy]

I love water. I love all kinds of swimming except for lap swimming. I took aquatics for my gym class one semester in high school, and we learned how to SCUBA. I really want to get my open water cert so I can dive outside the pool! When I was little, I practiced treading water with only my legs because I saw the dolphin and whale trainers at Sea World doing it and waving with their hands. I wanted to be a dolphin or orca trainer for a very long time.

[Suki Wingy]

I think it's probably because I have more upper body strength than leg strength thanks to horse-riding.

I think I am opposite of you. My arms are really weak, but my legs are really strong from riding.

[Miss Z]

I think I am opposite of you. My arms are really weak, but my legs are really strong from riding.

It's funny how different riders turn out in different ways. One of my friends is like you - she's a brilliant runner thanks to her leg strength from riding. Maybe just the different ways people naturally sit on the horse causes them to become strong in certain areas. In dressage I don't use my legs for too much other than squeezing and keeping still, but other riders that jump more than I do I understand use them a lot more. I wouldn't say my strength is in my arms though, it's probably more in my shoulders and back.

I took aquatics for my gym class one semester in high school, and we learned how to SCUBA.

That's awesome! I would love to learn how to scuba dive.

[Varga]

I love going swimming. The ocean is really cold up here, so I haven't done that very often. But I used to go swimming once a week in the public pool Unfortunately it's now closed for the summer ._.

[Alysser]

OMG yes!! I love swimming. I can't think of anything I'd rather do in the summer. I have an in-ground pool and it's just the best. It's so refreshing. Swimming is probably one of my favorite things to do. I love kayaking, boating, tubing, water slides, etc. Mostly anything to do with water, I'll LOVE it!! (aside from drowning that is)

[Elf Shadow]

i love swimming but i havent been swimming in ages.theres a public pool in my town and the beach is only a half hour or so drive away,but i dont go very often.

[jennielynn1970]

I used to go to the public pool every day when I was in middle and high school. It was where everyone hung out and we had a good time. Some were on swim teams, others played tennis. Me, I hung out with friends and played poker and gambled with red hot dollars and swedish fish, lol.

My parents have a large above ground pool. They got it the year AFTER I moved out. Sigh. I do go in when I go up there, but with gas prices the way they are, that isn't as often as I'd like it to be.

We have pools here in the city, but it's mostly kids that are there. I could get a gym membership with a pool membership, but again, that's pricey, and I just can't afford it. I miss the pool. The closest I get to swimming and water these days is when I'm watering my flowers and plants with the hose, lol.