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0 pointsRendello3mo ago0 comments

I swam a lot as a kid as my mother was a lifeguard and instructor. Despite that, I was never amazing at it, probably because I was lean and had no buoyancy, but I loved it a lot.

I swam for the first time in years a few months ago, and was surprised how exhausted I was after 30 minutes of treading water! I work out and go on frequent long runs, but I was totally spent from that. I too would love to get into it again, it's definitely a great exercise.

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tasuki3mo ago

Never amazing at swimming because you lacked buoyancy?

I know people who are plenty buoyant: they aren't fast swimmers!

RendelloOP3mo ago

Haha yes. Well, I'm pretty sure most pro swimmers are very lean and muscular (ie. not buoyant), so that's not the whole story. I was decent enough at swimming but never great at floating.

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