Swimming ... The devils new Gym tool.

How many people like swimming? Raise your hands if you do. Now look around the room and count how many people have their hands raised. Just you? If I had heard that I would have raised my hand. Well that was until yesterday. I was talking with a buddy I work with about starting working out again and he said maybe find something that’s low impact to get back into the grove of things. So I started thinking, “what is a low impact workout”. I got it, Swimming! So all day I was pumped about working my way into working out again with a nice relaxing swim. I get to the gym hop in the warm pool and start stretching. The first lap I took easy and just a nice free style swim. About five minutes in I realized I underestimated the intensity it took to propel my not so aerodynamic self through the water. I was slowly drowning myself. So for the next 20 minutes I just switched from back stroke to breast stroke to doggy paddle to anything that kept my head above water. When I finished with the 30 minute cardio drowning I tried to think back to what had led me here to try this self inflicted water boarding. It was the fond memories of lake swimming, or free day at the pool when the water has a semi yellow tint to it. The diving boards, the water slides none of which can be found in this humid chamber of sweat, and yes you can sweat in a pool. (kind of nasty if you think about it) While this sounds a little complainy I woke up this morning tired with a tight back but realized though it was a difficult work out it really was a full body work out. It took every muscle in me even my toes were hurting last night from being flailed though bad swimming technique. Swimming holds a new place in my work out regimen right above leg circuits. (This will only be used if my friend JJ ever works out with me on leg day again. I hope that’s not soon.) I reccomend that every one try swimming as a work out not hard on your joints but good for your heart.