Swimmers
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You're the woman! I think everybody should learn to swim at a young age. Too many drownings every Summer because people don't know how to swim and/or don't know the lake. I still remember Rice Lake in the Summer of 2006.
http://www.citynews.ca/2006/08/26/opp-search-for-missing-teen-on-rice-lake/
Some siblings loved the water I hated when I was 5 or 6. They literally had to throw me in the pool for swimming lessons cause I wasn't going in any other way! Once I got past the fear of drowning I took a liking to H2o. Never tried out for the swim team I was busy with hockey & football, I wasn't a fast swimmer anyway. Did the life guard gig part time until I got canned! Have to say no better way to meet girls in the summer than that & bartending
He's retired now but Michael Phelps used to train 6 hours a day 6 days a week.
http://www.motleyhealth.com/athletes/michael-phelps-greatest-olympic-swimmer-workouts-and-diet
http://www.motleyhealth.com/athletes/michael-phelps-greatest-olympic-swimmer-workouts-and-diet
Any good private classes in the GTA to learn to swim?
I hear the city run stuff is terrible, plus classes fill up quickly.
Any recommendations?
I hear the city run stuff is terrible, plus classes fill up quickly.
Any recommendations?
The YMCA and places of the like are usually good and not so expensive for swimming lessons.
Is that a selfie?I thought this thread had to do with something else. Never mind!
Which one is you?
Perry
Thanks for the suggestion Juno.
Will definitely look into it.
Inexpensive is good but hopefully it's not too "you get what you pay for".
can't swim if my life depended on it. I go to the pool every year trying to learn how to swim but the water is too damn cold and the water is too scary the deeper it goes
I was thinking of renting a scuba tank or a mini one and trying to learn to swim with the scuba tank as my training wheels
I was thinking of renting a scuba tank or a mini one and trying to learn to swim with the scuba tank as my training wheels
Check out Felix's Swim School. They have a few venues in the city. Not sure whether they have adult classes.
Not the cheapest but they get results fairly quickly. The Beverly and Baldwin St. location has warm water too!
Thanks Kirby.don't mind if it's little more expensive.
Hopefully it will be little less crowded, more chance for one on one, and less kids to point and laugh at the middle aged hairy bald guy(me) that cannot swim.
On other forums though I've been seeing parents wanting their kids to get into competitive swimming and looking for and willing to pay for such.
No not I. I just need to learn the basics.
The problem in Toronto is that the outdoor swimming season is so short. Summer 2017 will probably be no more than 6 weeks in July and August. Anybody going to Wasaga for the May 2-4 weekend?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaga_Beach
P.S. If you want your kid to be a swimmer, start them early.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaga_Beach
P.S. If you want your kid to be a swimmer, start them early.
Yes. The Hungarian Katinka Hosszu is training 6-9 hour / daily. If you want to be on the top you have to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katinka_Hossz%C3%BA
She has different coloured eyes. :rockon::rockon: I love this girl!!
In my high school, we only trained 2 hours 3 days a week. Some of that time was just messing around. We didn't have a very good swim team but it meant we had exclusive use of the pool for those 2 hours and it built camaraderie among the team members.
BTW: When we first moved to Toronto, my SO at that time joined an all women club (now defunct) called the McGill Club. She was surprised that all the women swam in the nude.
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