I'd love to learn how to swim! Are you a swimmer?
Yes I swim for recreation and exercise
I'll bet it's great exercise! What are some strokes that would be easy for a beginner?
Not sure about strokes but swimming is a low impact form of exercise compared to running
I've heard it's great for strengthening muscles. Do you think that's true?
Yes I do and the body is naturally buoyant
That certainly helps! Is swimming a popular sport? It's in the Olympics, isn't it?
Yes swimming is a formalized sport featured in the Olympics
I thought so! What other tips can you give to a beginning swimmer?
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of
-natural swimming environment. They were followed by paddle-wheel and propeller-driven machines, which were popularized by Endless Pools. These generated a smoother stream of water. Many users find them easy to swim in, but the machines are also criticized for being expensive, noisy, and wasteful of energy (consuming 6.5 kW to 11 kW of electricity just to set the water in motion).
Finally, there are exercise machines which allow a person to remain on dry land while simulating certain swimming strokes.