I love swimming. It allows me to get a good low-impact workout which is easier on my joints than running is.
I swim sometimes, but I am not very fast, my brother is a great swimmer though
That's neat. The pros get pretty deep with it, learning specific strokes and techniques like butterfly, backstroke, etc. I just like to swim for fun usually!
He does that as well, but he is not a pro, just competes for school. I used to use an outdoor pool, but there were to many people for my tastes
I understand that. It's crazy how long competitive swimming has been around. Since 1830 I believe, it started in Britain
that is a long time, but I suppose nobody had to invent water, like other sports needed
History of swimming
Competitive swimming in Britain started around 1830, mostly using breaststroke. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed.
Ancient times.
10,000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in southwestern Egypt. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or doggy paddle, although it is also possible that the movements have a ritual meaning unrelated to
so specific. They're a story in my life or something I went through which I pull from. I wrote this about the summer of 2010. I fell in love with someone, and we had to work pretty closely together. I had to pretend I didn't like him which was the hardest thing for me because I'm not good at lying [Laughs]. The song is about the feelings and swimming in that kind of tension when you're around someone and trying to keep it cool. That's what