Any swimmers here?

[PeteXXX]

Recently, after a lull of many years, I've been swimming a few times.
Sometimes, like today, with No.1 daughter and the grandkids, 7 and 1 yrs old, and a couple of times alone.

I can feel different muscles being stretched and toned up other than my cycling ones.

Mounts Pool, in Northampton.

I really must make an effort to go more regularly!

 

[surfdude]

probably

 

[Dave 123]

That pool needs to be in the architecture thread. It looks good!

 

[LocalLad]

I've been mixing my exercise up this year - swimming, cycling and running. I definitely feel fitter overall for doing all three. It might be psychological, in that it's more interesting to mix it up so I exercise more, or it might be due to the use of different muscles.

 

[screenman]

I swim 5 x 1 hour sessions a week most weeks, a total of 10k++ the difference in body shape and overall fitness is huge. Only been at it for 18 months but I cannot see me ever wanting to pack it in.

 

[PeteXXX]

We have a few 'leisure pools' around the town, but swimming is hardly possible. The Mounts is, I think, a 50m pool,with a separate 'baby/toddler/learning pool at the far end (just visible through the window on the photo)

Yes, it's a lovely bit of architecture!

 

[vickster]

I'd like to swim more, but I've got a poorly shoulder, so it's not the most comfortable activity at the moment . It's quite costly, a fiver here and I get bored/cold/tired/sore after around 30-40 minutes

My local pool has been refurbed so I'm less concerned about being brained by a falling ceiling tile. They have lane sessions at various times in the day

 

[swee'pea99]

When work allows (and that's mostly!) I swim every afternoon - 1km a day - and have done for probably a decade now. Great exercise, and kind of therapeutic too, in a gormless meditational sort of way. When I don't get to swim for a few days I really miss it. Don't feel so loose, don't sleep so well, more liable to fret. Swimming keeps me sane.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I grew up by the sea. Swimming was what we did to get out of the water after falling in. Never did understand the attraction of leisure swimming.

The future Mrs swl took me on a date to Dundee pool and still recalls the look of grim determination on my face as I slowly edged out to the middle of the pool then splashed my way furiously back to the edge.

 

[Tin Pot]

Swimming is great

 

[Cuchilo]

I dunno , i start running and you lot all go swimming

 

[buggi]

I've done a bit of open water swimming. Loved it . Was thinking about signing up again.

 

[jhawk]

Swimming, no. Drowning I do very well.

 

[uphillstruggler]

Both of my kids swim competitively which means they train 6 - 7 times a week which means I see swimming pools all of the time so I would appreciate it if you didn't post pool images on a cycling forum . I'm actually at a gala now

That building is very pleasing to the eye though.

 

[Mrs M]

As a kid we lived just down the hill from an almost Olympic sized pool (one lane short).
We were there every day, it was cheap to get in and great fun.
We progressed from only being allowed in the shallow end to proving we were competent enough to get into the deep end (14 foot deep). We could all dive in and touch the bottom. Also jump off the springboard and off the diving boards.
Now it's been cannibalised with flumes and the diving boards are gone .
Where I live now the local pool is pretty good and has various sessions, just need to get back into the habit of going .