Swimming

Is there really anything better in life than cooling off on a hot day by going swimming? Whether you choose to swim in a pool, watering hole or ocean, there are very few things in life that are that refreshing when you just can’t take the heat any longer. Most people are recreational swimmers and if you’re like myself, I consider bobbing around in the shallow end swimming. As long as I’m in a nice cool pool and I have sunshine on my face, I’m swimming.

Other people are into the workout aspect of swimming. Whether they swim 5 miles every day at the gym or do a few laps in their pool before work, these swimmers are dedicated and usually have had a few lessons. People who swim for sport, have a series of different strokes that they may use, or they have a favorite, like the freestyle, that they use everyday.

No matter how you look at it, people like to swim. There are parks dedicated to being in the water and the swimming competitions are a favorite for viewers all over the world during the Olympics. Most schools have swim teams and most parents put their children in swimming lessons early in life. Some even take their newborns to the classes, just to get a head start.

But like I said, my favorite kind of swimming is the one done on hot days where the only relief to the heat is to take a dip. The kind of swimming that we did as kids at pool parties or at the beach on the weekends. Some people are afraid of the water, and that is usually correlated with the lack of swimming lessons at an early age. But for those of us who can’t wait to jump in and cross off the days on our calendars until the warm weather comes and the pools open up, there is nothing better than going swimming.