#loveswim

[hi9uru]

#오늘밤주인공은나야나 #야간다이빙 🔦 #피문어 득템♥ #야식메뉴 국수한그릇 뚝딱! #바다지킴이 1호기 2호기와 함께! 함께할 그날을 위해 #물질 #조기교육 #옥토넛탐험대 #차박캠핑 🚙 . . . #snorkelingadventures #divinglife #수영복 #swiming #스노클링장비 #loveswimming #divingtrip #swimming_time #해루질체험 #수영 #해루질 #다이빙 #다이버 #수영스타그램 #해루질장비 #스노쿨링 #수영장 #오픈워터다이버 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhKjltBi8i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[talvikukka]

В бассейне 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️ Варкауса можно бесплатно пользоваться поясом, который позволяет ходить в воде людям с больными ногами. Таким образом они тренируются и ноги болят меньше #lovesport #loveswimming (at Uimahalli Ilopisara) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWr81SIdy3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jonnavillarreal]

Volví al agua 🏊🏻‍♂️ #LoveSwimming

[ilustradoo]

#swimming #swimmingpool #justkeepswimming #swimmingtime #swimmingpools #openwaterswimming #swimminglessons #swimmingsuit #babyswimming #swimmingdog #swimmingday #swimming_pool #nightswimming #swimmingpooltime #swimminghole #wildswimming #swimmingclass #loveswimming #swimmingfun #synchronizedswimming #swimminglesson #swimmingbaby #keepswimming #dogswimming #swimmingpoolparty #iloveswimming #swimmingpigs #swimmingdogs #swimmingwithsharks #swimmingwear #seaswimming #swimminganime #swimmingwithdolphins #outdoorswimming #usaswimming #winterswimming #artisticswimming #swimmingcoach #mastersswimming #noswimming

[aimegomez11]

aprovechen las actividades que ofrecen las escuelas!!

sin duda inscribirme a las clases de natación fue una de mis mejores decisiones.

esta pic es del campamento de integración para que los nuevos conociéramos y convivieramos con los otros mas allá de las horas de entrenamiento.

mas que un equipo, una familia

[freedformwriter]

The Undertow

Reposting this blog after a refresh deleted it. Same rules apply to people with water phobias and mothers.

I’ve never seen the tide so high. The white edges of the waves rush all the way up to the bottom of the cliff path. The wind is high too, encouraging the wild waves to crash against the fragile cliffs that guard the southern Portuguese coast with greater force than ever. And there are so many of them. Am I really going in? I imagine J.G. Farrell swimming out into the Irish Sea and never…

[spearfishing-freediving-world]

Reposted from @vitadasirena (@get_regrann) - "Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves... that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim." 🖤 Tyler Knott Gregson Shot by @suahuatica 📸 . . . . . #headabovewater #avrillavigne #loveforswimming #swimlove #loveswim #lovetoswim #lovetodive #swimmerlife #floattherapy #underwaterphotograpy #underwaterimages #underwater_world #waterscape #angelsofthesea #legendofthebluesea #seawoman #silhouettes #silhouetted #female #femmina #forma #donna #seacreatures #seacreatures #lemar #see #schwimmen #angelsea #esmaltadosemipermanente #maltagozo https://www.instagram.com/p/B1y8ozgFTh2/?igshid=1d4apqk0ut1k7

[newwaveswimbuoy]

Credit to @maiga.genovart : Vous êtes votre seul limite 🌊❄️ . . . posted on Instagram - https://newaveswim.com/2FswrUR

[hi9uru]

#고성바다 가자! #강릉바다 텅텅 비었다. 오랜만에 #야간수영 즐겁고 시원하게 놀았다. 내일 아침은 #문어요리 🐙 모두 굿밤♥ 오늘의 자장가 #문어의꿈 🎶 . . . #물질 #snorkelingaroundtheworld #snorkeling #swimlife #swim #swimclub #diving #snorkelingadventures #divinglife #수영복 #swiming #스노클링장비 #loveswimming #divingtrip #swimming_time #해루질체험 #수영 #해루질 #다이빙 #다이버 #수영스타그램 #해루질장비 #스노쿨링 #수영장 #오픈워터다이버(Gangneung에서) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmbwI1ypgbv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[talvikukka]

Уже месяц мы с мужем почти каждый день ходим в бассейн 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️ плавать, пользоваться водными массажерами и заниматься в спортзале на велосипеде. Я сноркелю, прыгаю с вышки, плаваю разными стилями, а мой любимый ходит в воде со специальным поясом, потому что у него болят коленки #loveswimming (at Uimahalli Ilopisara) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmG0EC5jS2z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[traindaly]

This weeks Tuesday Training Tips with @theafish1 Abbie shared her favorite set in the water, and I share one of my favorite sets on land. What’s your favorite training set?? #TheAFish1 #TrainDaly Abbie’s Swim: FR w/ Fins 4x 25 @ :30 50 @ 1:00 75 @ 1:30 100 @ 2:00 1/2 underwater, 1/2 above water - I put a cord in the middle of the pool and make my swimmers kick passed the cord before they can surface. Dan’s Dryland Give this 1 kettlebell, 5 exercise conditioning circuit a try. 5 reps each exercise each side each round. 5x5 Swing Clean Squat Press Squat @ :30 rest #swimstrength #swimmerstrength #swimstrong #strongswimmer #strongswimmers #strengthtrainingforswimmers #swimswam #swimfast #swimcoach #myswimpro #swimcoaching #swimingcoach #swimmersbody #loveswim #swimcoachlife #swimming_pools #swimfit #swimmersproblems #finis #swimmerswag #swimcompetition #bestswimmerintown #kettlebellworkout #bestswimming #swimbody #swimfitness #swimmingfitness #swimfit #swimtraining (at Budapest, Hungary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkFtSyBnys/?utm_medium=tumblr

[miracle924]

January 2nd, 2019 Burned 1332Cal in total before I sleep, 1000Cal per day challenge checked✅ swimming burned 180Cal + Elliptical 701Cal + walked 18,525steps, 525 meters swim✅🔥👌🏻🤩😘🏊🏻‍♀️ #swim #swimming #swimmingeveryday #swimming1000m #swim1000m #swim1000m🏊🏻‍♀️ #swim1000meveryday #swimlover #swimlover🏊🏻‍♀️#loveswim #loveswimming #loveswimming❤️#swimtoslim#swimtoslim😍😍😍 swimtoslim#cantstopswimming cantstopswim#neverstopswimming🧜🏻‍♀️ #burn1000calories #burn1000caoriesperday #burningcalories #1000caloriesaday #burncalories🔥 #burncaloriesfast #burncaloriesweightlosschallenge #loseweightnowaskmehow (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsKBjJNhAEZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=179hj4hfo0y1t

[trashcanemporium]

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Retro Swimming Lady ... Soooo ... a decade ago I was an Ironman and, despite being a chubbier, less fit version of me these days, I still absolutely adore swimming. I had a little spark of an idea of a retro style swimming lady to hang from the high ceiling beams in our front room and, of course, my wish is The Husbands command. ❤️
This fabulous Swimming Lady was crafted by The Husband using newspaper, Plaster of Paris and Das clay, then hand painted and sprayed with lacquer. 
My swimming may be on hold during lockdown, but Swimming Lady, complete with representations of my peacock and flower tattoos, will soon be swimming forevermore. 
If you would like your own version of Swimming Lady, wearing a costume and bathing cap in your favourite colours, then we will happily take commissions - £100 plus P&P for an unusual and original piece of art - a lockdown bargain! ❤️ #retro #retroswimminglady #swimming #swimminglady #lovetoswim #loveswimming #freshwatereast #freshwatereastbeach #leetrashcanminton #foreverarttattoos #pembrokeshire #pembrokeshiretattooartist #retro #vintage #vintagestyle #tattoos #ink #floweryswimcap #polkadots #polkadotswimsuit #sculpture #sculpturearrt (at Foreverart Tattoos) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_j_-vXjxcZ/?igshid=lfv3te3aze9

[one-hot-ramble]

ode to swimming - from my very anxious brain

I was very fortunate that I had access to different forms of exercise during my school years. In sixth form we even had free gym passes for a couple sessions a week. During school years, social media, messaging and general phones featured heavily in my life, and they were a constant presence from the moment I woke up and I would check all my feeds until the hours I’d be scrolling on them before I went to sleep. A lot (a scary amount) of evidence shows how this presence  in our lives has increased our dopamine tolerances, having all kinds of catastrophic effects, most notably in my case susceptibility to depression due to a numbness to small levels of dopamine released from activities, and then a debilitating and deeply physical lack of motivation to do ANYTHING. But that’s another story. This seems unrelated to the gym; however, I believe that perhaps that combined with the obsessions over ‘big booties’ and toned abs curtesy of Instagram models, the gym became another quick dopamine hit that towards achieving these goals. The weights, and ‘reps’ were quick and simple to progress on. It wasn’t like doing an hour-long marathon, I could quickly increase the weight on my squat rack or leg press and quickly feel the ‘burn’ that meant I was getting stronger (or my bum was getting one step closer to the Kim K 'goals'). It was the same with ab workouts. It took two minutes of crunches and twists to feel that intense burn which made me feel like I was closer to those washboard insta abs. The immediacy of the results in terms of ‘feeling the burn’, was similar to the quick reward I would get from receiving a ’snapchat’ or getting a like on an Instagram picture, or scrolling through my endless twitter feed full of brain numbing content. Also, this was all totally unrelated to whether my appearance changed.

So, what does it matter?

I think it was unhealthy for me, the form of exercise didn’t relax me and give me space to be ‘mindful’, it only intensified the dopamine rat race my brain was constantly after - and I’ve realised this ever since I started doing some different forms of exercise.

I took up regularly swimming about a eight months ago. I had re-developed some nasty mental health problems which didn’t completely control my life but made day to day a struggle. Overwhelming anxiety around socialising and my performance at university simultaneously pressed me in to doing more work than ever and crashing and having no motivation to get out of bed. I had a gym membership but no longer really found the quick burn from a set of squats or ab crunches gave me the satisfaction it used to, and my motivation and interest dwindled. Besides my lessening obsession in reaching a certain body type, I think this is where I think my dopamine tolerance issues might come in. I wanted to do some exercise to help my mental health as well as my physical health but I just didn’t have the motivation to stick it out.

When I started swimming, I found it frustrating. I loved the sensation of water, how cool it was, how I could look up at the surface whilst I was underneath it and touch the reflection of my hand where the water met the air. It was hypnotic, and that sensation kept me going when I didn’t really have the motivation for anything else. However, the struggle with swimming was that there weren’t any target weights to smash, or any quick way to make your abs burn. Apart from trying to sprint swim a length, which left me totally breathless and wobbly all over, there was no way to quickly tick a box for a dopamine release. To reach a ‘goal’, (e.g. a good amount of exercise to make my trip worth-while, and to justify the packet of chocolate digestives I would consume after) I simply had to stick it out and swim the 20, 30, or 40 lengths. The process was long, especially when I’d been used to quick hits and fixes that my phone scrolling habits, and the gym workouts used to afford me. I knew I’d have to be swimming for a good half an hour, with lots of breaks to readjust my ruddy-leaky-goggles in order to feel that sense of achievement I used to get in a matter of minutes. I kept at it though, and I realised I couldn’t’ remember a time when I’d ever really stuck something out for such a long time to get the result and sense of achievement, which I now believe is that dopamine release. Not only that but the boring, repetitive strokes and constant swell of water and heavy breathing in my ears became sort of bearable, and time slipped by. I feel as though this is probably what people would call being mindful because it felt so soothing and therapeutic. Of course, I’d be thinking about my deadlines or what night out I’d have to make an excuse to get out of next, but I was primarily focused on counting my lengths, keeping up with the person ahead and the rhythm of my strokes with my breathing. And at the end, I’d get out, having done 20 or 40 lengths, check the distance (because I am still of course obsessed with ‘goals’ and quantifying my achievements, and go home feeling completely exhausted and energised at the same time.

All this just to say I think swimming’s pretty amazing. It sounds boring, and long, and repetitive, but the thing is that it forces you to wait for the gratification, which we just aren’t really used to now with the constant buzz of our phones every second of the day. I feel like its genuinely been therapeutic, and helped me feel a lot better mentally, let alone improve my stamina and physical health.

I know it’s not a simple solution to all the problems to do with social media and instant gratification but I feel like it’s had a profound effect on me, and I cannot wait to dive back in to it (ah-ha) after the lockdown is over.

[stuartmoss]

The fantastic (and heated) #PeterboroughLido under an angry grey sky. I just found this #photo on an SD Card. I visited #Peterborough last month, and thought that the #Lido was a real highlight. #swimming #swimmingpool #exercise #sport #fitness #loveswimming #swim #water #blue #grey #skyporn #clouds #cloudporn #VisitPeterborough #IgersPeterborough #water #VisitCambridgeshire #IgersCambridgeshire #Cambridgeshire #travel #tourism #tourist #leisure #life #VisitorAttraction (at Peterborough Lido) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0CQpMKHKDi/?igshid=1q5nl3ozzb7eo