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Swimming

Well, almost every day in a local pool. I am far from grand achievements, but quite proud of myself diving through the whole pool, 25 metres :) Kids are always amazed when I merge at one pool edge and appear at another :)

How do I spend my half an hour in the pool? Okay, here it is:

  • 50m on the back, only hands
  • 50m on the back, only feet
  • 25m on the back, only feet - and feet-first forward :)
  • 50m 'bear'-style (saw a photo of a white bear diving, this taught me!)
  • some water gymnastics near the border (splits, etc.)
  • 50m on the back, only hands, and feet lotus-fixed (yeah, swimming yogi :)
  • 25m still feet lotus-fixed, but 'sitting' while moving :)
  • 12m (half of the pool) diving with feet lotus-fixed
  • relax 5mins suspended in water, only face on the surface. When I did it for the first time, lifeguard rushed into water to save me - he thought I had drowned...
  • the final diving through the pool, 25m - applause please! :)

P.S. Recently, a lifeguard asked me to stop diving through the whole pool, because I "give wrong motivation to young guys" who attempt to do the same - one of them even needed help of lifeguards! I answered that I am sorry and I would try to dive less noticeably :)