Swimming

[jack]

After building up a fairly large buffer for my aim of averaging going to the gym 2.5 times a week, this week was the least successful since I started. I felt really tired all week, and managed to go swimming twice, but not jogging (when I'd said the minimum I'd do was one of each). But I still feel pretty good, that it's enough that the worst I've done is still fairly good, and like that's a low point, not a decline.

And I was really glad I went today, I was feeling rather strung out after work and just wanted to flop, but I predicted I would feel better after swimming and I was right.

Comments

[evilsusan]

Where do you swim?

[jack]

In November I joined Nuffield Health Centre (formally Greens Gym), which has a swimming pool. It's definitely optimised for just getting in and swimming up and down -- there's no deep end, etc. But while I have the membership I might as well use it as often as possible.

[naath]

Conversely my head is far too full of snot to tolerate swimming; but I jog OK when feeling crap.

[jack]

Ah! No, I think I'm the opposite: I can normally manage swimming, even if slowly, but I tend to associate running with "suddenly gagging unable to breathe", probably PE.