A few years ago I started lap swimming after quitting swimming at 20 years old back in 1977. I never thought I could swim butterfly and swim a 200 meter breastroke race and win my heat at a meet. I was an average age group swimmer as a kid and an average masters swimmer in the meets for my age. But the swimming helped me loose some weight. I think for many of us the swimming helps are conditioning. I know that sometimes I'm a pain in the butt writing about different subjects but I'm surprise that I able to do workouts again over the 3,000 yard mark. Anyone else who is one of the average swimmers feels that the physical benefits outweight being just one of the swimmers.
I think you speak for many of us who have found that masters swimming is a major benefit in our lives. For this, we have people like Ransom Arthur to thank from the bottom of our collective (and hopefully somewhat healthier) hearts.
My twin brother, who lives in Philadelphia, alerted me to a great inspirational story that ran recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It's about world record holder Paul Trevistan. You can read it by clicking on:
www.philly.com/.../4986533.htm
Also, at the risk of blowing my own horn a bit, I wrote a piece on masters swimming for Men's Journal magazine, which Carl House kindly posted in the archives. If anyone is interested in reading this, you can find it at:
www.usms.org/.../tho5299.htm
Both of these articles, I think, are a tribute to the rejuvenating and psychologically inspiring nature of our wonderful sport! Where else in America can you find something that makes you look forward (at least a little) to aging up?!
I think you speak for many of us who have found that masters swimming is a major benefit in our lives. For this, we have people like Ransom Arthur to thank from the bottom of our collective (and hopefully somewhat healthier) hearts.
My twin brother, who lives in Philadelphia, alerted me to a great inspirational story that ran recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It's about world record holder Paul Trevistan. You can read it by clicking on:
www.philly.com/.../4986533.htm
Also, at the risk of blowing my own horn a bit, I wrote a piece on masters swimming for Men's Journal magazine, which Carl House kindly posted in the archives. If anyone is interested in reading this, you can find it at:
www.usms.org/.../tho5299.htm
Both of these articles, I think, are a tribute to the rejuvenating and psychologically inspiring nature of our wonderful sport! Where else in America can you find something that makes you look forward (at least a little) to aging up?!
