swimming and creativity

that's why I like intervals where you can count with the clock like 50's on 50 or 55 I'm working on a song right now called you can't drown your problems they know how to swim I think I'll write it only at swimming practice ande Originally posted by Scansy Yeah, sometimes I solve life's problems in the pool. Then I realize I lost track of my workout - was that four repeats or five?!:confused:

Yeah, sometimes I solve life's problems in the pool. Then I realize I lost track of my workout - was that four repeats or five?!:confused:

I tend to think about really weird things when I swim. I generally go over problems I am having....or study. I do that a lot actually; go over formulas and such. Yuck!!:mad: Swimming is a great way to relax and let everything just drift away in the pool! Chlorine is good for more than just germs!! ~Kyra

Actually I think about nothing but my work-out when I swim.I try to picture how I should swim next set, what I want to concentrate on and so on.When something does get in my head not relating yo my work-out I chase it away, I have enough problems to think about outside the pool, so all I do in the pool is swim and think about my swimming..

Numbers, numbers everywhere. I tend to do things like factor the lap # that I am on into primes, compute relative primes to it, percentages of distance gone or to go and all sorts of other mathematical things. I think about technique quite a bit as well. I also use it as a way of subconscious processing - in college/grad school, if I couldn't solve a math problem, I would review it right before sleep and then, most of the time, when I got up in the morning, I could just write the answer down. Swimming long distances seems to work the same way for me. -LBJ

I only think about swimming while I'm in the pool which is why I love to swim. I don't care about anything else while I'm in the pool. When I swim 400's or 500's I count up half way and back down the other half.

I tend to daydream, depending on the set...

Originally posted by kernow I tend to daydream, depending on the set... Me too. Doing the backstroke. Until the day I woke up when I banged my head on the wall!

i'm often in danger of losing count on longer swims ande Originally posted by cip387 EyeoreSam, I've tried counting half up and half down but when I go down I'm not exactly sure of what number I'm at because I usually count up so it would be like 8,9,10,9,8,9. But if you can do it congradulations.

Originally posted by Leonard Jansen I also use it as a way of subconscious processing - in college/grad school, if I couldn't solve a math problem, I would review it right before sleep and then, most of the time, when I got up in the morning, I could just write the answer down. Swimming long distances seems to work the same way for me. -LBJ I am soooooo with you on this one. I do the same thing. Often I'll solve all my "problems" at work in the pool. Since I am relatively new to swimming, I still focus a lot on my stroke and technique too.