Not sure if this has been asked here... For me, the first reason is that I don't want to be drowned in case of accident :cool: . The last reason is that I'm proud to tell people I swim :D . In between there are a lot of other reasons.
What about you? :confused:
I read an article years ago that summed up my reason for swimming and I will quote the guy now (I skipped ahead so if someone has already said this, ignore me):
Chlorine is my Prozac.
Besides swimming being a calming thing for me (after my HR has returned to normal), I also swim because my knee is crap. Just as I started to love running, my right knee started acting up. MRI results showed that my miniscus (sp?) is gone or otherwise worthless. I also have some round growths in there. Now when I run, my patella and another bone (forget the name) bang together. I can make it about a mile, mile and a half before it starts acting up (which is perfect as my military run every years is 1.5 miles).
So I swim.
I read an article years ago that summed up my reason for swimming and I will quote the guy now (I skipped ahead so if someone has already said this, ignore me):
Chlorine is my Prozac.
Besides swimming being a calming thing for me (after my HR has returned to normal), I also swim because my knee is crap. Just as I started to love running, my right knee started acting up. MRI results showed that my miniscus (sp?) is gone or otherwise worthless. I also have some round growths in there. Now when I run, my patella and another bone (forget the name) bang together. I can make it about a mile, mile and a half before it starts acting up (which is perfect as my military run every years is 1.5 miles).
So I swim.
