am I too old to learn to swim...?

[space-time]

I am ~40 and I never had any kind of swimming lessons. I kind of learned on my own while hanging out with buddies at a lake when I was a teenager, and then I had a friend about 6-7 year ago trying to teach me to swim better but he had a hard time with me.

I can float on my back, I can swim across the pool and back (not sure how long is it), but I am swimming very slowly, and because the way I swim is very ineffective, I also get tired very quickly.

I take my son to swimming lessons every week and I am thinking to ask if they have an adult class for people like me.

[Chakravartin]

My aunt learned to swim when she was 70.

[raz]

you're clearly not scared of the water, so go for it

[mattkime]

if you think you're too old to learn then you probably are.

[guitarist]

We all swim, it's almost innate. You can learn to swim better. Think of it that way.

[freeradical]

space-time wrote:
I am ~40 and I never had any kind of swimming lessons.

I'm taking a swimming class now, and I've got over 10 years on you. It's amazing how much there is to improve even if you think you know how to swim. I swam 3/4 of a mile freestyle yesterday.

[Dennis S]

Do it.

[space-time]

mattkime wrote:
if you think you're too old to learn then you probably are.

on the contrary, I think I should do it!

[rgG]

Just remember to repair permissions first, and you should be fine. :wiggle:

[space-time]

rgG wrote:
Just remember to repair permissions first, and you should be fine. :wiggle:

wife give me permission do to almost anything as long as it doesn't involve other attractive ladies