Signed up for my first swim lesson in decades.

Okay so I have all the bad forms and habits. Never really learned to do the freestyle/crawl. just never could get the breathing thing right. interesting first lesson.

I'm swimming because of my back problem. hoping to strech out muscles in my back, IT band, ham string and glutes. So its more of PT thingy than training for a tri.

Swimming has never been my favorite cup of tea:
nearly got drowned by local boys at a swimming area on a river near my uncle's place.

my younger sister decided to stand up in a canoe on Lake Tahoe and panicked when we hit the waer and she nearly drowned me.

had to swim 50yds or 100yds in college fully clothed with tennies. coach said we had to wear sweats full length. safety requirement (NY state law) to be on crew (I was a coxswain for men's 8 men crew sometime on 4 men crew.) rowing that is.

and my good friend from college and I rolled the canoe on American Thanksgiving day while in northern Ontario. coldest 100 yard swim fully clothed in my life. I almost didn't make it. My friend carried me out of the water cause I was shivering so hard.

so I can swim, poorly.

so twice a week. This will be good. maybe I wont thrash so much in the water. I prefer breast stroke over the crawl. Did learn to do the butterfly but for the life of me, I would not even know where to begin today.

Hopefully I wont hold up the class. and oh thanks for all the good suggestions here and links.
smilingcat