Am I the only one sh*t at swimming?

You need to learn to relax mate, either that or you are pure muscle ripped as hell and you sink like a rock anyways.

 

Nah, with that body fat you should float just fine, you need to relax then.

 

How often you swim makes a big difference too. I work out 6x a week and a couple of months ago I went swimming for the first time in years at a lake. I remembered all my moves when I hit the water, but goddamn it was beyond exhausting. Couldn't believe how bad my water cardio was lol.

 

Nope you're not the only one.

Back in 1985 when I was in Navy Boot Camp I had to do remedial swimming. That's where I finally learned to swim.

(A bunch of hardened Vietnam Vets yelling at you is a very strong motivator!)

I'm not a strong swimmer but I can swim well enough to have fun with friends and stay afloat for a long time if necessary. Maybe when the opportunity arises you can take a class? I know swim facilities are mostly closed now but maybe keep it in mind when they do open again.

 

It’s difficult to say anything without knowing a damn about how you swim,
But I think You’re trying to go faster, rush through the water.
Do you feel like you apply force, yet you don’t move forward?

I’ve felt that. I think it’s because you still need to Understand the delicateness of the technique. You’ve got a lot of power, nice!
But without the proper technique a lot of your power is getting dissipated into overcoming viscosity, which is high because of an improper technique.

Good Luck!
Stay aware, stay strong

 

I have done this sport for 16 years. I started when I was a little child, so I just grew up in the water.
It could be more difficult to a grown-up man to embrace this new world.
But just wait, keep practising with the instructors, sports were made for humans, you are fit and active, why wouldn't you do it?

 

Maybe its the distribution of body mass around your body's centre of gravity on water that makes you sink and don't float but if your upper body has more mass you have no problems in floating you know your lungs carry air and that won't let you sink work on your upper body in gym and try to swim with stiffed legs moving only around hip joints

 

There are some good YouTube instructional videos on this.
I swam badly for years but then started to re-learn (front crawl). I was just starting to do pretty well too but all the pools closed due to lockdown. I am really missing it.

 

See thats the problem. U need to build more of your upper body mass, use your strong arms to crawl your way while floating.

 

Im also shit at swimming, only learned when i was 18

 

I almost drowned because of this a month ago. I sink like a rock in water. Makes me think I should get fat again. Seriously I get winded easily, it was such a awakening that I started pushing myself with more cardio, as I don’t want to be that close to death again.

 

Guys try to build more upper body mass so that your centre of Gravity is close to your lungs where air is helps you stay afloat and then either use arms or legs or both to drive.