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Dec. 14th, 2018 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaSo I finally got out to City Sports Club yesterday evening, and got a tour from who I think is the manager of the place. He was curious how I found the place, especially since there was a tent outside where they were having a sign-up promotion, that I naturally had no idea about. So I saved about $50 from signing up any other regular time.
The pool IS a two-lane pool, almost tiny, but long enough that it's enough of a challenge to me, a Junior Olympic. Everything else seems really nice and clean so far, and lots of machines. The manager says that I get one hour with a personal trainer to introduce me to the machines, which I may or may not do... I really just want to swim.
I went in today, after feeling like garbage for most of the morning. I had breakfast, I wrote a bit, and then I slept some more, but my headache didn't go away. It went in and out as I made my way to the gym and swam. It seems to have gone sometime during the evening, so yay.
Sharing a lane is a bit of a tricky thing, it looks like, and I wonder if my aches from the swimming is from having to adjust my strokes in a fairly unnatural way in order to fit half the lane. The other lady swimming in the lane, though, was really cool to watch. She somersaulted and kicked off her laps in one motion, which I have never really seen up close. She swam freestyle and was a very fast swimming, which made me wonder, but then, I'm swimming to get my stamina kickstarted again.
I'm trying to not feel bad about how out of shape I am, and how slowly I swim, especially when I was the youngest person in the pool. I otherwise did about 45 minutes of swimming, 15 laps, which I'm really happy about.
Newbie things:
- I put my towel on the floor because I didn't notice there were hooks by the pool
- I, uh, forgot to bring the key to the padlock. Whoops! I packed the padlock into my bag and everything! I spent a lot of time worrying whether I was gonna lose stuff.
- I didn't bring flip flops. I wonder if I do need them, but they are probably somewhat useful to have.
I need to figure out the best way to transport and air out my swimsuit. I'm also thinking a shopping trip specifically for swim stuff (though not gear) is in order... I'd like to get new towels and maybe another swimsuit or two to rotate, since I really want to get into swimming very regularly. I'm also thinking of maybe a new bag to transport stuff? I just.... already have a ton of totes and such in my arsenal which never get enough love. I have a mesh tote inherited from Theda which I might try next time.
A friend also impressed on me the need to get something to rinse the chlorine off, and suggested ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C acid, which apparently clears chlorine right off. There's a company that already makes such a thing, SwimSpray, but I also found a few other DIY Vitamin C spray mixes. Trader Joe's sells ascorbic acid, apparently, so I'll go check that out next time I'm grocery shopping that way.
Here's hoping I get to establish a new equilibrium with the exercise.
The pool IS a two-lane pool, almost tiny, but long enough that it's enough of a challenge to me, a Junior Olympic. Everything else seems really nice and clean so far, and lots of machines. The manager says that I get one hour with a personal trainer to introduce me to the machines, which I may or may not do... I really just want to swim.
I went in today, after feeling like garbage for most of the morning. I had breakfast, I wrote a bit, and then I slept some more, but my headache didn't go away. It went in and out as I made my way to the gym and swam. It seems to have gone sometime during the evening, so yay.
Sharing a lane is a bit of a tricky thing, it looks like, and I wonder if my aches from the swimming is from having to adjust my strokes in a fairly unnatural way in order to fit half the lane. The other lady swimming in the lane, though, was really cool to watch. She somersaulted and kicked off her laps in one motion, which I have never really seen up close. She swam freestyle and was a very fast swimming, which made me wonder, but then, I'm swimming to get my stamina kickstarted again.
I'm trying to not feel bad about how out of shape I am, and how slowly I swim, especially when I was the youngest person in the pool. I otherwise did about 45 minutes of swimming, 15 laps, which I'm really happy about.
Newbie things:
- I put my towel on the floor because I didn't notice there were hooks by the pool
- I, uh, forgot to bring the key to the padlock. Whoops! I packed the padlock into my bag and everything! I spent a lot of time worrying whether I was gonna lose stuff.
- I didn't bring flip flops. I wonder if I do need them, but they are probably somewhat useful to have.
I need to figure out the best way to transport and air out my swimsuit. I'm also thinking a shopping trip specifically for swim stuff (though not gear) is in order... I'd like to get new towels and maybe another swimsuit or two to rotate, since I really want to get into swimming very regularly. I'm also thinking of maybe a new bag to transport stuff? I just.... already have a ton of totes and such in my arsenal which never get enough love. I have a mesh tote inherited from Theda which I might try next time.
A friend also impressed on me the need to get something to rinse the chlorine off, and suggested ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C acid, which apparently clears chlorine right off. There's a company that already makes such a thing, SwimSpray, but I also found a few other DIY Vitamin C spray mixes. Trader Joe's sells ascorbic acid, apparently, so I'll go check that out next time I'm grocery shopping that way.
Here's hoping I get to establish a new equilibrium with the exercise.
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Date: 2018-12-15 09:39 am (UTC)