How I Learned To Swim Aged 50 Years Old: My 4 Step Strategy

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@louisesanto 2 жыл бұрын

Learned to properly swim at age 69, 5 months after I finished radiation for breast cancer during 2020. Now I swim three times a week; am able to swim over a mile without stopping. Best exercise for everyone!

@AmandaThebex 2 жыл бұрын

so true

@slindilengcobo3235 Жыл бұрын

A mile without stopping! 👏🏾 I still struggle beyond 50m 😢

@maithilisalgaokar6743 Жыл бұрын

That's great... appreciate your spirit

@bernadettemel2053 Жыл бұрын

Great

@fowalmorai5291 Жыл бұрын

Great I am 64 trying to swim but scared

@manuelbelarmino4541 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club! I also learned it at 50. Don't ever believe the maxim "You cannot teach an old dog new tricks". Thank you for the great video!

@frissie6016 Жыл бұрын

I’m 62 and finally taking swimming lessons in 8 days. Had a near drowning at age 5 but finally learning how. Tired of always watching others swim while I’m stuck in the shallow end. Wish me luck!!!

@maxinedobbins5537 Жыл бұрын

I am 63 and learning

@nhaang9090 Жыл бұрын

Good luck for your learning

@akmm2 3 жыл бұрын

I learned to swim at age 45! Took me a year to be able to swim one lap comfortably. Now, 5 years later, I swim several times a week with an open water swim group. I’m still slow but try to stay consistent. Keep up the good work!

@AmandaThebex 3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic to hear, how inspiring!!! Let's not stop xx

@Marpessa28 2 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring! Thank you!!

@momo_bryant Жыл бұрын

Everyone is inspiring/motivating me but making me...sad [not really the word but neither is "jealous". Idk] bc i can't swim. I also don't really have a place TO SWIM. Seriously need to find one "Hello, silver sneakers? Yes, I need to know when your water aerobics classes are." 😂😂😂 I mean, I do qualify for the silver sneakers program/classes afterall

@Faiith1964 Жыл бұрын

I'm 59 and learned some technics from a swimming video. With those technics I taught my 8 year old granddaughter, she learned in 2 days!!! She's floating, flipping and gliding with some basic swimming

@dorothyriley5783 7 ай бұрын

I’m 50 and probably the youngest in the class I can’t catch as fast the younger people I’m about to cry I want swim so bad

@moumahua Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t swim at all. Not breast stroke, not free style, not float on the back. I was also extremely afraid of the deep end. And this changed with me learning to “survive” a swim in the deep end at the age of 50 with my efforts this summer. Still far from proper swimming maybe but mighty proud of my achievement. Your video is inspiring.

@chamithc Жыл бұрын

agree 💯. I am 29 yrs old.. started learning recently.. getting improved bit by bit.. I am now in the stretching phase soon move to kicking less phase

@wandahaley2205 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I'm 59 and just learning how to swim. This is super helpful!!

@lightzz1 Жыл бұрын

This is so inspirational. I started my swimming lessons yesterday! Thank you ❤️

@phobostarsixsix2650 Жыл бұрын

learned last year at 46, went to the pool on my own two days a week for one hour, two months i was swimming on my back, front crawl and head above the water...started surfing around 6 months later

@Respect-r6h Жыл бұрын

I'm trying to learn how to swim and I have 2 months to do it. I was feeling bad after reading these comments but yours has inspired me to think I can do it. did you have an instructor?

@phobostarsixsix2650 Жыл бұрын

@@Respect-r6h only had three classes with an instructor and moved on on my own watching videos and taking exercises to the pool

@aliciaramosfitkick2307 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely inspiring

@LoriForlini 2 жыл бұрын

So happy this video was suggested to me! At 48 I am trying to learn to swim too. Covid has put a halt to my practices but it was good because I took time to watch inspirational and informative videos like this one! Back to the pool tomorrow after a month away!

@AmandaThebex 2 жыл бұрын

I'm excited for you. Best of luck!!

@superdinkydoo 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Amanda Trying to teach myself to swim, aged 75. I have been watching the same vids chas you. the breathing has got me beat so far but I will keep trying your vid has spread me on to keep trying.. Well done you.👍👍

@AmandaThebex 2 жыл бұрын

Promise you will keep me posted because I would love you to get this!!!!! I think you can.

@brigitt8149 2 жыл бұрын

I did a workshop on Ti-swimming, together with 10 others. After about half a year of extensive training, a friend of mine swims nearly a mile, but me, that's another story: I can't take a breath properly, my fear of water is so intense! Maybe because I nearly suffocated when being borne. Several tricks, like turning sideways more than at TI, might help. Anyway, giving up is no option.

@peggyduncanbaggenstoss5380 Жыл бұрын

I am 70 and start lessons next week...Bucket list item hopefully will be marked off. Thanks for this video.

@BinduS-g6f 8 ай бұрын

Wish you long years of pleasant swimming, 👍👍👍

@timange124 Жыл бұрын

40 year old male, two kids in lessons and it’s really made me want to take lessons. Had quite a close call when I was around 17, very scary. I had basically given up and figured that was it, I was going under.. I went down and my head was looking straight up.. I hit a sandbar.. something was watching out for me that day, it was a second sandbar which is quite rare at the beach I go to. I was JUST barely able to touch and get myself back in.. incredibly scary experience, to have given up on yourself like that. Makes me sad how easily I gave up. I am in the midst of trying to book some lessons at the local indoor pool. Wish me luck! Thanks for the nice video. Tim from Toronto area.

@momo_bryant Жыл бұрын

GOOD LUCK!!! You've got this!! i’m kind of interested to know how you’re doing 2 months later I had a close call at...maybe 6. I know I wasn’t more than 8. So I definitely know where you’re coming from. I was in a pretty good size lake with my mom & two older sisters. Oldest sister was holding me, bouncing me on her knee while I kind of "half-floated" securely in her arms. Everyone was bouncing a beachball back-and-forth. It got thrown across the lake; the distance was definitely farther for a five-year-old then it was for the 13-14 yr old that was holding me. she was mostly treading water, but could touch the bottom, so didn’t think about it as she left me to go after the ball. I thrashed as I went under, somehow making it to the string of buoys where I attempted to yell for help. FYI--don’t scream for help when you’re bouncing up and down underwater. Did NOT think about that at five years old. I missed out on swimming with my nieces and nephews, partially bc of THAT incident. they were all pretty much great swimmers. My four-year-old nephew would "drag" me around the pool. I would make a chair/floaty out of pool noodles, he would grab an end and take off with me. It was one of his favorite things to do and quite frankly, I loved it as well. Still haven't learned to swim. Ironically, I feel like I did better in the ocean when I visited Florida than I do in most pools or lakes. Again... Good luck learning! Hope you're overcoming your fear and pushing forward.

@vickief.6680 Жыл бұрын

I live in Florida and am under the impression that the last place to safely swim is at a ocean or gulf front beach! The rip tides are horrible. I say for serious swimming, stick with pools!

@adviser1 Жыл бұрын

me too, I learned to swim when I turned 50 years ago and now I enjoy swimming very much.

@kukuna2012 Жыл бұрын

Amanda, it's amazing that you can learn swimming at your 50+. I am 44, I started last fall, I paid private trainer for about 10 classes now. I still cannot swim that made me disappointed. I don't have a lot of time to practice that might be problem. But your story inspired me. Thank you so much!