I barely can swim

Never learned to swim. Even those lessons at the pool in the YMCA when I was 9 or 10 didn't help. I don't much like going to a beach either.

Try diving.

After years in decline, U.S. drowning deaths are rising again

I swim like an anvil.

I feel seen in your post.

[edit: oops, timestamp error ]

I empathize. I.have been (and still are) living around ponds and lakes. I‘m similarly an ‘inefficient” swimmer which makes over-exert myself and makes me anxious. Anxiety makes it worse as I get out of breath more easily. I’d say I can swim 20 - 30 yards or a single length of a swimming pool and then I have to float on my back. Not the worst situation, though. At the ocean, I’ll body surf when there are decent waves or just dunk to cool off and then go walking the shoreline.

It's a real shame we can't enjoy ourselves and have a good swim now and then.

Yeah! My relief from the heat means that I slowly walk into the lake or ocean nd dunk for a few minutes. That whole graceful doing laps escapes me.

Empowering Facts
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Some people carry a rare genetic mutation that makes their bones incredibly dense—up to eight times stronger than the average human skeleton. This condition, known scientifically as sclerosteosis or related variations involving the LRP5 gene, results in bones so thick and solid that they’re nearly unbreakable under normal circumstances.
In real-world situations, this mutation offers a bizarre kind of natural armor. There are documented cases where individuals with this condition have walked away from major car accidents with no broken bones, something that would be nearly impossible for others.
Their skeletons absorb shock and pressure at extraordinary levels, giving them a kind of biological resilience most people can only dream of. These individuals are so dense they can't float, making swimming nearly impossible.
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I have a bone to pick about that research.

It would explain why I can't swim.

Sure thing. I still have that same or similar problem but my bones are not unusual. I got in trouble afew times trying to swim further than my short 100 yards.

The link doesn't work. What are you talking about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I wonder about that bone density thing. I'm 82 now, but 5 years ago I was walking at night and blundered off a creek bank falling head first onto the creek bed. The bank was only about four and a half feet above the bed, so it wasn't that high. The fall changed the shape of my shoulder a bit, and I hurt for about 3 weeks, but otherwise it was all right.

I read about how older people are supposed to be careful about falling, but I hike everyday in the wild area and I trip and fall occasionally and don't worry about it. Maybe my bones are stronger and denser, I don't know, but I'm a pretty decent swimmer, and I love being in the water. When I was a teenager, I taught myself how to swim using the dog paddle. It all starts from there. I never use the front crawl, which swimming schools seem to think is important. It's important if you're swimming long distance, like from Cuba to Florida, but otherwise what's the point?