Summer is coming soon. In order to wear beautiful clothes or show off a perfect shape in summer, many beauty lovers start to lose weight from now on. Some of them choose to learn swimming either for fitness purposes or enthusiasm. Swimming is great exercise for people from eight months to eighty and above, for it improves immunity, exercises cardiopulmonary function, burns fat, and improves the respiratory system. When you float in the water, the slow water-flow quiets you down, stabilizes your emotions, and temporarily relieves your pressure brought by the outside. Meanwhile, your will feel the whole body full of energy and passion and life becomes regular.

If you are a novice swimmer who has never learned it before, what should you do on your first swimming class?

Preparations

Below are the things to take on your first adult swimming lesson:

• Swimsuit

• Swimsuit bag

• Swimming cap

• Goggles

• Anti-fog agent for swimming goggles

• Towel and robe

• Flip flops

• Water bottle

• Flippers

• Nose plugs

• Ear plugs

• Sunscreen

If your swimming coach recommend these items, you may need to buy them yourself.

Explore the Swimming Pool

You should note the following when going to the swimming pool for the first time: Whether there is cabinet or not for keeping your personal items and clothes? Is it a sensor lock or not?

If not, Biometric Privacy Safe is strongly recommended for storing your watch, cellphone, cosmetics, snacks, power bank, cards, wallet, car keys, necklace, bracelets, etc. You can lock it with your fingerprint or digital password and secure it to a stationary post or chair using the heavy-steel security cable.

You should also check whether the shower room provides body wash or shower head. And the poolside resting lounge is still necessary when you are tired of swimming.

Warm-Up Exercise

Warm-ups are indispensable before doing any exercises. Make sure to do a five-to-ten-minute overall warm-ups of your head, neck, arms, legs, and ankles before swimming. At first, swivel around your head and ankles to stretch the muscles at your neck or ankles. Then, do arm and shoulder circles to wake up your arm muscles and activate your shoulders. Finally, bend down and touch your toes with your fingers to stretch your legs. After warm-ups, your body is totally activated.

Feel the Water

Go into the swimming pool from the shallow water area, move your feet and stroke the water to make your body get used to be surrounded by water. Then, control your body while standing still or crouching down in the water to exercise the coordination of all parts of your body. Remember to keep your fingers together all the time and extend your arms to borrow force from water while moving forward with large strokes.

Don’t fret if it takes multiple visits to feel comfortable in the water and dare to tell your coach if anything makes you uncomfortable. If you feel nervous in a group swimming lesson, change it to a one-to-one lesson next time.

Hold Your Breath

Learn to breathe properly in water to eliminate fear of water. Pinch your nose, take a deep breath through your mouth, hold your breath underwater for a while, and get out for air. Beginners are advised to wear goggles and keep body balanced in water to avoid the water getting into their ears or noses.

Once you successfully hold your breath in the water, you can keep your legs together and relax your body as you slowly float up. At the same time, relax your arms and hold the edge of the pool with one palm to repeatedly practice floating.

Be Confidence in the Water

Don’t be afraid or nervous when learning to swim. Stay positive, Keep trying, and trust yourself that you can swim. Your instructor and lifeguard will understand your fears and worries and will encourage and reassure you. An excellent teacher will also have different approaches for different swimmers. If one activity doesn’t work on you, he will try something else until you can catch him.

Be Realistic about Outcomes

Although practice makes perfect, you should not pursue a quick success and focus too much on the outcomes. Try to accustom to the water and finish each technique perfectly. Whether you cry for your first swimming lesson or practice well for that, it means a success and you should be happy about it – at least you take the first step. Next, be realistic about your expectations and never imagine that you will be the next Michael Phelps or Stephanie Rice in a very short time.