Unlike the trail walking, with its uneven pitch and occasionally slippery gravel (and in winter, sheets of ice), there is no stress placed on my knees or hips in the pool. The biggest benefit I have found is how helpful the buoyancy of the water has been to my hips and knees. So far I have avoided any collisions with either people or walls. As a result, I only see blobs, and sometimes it could just be a trick of the light, while at other times, it could be a person. I wear high-level prescription glasses but don’t use them in the pool. In the pool, my biggest risk is running into people. I’m hyper-focused, in fact, on what my hips and knees are saying, given their previous injury experiences. When I am lifting weights, I am super conscious about my form, ensuring I am in the right position to lift or squat. The repetition is soothing and you don’t have to think hard about the motion. There’s a very meditative feeling to swimming laps, where you go up to the deep end of the pool and then flip back to swim to the shallow end. My husband and I both have busy work lives swimming is a place where we engage in idle chatter helping us leave our work preccupations at the door. I work from home so it’s a good feeling to be at the office by the start of business. It’s a great way to kick off my day and I get it done by 8 so I am washed, dressed, and ready to work by 9 a.m. I’m really enjoying it for several reasons. The main thing though is I have picked up my endurance and my speed. Almost a month later, I get in 10 to 12 laps a session depending on the time I have and whether or not I want to spend some time in the therapy pool playing with the currents. My first two times in the pool I managed six laps each time. My walking partner had to take a break around the same time I got introduced to the new pool. My usual routine before the pool opened was to get two weight training sessions in a week, and complementing that effort with some floor work at home and trail walking a couple of times a week. Unlike Dory though, I have been taking notes about some of the things I’ve learned so far. I wrote last month about the universal design aspects of our new recreation centre, and since then, I’ve been going to the pool three times a week, channeling my inner Dory. Not a picture of my pool, but close enough. “Just keep swimming,” she says, and off she goes. Despite the challenges she faces with her short-term memory, Dory focuses on moving forward. Dory: Hoo hoo, hoo hoo! Keep on watching.You may know about Dory, the little blue fish with the positive attitude from animated Pixar film Finding Nemo.Marlin: There are a lot of choices here, just pick one! Pick one so we can start! Please! All of us got nothing to do! Hit a choice, will ya?.The only wrong choice is to sit there like you're doing. Take the disc out, and I'll stop talking. Or you don't even have to watch *this* movie. Marlin: You got a lot of choices here.Dory: Just keep watching, just keep watching, just keep watching watching watching.Fabulous! Where's my trailer? I need water! Dory: Being in a film would be so glamorous!.Dory: I've always wanted to be in a film.Dory: Oh you shouldn't have switched just for me!. Marlin: We're watching that one! This is "Finding Nemo"!.Dory: Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I'm so excited! I've always wanted to see. You can watch just the movie *without* the commentary. Marlin: Okay, you've got a lot of choices here.Dory: Oh there's the menu, I knew it was around here somewhere.
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