Swim 10 laps in a pool.

“I (25 F) am newly severely obese (37 BMI). I haven't done any regular sport for years. Today, I decided to start swimming... I only managed to swim 10 laps in a 33m pool. Took me around 15-20min, I was exhausted, doing all the moves wrong, slow... I feel so ashamed that this is all I can do. I think I really like swimming, but this feeling is hard to fight.”

“im 63. I started swimming 10 months ago when I hurt my calf running and had to find something else while I recovered. i struggled to swim 10 laps in a 40 ft pool. thought i probably wasnt cut out for this. I kept going back daily adding a little more each day. now im doing 3000 meters 3 times a week.”

“I got back into swimming, last year, almost 25 years after I learnt swimming when I was a little boy. Last year, when I started out I had to take a break after 25 yards, and then within a couple of weeks (swimming 2-3 times a week) I was able to get to 50 yds (2 laps) and gas out. Rest and then do 2 more laps and so on. I bought a swim snorkel and would try to swim laps to build endurance. [...] Its been a real tough journey especially in the beginning, where I doubted if I could ever swim 10 laps non stop.”