Personal Health

Personal health
In 2008, Beijing Olympic games, I was dazzled by American swimming player--------michael phelps, after watching his matches I was always been shocked, in my mind he is a nonesuch player, and during the matches he seemed becomes a dexterous shark which pursue his goals. So from that time I thought:“ does swimming really intrigue so many people?

In this winter vocation, my father accompanied me to go to NANJING MILITARY INSTITUTION RECREATIONAL CENTER to swim. The swimming pool is involved in the big stadium, because that is arcane place plus the spring festival, as a result, few people swam at that place, I felt delirious, because for swimming the less people, the more freedom we would get more freedom.

For my father, he is a veteran for this sport, he nearly swims every day, for him keeping swimming for two hours is just a piece of cake. In fact, during the last summer vocation, I nearly swim every day, but during these semesters because of the arduous school task, I missed many chances to have workout. Perhaps “absence makes the heart grows fonder” when I arrived here I had a sense of nostalgia… when we arrived the dressing room father changed his equipment rapidly as me, after I just took off the sweater, I nearly frozen, I seemed be stuck in stalemate, for me the temperature was so low, I even couldn’t live. “ what a dillydallying person!” he urged me to act quicker, I gripped my teeth to endure the “harsh” circumstance. Just we arrive the edge of swimming poor, fathers did some warm-up, and made a macho pose, then he jumped in water smoothly, I imitated him, for that moment when I just entered in water, I got cramp on my legs, I couldn’t move my body began to be “frozen”. Although I tried to adjust my situation, unluckily the first day of swimming was very gloomy…

Later days things were ameliorated, firstly I acclimatized to the coldness gradually, at least, I can move without much obstacle, I began to swim in breaststroke, for that moment, I felt all of my organs were free, they seemed abandon all their stress, burden... I swam randomly and began to practice my stamina, as the time went on I began to feel more and more exhausted, my extremities were grossly drained, shortly after I even began to pant to breathe. I glanced at my father, at the meanwhile he was still as fervent as before when he just swam. Father told me:“perseverance is my important, if you gave up; all the effort which you have devoted would probably in vain, for a person, when his energy was at the edge of extremities, if he persisted, the endurance will truly be increased…” viscerally, I knew what my father told me is true, at that time because my energy is too limited, at last I couldn’t help but waiving the practice, but my goal is: “ for each day the time for swimming must be longer than it preceding day’s”
For next few days, pain, trines, limitation seemed become numb for me, during this among of days, father taught me a kind of swimming-----backstroke! “ that is the most therapeutic styles” he told me then he lay on the surface of water, flailing the arms, just like the paddle across the water, his leg flapped the water and swam forward. I tried it, but was not successful, sinking was very common for me. “ when you swam, adjust your breath at the meanwhile, keep the balance of your body, don’t be serious” he said. I tried for a few times, at last I can float on water, but the velocity of swim was quite slow, one of the reasons felt was my action was very rigid, not flexible. After about two weeks for “intensive” training, I feel doing a good job in PE lesson is not impregnable any more; ports are not the torment tool which make you feel excruciating, instead it can help you push your limit, make you be agiler, and more rubicund in your life.