swimming

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Sherry,

How wonderful for you and ! I miss hugs from Seth too. :-( The only

time he hugs me is when he's afraid, but he would hug a stranger then!!!!

Does like the water? Seth loves it , but has no fear of it, he would

jump in 10 feet alone. It's so refreshing to hear something wonderful

happened to one of us for a change.Great news!

Gail, Mom to Seth(4) jo(7) (9) (22) (24) grandma to

Errick(4) and wife to (my hero)

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How wonderful! I read your post of DH, must admit tears came to my eyes.

These are the days we live for!

Glowing with you,

& Garry, parents of (9), (8), JJ (6), (5), and

Esther (3). All adopted & with Down Syndrome.

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sherry,

that sounds like a wonderful day you and jamie had..sometimes we forget in teh

midst of all the crapt we go through what fun it can be to just relax and enjoy

the kids as they are....... i do too enjoy the pool with ashton or sitting in

the hottub with her....with the heat off of course and just enjoying the

playfullness of it all.......glad you enjoyed........ leah

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In a message dated 2/7/01 9:40:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, Steve Shelanskey <

lonetree1@...> writes:

Is swimming a good choice for the aerobic training?

Its hard to get a good workout in 20 mins. Thanks.

From what I know, swimming, by itself, is not the best cardiovascular workout you can get, especially if you are swimming in cool water. Sure, you can get a workout if you are swimming against a current in warm water, but few of us have a tidal pool with heated water. If you do, go for it. Otherwise, you're not reaching intensity, and your muscles are not in an optimum environment for burning calories. Most Olympic swimmers get their bodies by doing a lot of swimming in conjunction with OTHER cardio workouts.

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If you are someone who can swim for 20 minutes it could work for you. The

key is to get to the four peaks in intensity. I have a hard time judging

intensity without something that is metered like a treadmill or bicycle or

other equipment with a readout and an adjustment for speed or resistance or

slope.

Maybe HIIT might work better by swimming as fast as you can for 30 seconds

then slowing for a minute then repeating for 20 minutes.

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I've done swimming for my aerobics and I would just change swimming strokes for intensity. For example, a level 5 would be the back stroke and a level 10 would be the breast stroke.

Cheryl C.

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I've done swimming for my aerobics and I would just change swimming strokes for intensity. For example, a level 5 would be the back stroke and a level 10 would be the breast stroke.

Cheryl C.

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Hi Jeannee, Yeah, I go swimming and I have Scoliosis

for long time..

--- Jeanette Cole <zjcole@...> wrote:

> Guess what? I just got home from . The new

> Aquatic Center is open. I bought a 3 month pass

> after

> looking over the facilities. It is nice! I did go

> swimming today. I did my exercises and was able to

> do

> more of them without pain. I also experimented to

> see

> if I could swim again. I was able to do a modified

> back stroke and side strokes on both sides. It's

> been

> years since I could do those! Of course, I had no

> problems floating and treading water. It felt so

> good! I feel much better right now. Oh, my left

> leg

> rebelled when I got out of the car after doing the

> side stroke, but it's ok already. I hope we can go

> swimming 2 or 3 times a week since I have the pass.

> If I can, I think I'll feel so much better, become

> stronger, and hopefully get off narcotics. When the

> life guards saw my spinal scar, they kept an eye on

> me

> to make sure I'd be ok. I told them it was the

> first

> time I'd been swimming since surgery.

>

> Haward backed out and did not get a pass. I had not

> noticed that one of the sores he has on his arms had

> opened and drained. You cann't go in with open

> sores.

> When we got home, I put antibiotic ointment on them

> instead of the medicine the doctor ordered. The

> perscription cleared up some of the places, but not

> these. They look different than the ones which

> healed. By that one draining, I figured they need

> antibiotics. He'll soon go to his doctor and we'll

> see.

>

>

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> Jeanette

>

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>

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My daughter, Haylee 4 1/2, is a very good swimmer too. She has never had a

lesson but we do spend a lot of time at our public pool and at a lake. She

can jump off the diving board and swim to the side. She swims under water

and above, can front float and back float. I think it's common for autistic

kids to be good swimmers. Some parents I'm in contact with around here have

autistic kids that love to swim too. For Haylee I think she learned out of

a sensory need. She always wants to be in the deep water, I think because

there is more pressure from the water on her body. She has always liked

that feeling.

Dawn

>From: " Beverly Weakley " <bridalsh@...>

>Reply-Autism_in_Girls

><Autism_in_Girls >

>Subject: Swimming

>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:06:41 -0400

>

>We found that Jen is able to swim last evening.

>Jen has been refusing to wear a life jacket this summer. I assumed it was

>because it is not the most comfortable item to wear for swimming. Now I

>think she is choosing not wear the life jacket because she is able to swim

>somewhat.

>

>Jen's sister Kim has been overly excited about Jen's gains in language and

>abilities. Kim seems to be pushing, picking and just overall working on Jen

>pretty regularly. Sometimes Jen likes it and enjoys the attention, but Jen

>has become aggressive with Kim. Lately I have become the referee between

>the

>two of them. Last night Kim grabbed Jen and pulled her a few feet into the

>deep end of the pool. At first I wanted to jumping in the pool to save Jen,

>but I realized Jen was swimming to the side of the pool. This is the third

>year we have had a swimming pool and maybe she has learned to swim by

>watching other children and just being in the pool herself. Has anyone eles

>had the same results after having their child use a life jacket for

>swimming?

>

>Maybe what I am seeing just normal behavior and normal behavior of sibling.

>Take Care and God Bless,

>Beverly Weakley

>Mom of Jen and Kim

>

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My daughter Maggie would use the water wings. She flat out refused to wear them because she wanted to dive to the bottom and the wings wouldn't let her sink. She was about 6. After that her thing was to just bob up and down and hold her breath. ( That was real fun) I thought she was always drowning. But then she would dive from one side of the pool and go underwater and make it to the other side. Then she was hooked she has been a water dog ever since. She is now 9.

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Deanna -

Jacqui was moved up a level in swimming last week...there's a cute story behind

this, but just wanted to let you know!

Woohoo!

Penny-------------------------------------------------------- " Just remember this: Plenty of Horsepower, No Traction " - R. S. on

" If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. " --Henry Thoreau

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Penny- I want to hear the cute story if you've got time! Way to go

Jacqui!!! You know I kept saying as long as she was having fun...but

I was thrilled Bridgie moved up a level. WooHoo is right!

Deanna

>

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When it was really important she got it...that way with alot of us

though, truthfully! The one thing Bridget hadn't done well enough

was to propel herself on her back using her feet and/or hands at

least 5 feet. Floating on her back is a very vulnerable position for

her and she would have problems keeping her tummy up. The day they

tested her she went about 15 feet! NO PROBLEM...I was stunned.

Gotta love these kids.

Deanna

>

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My head is so foggy I almost completely forgot which cute story I was talking

about! Well, here goes. She had told me the morning of her swimming lesson that " She was going to

move up " . She has been saying for a while that " When I am in first

grade, I will be in blue group " (next level). so when she said that, I

tried to be tactful about telling her it might not happen. In her last lesson

she had done everything perfectly, and did things she had not done before, like

she KNEW she had to get it right, because her next lesson would be when first

grade started. Well, lo and behold, when we got there they gave her a certficate

and moved her up to the next level.

Sometimes she just amazes me Penny-------------------------------------------------------- " Just remember this: Plenty of Horsepower, No Traction " - R. S. on

" If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. " --Henry Thoreau

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In a message dated 6/23/02 8:57:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

ICANFIELD@... writes:

> Nice to read Rochelle goes to the pool. Hmm, I

> guess I'll have to add this to the daddy To Do List for my dh. Take

> care.

>

The one thing that Rochelle can do well, better than most, is pool time. She

is almost swimming, self-taught. She is just a fish under water. She tries to

jump in but it looks more like T IM..................................B E R.

She just loves the water and it makes her soooooooooo happy. She will sleep

thru the night after a couple hours of swimming. Even better when Daddy takes

her.

Diane

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In a message dated 6/23/02 7:27:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

dben937342@... writes:

> The one thing that Rochelle can do well, better than most, is pool time. She

> is almost swimming, self-taught. She is just a fish under water. She tries

> to

> jump in but it looks more like T IM..................................B E R.

> She just loves the water and it makes her soooooooooo happy. She will sleep

> thru the night after a couple hours of swimming. Even better when Daddy

> takes

> her

LOL Diane!!! So cool that Rochelle loves swimming!!! And that she can

do it!!!! Maddie goes in the pool at school, but is in and out constantly

(I bought her one of those bathing suits with flotations devices built right

in). She hates going to the club pool -- you know, it has all those OTHER

people there who want to swim...LOL We've tried taking her when it's

closed though (dh and bil own it) and she's still terrified.....I think it's

just too overwhelming. Course, take her to the OCEAN and she heads right

for England!!!!!! Go figure!!! LOLOL

Nice to hear about your little Esther !!!

Donna

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nathan is a fish in water too, when he was younger we would have to take

himin the evening when little to no one was there, he couldnt stand allthe

kids and people trying to leave constantly, but now he loves to go anytime of

the day no matter how many people are there, not sure if its the meds or just

the constant exposing to the pool summer after summer. This summer nathan

refused to go to swim lessons so weve been teaching him as time allows on our

own, both being good swimmers ourselves. when he goes m-f , 3-5pm with his

aid we have a rule he must wear his life jacket at ALL times. Last year

woodward a facility for MR etc. had a MR 19yr old at the pool with a groups

of their pts and he drowned got in too deep and they rescued too late. That

is all it takes though is take your eyes off jsut for a sec to say something

to a friend or whatever and he could be lost forever he loves to swim inthe

deep water and go off the board etc so this way I feel a little safer when im

not there. shawna.

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In a message dated 6/24/02 12:46:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

duffey48@... writes:

> Course, take her to the OCEAN and she heads right

> for England!!!!!! Go figure!!! LOLOL

>

Wow, you would think the ocean would be scarier. It is to me! So loud! Maybe

she doesn't like the indoor pool, have you tried the outdoor pool? How is she

in the tub?

Diane

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In a message dated 6/24/02 2:20:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

shananaag@... writes:

> when he goes m-f , 3-5pm with his

> aid we have a rule he must wear his life jacket at ALL times.

I think that is a good idea. I would be afraid to leave my kids with anyone

if they were going in the deep water. The lifeguards are not reliable.

Sometimes there is just to much going on. Some people just drop their kids

off and leave. Supposedly they are good swimmers. But they are suppose to be

over 12 yrs old. They are not. I have seen kids in the kiddy pool by

themselves. The kids can swim but they are with little ones and the parents

figure other parents will watch them. True. It does irk me some.

Diane

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In a message dated 6/25/02 8:04:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

dben937342@... writes:

> Wow, you would think the ocean would be scarier. It is to me! So loud! Maybe

> she doesn't like the indoor pool, have you tried the outdoor pool? How is

> she

> in the tub?

> Diane

>

Oh Diane, the kid is QUEEN of contrariness!!!! The pool at the club is

outdoor, the one at school is indoor. *I* think the ocean is thrilling to

her and because it's loud, it blocks out a lot of those nasty *people* sounds

(she adores the waves) and since with autism, she has no fear........I simply

CAN'T take her there myself, I am not strong enough to hold her back...it's a

sight to see!!! I mean, she RUNS in and every time she is knocked tumbling

rolling down, she gets back up and runs further in. She's not even

laughing when she does this; it's like she becomes obsessed like she does

when she is on a soap hunt!!!!! She loves baths (BTW, she makes her own

waves in the tub) and has a ball in her little outdoor pool and Lazy Daisy

(sprinkler). Also loves the hose...runs through the stream of water.

Donna

[Guest guest]

a,

What a good idea to insist on the life jacket when is swimming

& you're not there. As you say, you can never be too careful. Quite sad

about the 19 yr. old who drowned.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

The rule is the same here. 12 or under you need to be

with a adult or someone to supervise you.

--- dben937342@... wrote:

> In a message dated 6/24/02 2:20:15 PM Eastern

> Daylight Time,

> shananaag@... writes:

>

>

> > when he goes m-f , 3-5pm with his

> > aid we have a rule he must wear his life jacket at

> ALL times.

>

> I think that is a good idea. I would be afraid to

> leave my kids with anyone

> if they were going in the deep water. The lifeguards

> are not reliable.

> Sometimes there is just to much going on. Some

> people just drop their kids

> off and leave. Supposedly they are good swimmers.

> But they are suppose to be

> over 12 yrs old. They are not. I have seen kids in

> the kiddy pool by

> themselves. The kids can swim but they are with

> little ones and the parents

> figure other parents will watch them. True. It does

> irk me some.

> Diane

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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I've filled out questionaires about what my child is really good at and

always came up blank. I have finally found what Rochelle is good at.

Swimming!!! On vacation, her Grandmother's community pool was to deep and

voila Rochelle started swimming. She would dive under off the stairs and turn

around and swim underwater back. If she went to far she would bounce up and

down to get air. It was amazing. I am so proud of her. No one has taught her.

She did it completely on her own. I am hoping that she will learn to jump

because of the pool.

Even the lifeguards think she is amazing. Sorry if I am bragging to much. I

am having a glass of wine right now. Just felt like sharing.

Diane (mom to Rochelle-asd/ds who just turned 6 and Danny-asd/ld 8)

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In a message dated 7/8/02 1:35:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

dben937342@... writes:

<< Even the lifeguards think she is amazing. Sorry if I am bragging to much.

I

am having a glass of wine right now. Just felt like sharing.

Diane >>

Brag away Diane...brag away! That's great news and we love hearing great

news. Congrats to Rochelle!

Gail :-)

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Diane,

I agree with Gail. You share these precious moments all you want

because I too love hearing them. Yep! What a little future olympic

swimmer. Hugs.

Irma,13,DS/ASD

> In a message dated 7/8/02 1:35:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

> dben937342@a... writes:

>

> << Even the lifeguards think she is amazing. Sorry if I am bragging

to much.

> I am having a glass of wine right now. Just felt like sharing.

>

> Diane >>

>

> Brag away Diane...brag away! That's great news and we love hearing

great news. Congrats to Rochelle!

> Gail :-)