SWIMMING!!

Advantages: Great way to keep fit. Great fun
Disadvantages: Early starts for training, Alot of hard Work

...I spent a lot of my time swimming either training or competing. I have been training since I was about 8 or 9 and I am still doing it today which means I have been training for about 5 or 6 years. Throughout this time I have achieved so much and have had so much fun. I love the sport even though many of my friends make fun of me because of the swimwear which can be uncomfortable at times and shows a lot of skin and is always tight. TRAINING As I just said I have been training for about 5 or 6 years but before that I did swimming lessons and so on. I train at Bo'ness Swimming club and have trained there since the very beginning. I train three times a week on Monday nights from 7 until 9, on Thursday nights from 6 until 9 and on Fridays nights from 5.30 until 7. This adds up to 6 ½ hours of training which isn't that much and some...

dbirse 01.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Swimming in General

To Swim or not to Swim?

Advantages: Keeps you fit, gives you a challenge, gives you self confidence, makes you feel good!
Disadvantages: Swimming requires a swimming pool, if you don't have one near by then you are a very unlucky!

...I have worked as a lifeguard for 10 months this year and during that period of time I have been in the best shape of my life. Swimming is a dream sport in my honest opinion because it combines a full body workout with little or no risk of harm to the vast majority of able bodied people. I recommend swimming to anyone who wants to lose weight, improve their physical fitness and build confidence. Simply check out some photos of swimmers on google images to see what regular swimming exercise can do for you. Firstly it is important to find a good swimming pool, there many in my home city of Norwich(UK) some being more respectable than others. Make sure you research your local pools and find what?s best for you. It is important that the water be clean and the centre be tidy and well organised, another important consideration is...

MrMarcusRex 16.08.2009 · Read review
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SWIMMING WITH THE FISHIES AND THE MER-FOLK

Advantages: A GREAT WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE AND MAKE YOU SMILE
Disadvantages: CAN BE A WEE BIT CHILLY IN THE WINTER ... BRRRRR!!!!

...Swimming *****My History of Water***** My lasting memory of early reading experiences is that I would read the pictures rather than the words. I would be quite happy creating my own little stories from the illustrations, instead of depending on what the author had actually written on the page. I can remember very vividly, sitting next to my mum on our brown faux leather sofa some time during the winter of 1980-81, with my stomach tied in knots because I couldn't read the word 'enormous'. We were reading The Enormous Turnip at the time and that blasted word was on every single page! Now you may be wondering, and rightly so, what on earth all this has to do with the subject of swimming. Well let me tell you in a single word. Confidence. I love to read. As a grown up I devour books. I love to write. I love to talk. Words are my...

phoenixgreen 10.11.2006 (30.12.2006) · Read review
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Swim down under!

Advantages: Easy to watch - start to finish.
Disadvantages: You may need tissues.

...actress. Jesse Spencer, this guy is lush. If you ever watched Neibours you may remember the young Billy Kennedy! He played the main part of Swimming Upstream as Tony fingleton incredibly well. Tim Draxi plays Tonys brother in the film and also plays the role extrembly well. Draxi has featured in several other Austrailian films. None of which I can comment on. :::The plot::: Okay, take a deep breath we've finally arrived at the most important part of the review - the plot. Dora and Harold Fingleton have five children: Tony John Harold Jr. Ronald Diane The era is the 1950's and the country is Australia. This true life story follows the footsteps of Tony Fingleton a young lad who is looking for acceptance from his father. A lad who tries his hardest to achieve everything he can, not for his own sake but for his...

floatingclouds 23.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Swimming Upstream (DVD)

Swimming pool

Advantages: something new
Disadvantages: can be seen only on the film festivals

..."Swimming Pool", film seen first time at Cannes Film Festival 2003, sees France and Europe on most decadent, daring and inventive way. Francois Ozon writer and film director strikes again with this time British actress, Charlotte Rampling. Sarah Morton (Rampling) is a famous British mystery author. Tired of London, seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher John Bosload (Charles Dance) to stay at his home in middle of nowhere in France. It is early off-season, so Sarah hopes to find the beautiful country inspiring – until late one night, when John’s wild French daughter Julie (Sagnier) unexpectedly arrives. Sarah is at first, more than English-alike reserve, finding Julie reckless and sexually charged lifestyle repulsive. Their interactions set off an increasingly unsettling series...

barefoot777 03.03.2004 · Read review
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Swimming stampede

Advantages: Its Fun
Disadvantages: none

...I started swimming when I was 4 months. Ever since then I have been swimming at least once a week, recently more like 3 or 4 times a week. This Saturday I have my first proper regional race, and next year I hope to get through to the county championships. ***Why is it important to learn to swim?*** It is important to learn to swim because if you fell in a river how would you get out before you drown? Just hope there aren't any sharks or crocodiles in there. You might be able to save someone else who can't swim. It keeps you fit and healthy Its great fun! ***How do you get started?*** First, check out your local swimming pool, they usually do everything from parent and toddler classes to Masters swimming clubs. The swimming classes start by getting kids confident in the water, like going underwater...

Aphrodite1 01.03.2006 · Read review
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For your swimming and sporting needs...

Advantages: Gently cleans hair
Disadvantages: None unless you like a medicated shampoo

...Loreal swim and sport I often buy this product for Little Miss to use when we are on holiday and also because she swims every week and I find this tends to do the trick with the chlorine **What is it** This is a 2 in 1 formula which has been tested under ophthalmologist control, so I assume it's a gentle one! It is a shampoo with conditioners which will help to remove the smell of chlorine from the pool and salt from the sea. The shampoo will also leave hair clean manageable easy to detangle and soft. It's the easy to detangle bit I like best. **Product and Packaging** The shampoo comes in a blue plastic slightly curved, soft bottle with a bright orange flip open and closed lid. All of the instructions and information are on the back of the bottle. When I flip open the lid to have a whiff of the shampoo, it really...

danielalong 29.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of L'Oreal Swim and Sport Sunny Orange Shampoo

Look mum I am swimming like my doll

Advantages: Encourages your little one to want to swim
Disadvantages: Needs batteries

...I can gurantee that if you have got a little girl in your house that you have got a Zapf doll, either baby annabell, baby born or baby choo choo. Every season they bring new items for the dolls or a new version of the doll. The latest edition to their collection is the Zapf My Little Baby Born Mummy look I can swim! When looking through the Argos catolgue with my little girl we spotted this and asked if Santa could bring it for her one for Christmas. Everytime she saw it on TV as well she asked for it. After asking for it for about 2 months I agreed she could have one so her Nan got her one for Christmas. Come Christmas day would she still want it? Yes it did, another present that made her smile. Luckly as she knew it was for the bath we did not have to open it there and then. When we did have to open it though it was a bit...

ldvda 02.01.2008 (01.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Zapf My Little Baby Born I Can Swim

AND FIVE LITTLE DUCKLINGS CAME SWIMMING BACK

Advantages: Teach a child a life saving skill lots of fun and respect for the water.
Disadvantages: You can NEVER be safe around water.

...Nine months ago, in a Sports Centre near my home. A five year old drowned in the swimming pool after leaving his father and jumping back in the pool while he should of been getting dressed. Now there are several people, that could of prevented this tragic accident. The life guards who happened to be chatting and his father who was trying to get his younger son. The two life guards in question were suspended and then sacked for incompetence. The Sports Centre is paying out compensation to the family and I feel that the father is suffering more guilt then I could ever imagine.. Since that dreadful day, there is a new rule that every child under six years of age must be accompanied by an adult, one to one. A child over six years of age still needs an adult with them, but the adult can take another child in with them. No child under...

chrissiepops 22.11.2001 · Read review
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I can swim, but I'll deafen you while I do it.

Advantages: Does what it says on the tin
Disadvantages: Noisy and a one trick pony

...Look Mummy I can swim is one of the Baby Born range. The doll is slightly smaller than the normal Baby Born dolls at just 32cm compared to 43cm for the normal doll. The doll comes with a small towel, just big enough for her to sit on, not big enough to wrap around the doll, the swimsuit with buoyancy strip and a pair of flip flops. It takes 3 x AAA batteries which are not included with the doll. The rrp is £24.99 but I got it for £19.86 from Amazon. It is built with the same quality as the rest of the Baby Born rage, and although there doesn't seem to be any rubber seals around the battery compartment, there hasn't been any water leakage onto the batteries. When you place the doll in water it is supposed to swim, and it does swim, but it?s obviously a learner doll because it?s not the best swimmer in the world! She's rather slow...

Fiver29 20.06.2009 · Read review
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