I'm glad to see that MFM is taking his doctor's order for more exercize so seriously!

[LynneSin]

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Owwww....

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I was into all things swimming while growing up...

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... racing, endurance swimming (I would swim LAKES while fully-clothed), scuba,
lifeguarding... but I never was much of a diver. I could do ONE dive well -- I
would face backwards on the end of the board... bounce a time or two... bounce
OUT away from the board while tucking into a very smooth dive (with my back
TOWARDS the board).
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One time, I didn't bounce OUT enough and the back of my head solidly clipped
the board -- enough to cause some fairly significant bleeding (the scalp DOES
bleed easily and a lot). I was fortunate that I didn't knock myself out and from
then on my diving repertoire was down to zero.
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I was probably in my mid-twenties, having never successfully done even a simple
flip off of a diving board... when my roommate showed me just what to do from
off the side of the pool. Without having the height of a board, I was able to
get 3/4 of the way around (SMACKING flat down on my back). I tried it from a
board, but pushed it successfully into a 1-1/2 flip. I never did get the hang
of a single flip, but I nailed that 1-1/2 then and ever after.
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One of the bravest... BRAVEST things I've ever done in my life was a 1-1/2 flip
dive while skinnydipping. I only did it ONCE. Successfully.
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That was (and has been) quite enough,tyvm.
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