FREESTYLE SWIMMING | how it changed my life 🏊🏼‍♀️✨

story time! 📖

⭐️ in 2021 i was told i have torn labrums in both of my hips. you can imagine my devastation (aside from being in pain all day every day) when the doctors told me they wanted to operate on BOTH hips at the SAME time 🤦🏼‍♀️

⭐️ i threw a major pity party for myself. stayed out of the gym for close to a year (when I used to be in there 2x a day/ was an athlete my whole life), began eating like shit, and really let those conditions control me for 12 mos longer than I ever should have

⏭️ fast forward to Jan 2023, I decided to stop ❌ feeling sorry for myself and knew swimming was one of the only pain-free forms of physical exercise that i could do. i was on amazon within minutes of setting this goal and ordered a swim cap, swimsuit, and goggles 🥽 knowing that if i had the necessities, it would force me to start

⏭️ the first time i ever stepped foot in a pool to do some freestyle laps i could only swim 300 yards. my form was not correct whatsoever. i actually had no idea just how hard it would be. not to mention that i was nervous AF gasping for air like my life depended on it 😂 a true rookie

⏭️ 4 months later and I’m up to almost 1,000 yards! what used to be my target goal is now my warm up. this sport has done so much for me in so little time. it’s crazy to think that I waited this long to even reap the benefits of this kind of workout! it’s helped me prove to myself that i CAN, even if at first it doesn’t feel like it.

⏭️ I HIGHLY encourage anyone who has been contemplating a new fitness or workout routine to incorporate swimming into it somehow, even just 1-2 days a week! it’s changed my life and i know it’s capable of changing yours too 🏊🏼‍♀️

I would also LOVE to know if any one else deals with chronic pain, labrum tears, back pain, etc., and some of the things you do to help you cope.

sending all my love, always ✨🫶🏼🤍

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