How do you get into swimming?
- Maya Kirl
- Apr 23
- 2 min read
How do you get into swimming?

It may be a misconception that people think it is difficult to get into swimming because it’s actually pretty easy. I’m not gonna say that it’s the most easy thing that you can get into but all you need are a couple of pieces of equipment like a swimsuit, cap and goggles that’s it. You don’t really need anything fancy, and maybe a towel.
The next thing that you need to do to get into swimming is find a swimming pool in your area that you can swim at. You could also find a swimming group if you would like and I have two helpful blog posts on how you can do both of those things and I’ll lick them below.
A lot of people think that they need to be already good at swimming in order to do it and get into it because it’s such an intimidating sport but the best thing that you can do for yourself to get into swimming is literally just to go do it so if let’s say all you have is a swimsuit and you don’t have cap and goggles then still go to the pool if it’s in the middle of the summer literally just go to your local pool in the middle of the day and maybe bring a friend and just start swimming doggy paddle do whatever and just like just get in the pool and get comfortable with it and just start moving because swimming does require a lot of fitness and so just you getting in the pool moving around it is a completely different type of fitness than running or walking or biking or anything really
So please do not complicate the fact that you want to get into swimming. It is so fun. Take the intimidation out of the equation and just let it go and let yourself have a lot of fun because swimming is really fun. You can get a super cute swim suit and a keeper super cute cap and goggles, but I will say I do have one pair of goggles that I really recommend just because they have given me no issues they hold up really well and they’re gonna they’re gonna be the perfect pair for literally any kind of swimming pool that you find yourself at which they are the speedo vanquisher mirror goggles
The reason I recommend mirror goggles is because if you’re ever swimming outside or you’re swimming in a place with bright lights, then if you don’t want to get blinded by the sun or the lights if you’re ever gonna swim backstroke, then you want miracle goggles and also miracle goggles are nice because then when you have them on, nobody can see where you’re looking and they can’t see if you’re staring right at a person




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