New to this sub, sorry if its been asked a million times, and TIA.
Little backstory, I'm 34 M, CW - 215Lbs. I started swimming before I can even remember, growing up I swam competitively at our local club during the summer, and when I hit middle school, I joined a year round club and got more into it. High School, I played Water Polo and swam my first two years, then I just quit, cause I wanted to be a social partying teen.
Since then, the weight started coming on, I was always a big for my age, but I was in good shape swimming so much, and when I quit I got up to 300 Lbs. I held onto that weight until about 2 years ago, when I got a very active job, and just from working so much I went from 300 to my current weight of 215. I've started going to the gym but I have been thinking constantly about wanting to get back into the pool, I love refreshing feel of being a pool, and how you literally drown everything out while your swimming, but I was so shy in the past being so big, and I've got a pretty decent set of honkers for a guy, and I can count on my hand the number of times I've gotten into a pool since High School.
I signed up at my local YMCA to start swimming. I don't really have a plan per say, I was thinking just hop in and start swimming and get a feel for it the first few times, but after I would like to get into it more. I go to the gym 3 times a week right now, and usually just do some cardio and some machines, I was thinking replace my cardio with swimming, and maybe do less weights before/after.
Again, sorry if this has been brought up a billion times before, but I'm looking for some tips on getting some swim routines set up, lifting before/after or not at all. While it may not seem like much, I'm a pretty self-concious person and I don't want to stop swimming because I'm shy of people seeing my body. I'm hoping I'll jump in the pool swim a few times, and get the kinks out then feel great and get addicted again.
Thank you all for reading and advice!
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