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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Back in the days of B&W TVs I was in the boy scouts. At summer camp, they said we all had to learn to float in the lake. I was a very skinny and active kid, with all muscle and very low body fat. I just sank like a rock. Several instructors held me at the surface, and let go, and down I went. Every councilor tried to get me to float, and I just sank. They were all puzzled until the old grey said "he is too skinny to float".

I could tread water with just my hands or just my legs, and swim like a fish. Floating was not an option for me. They allowed me to earn my swimming merit badge even though I could not float. The old grey said you will never teach a rock to float.

Yeah, as a kid (through my 20s) I thought "WTF is up with people floating?" I could never float, and that includes in salt water.

Finally, in my 30s and 40s at my parents place where they had a salt water pool was the first time that I could float. I guess I'd developed enough fat to float (and the salt water helps).