[legion]

350 this week on the old bench press.

I took up swimming again a month ago. I haven't swam in ten years. I don't remember it being so exhausting. After the first couple of sessions I was sore in places I didn't know that I could be sore. I've put on 10 pounds in the last month (264 now) and my waist has shrank two inches. So in other words, I'm starting to get thinner and pack on more muscle.

I'm up to doing 24 laps in an hour. 36 laps is a mile. I still can't do the crawl for more than a lap at a time--I only have one speed: really fast and I'm panting by the end of a lap. I've been sticking mostly to sidestroke, breaststroke, and resting backstroke. I've been practicing how far I can go to without breathing (to build lung capacity), and I can do a little more than half a length.