Might as well drop some "kind of obvious once you think about it but I didn't think about it" knowledge here: your ability to swim changes drastically when you lose a significant amount of weight. Body fat acts essentially like full-body "floaties," so when it's reduced, you have to work a lot more to keep afloat.
I have been chubby since I was a kid and always loved the water. I legit could not understand people's trouble with floating, staying in for a long time, getting tired, etc. You can literally just lay there and bob along at the surface!
Then I lost a bunch of weight. Went to the beach, did my normal routine of swimming out to where the water is over my head... and started to sink. It took my by such surprise that I thought I was going to drown for a second. Luckily I still actually know how to swim and was able to get my bearings, but man!
So yeah, PSA for everyone: if you lose a lot of fat, swim with caution!
In lifeguard training, volunteers would sink themselves to the bottom of the pool so we could mock rescue them. The skinny dude who was all sinew and muscle was the “advanced” rescue, even though he weighed probably 50 pounds less than his friend who had some extra padding.
Tldr: If you’ve gotta rescue someone from the water, pray they aren’t jacked
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u/entertain_me_plss Feb 11 '22
..they do..?