

Garmin Swim 2 – Best Overall For Pool & Open Swim.Two pieces of equipment made a huge difference for me, the first was being able to listen to my favorite music using this waterproof case by H20 Audio for my iPod Shuffle (honestly without music I get bored doing laps) and the Garmin Swim 2 watch for tracking my workouts and progress. I now go to the swimming pool to do laps 4-5 days a week. I tried it and got totally obsessed with swimming. It wasn’t until I was 40 that I had a total turn around after listening to a podcast episode by Tim Ferris where he talked about this total immersion swimming method by Terry Laughlin. But, my dad was not a fan of the hard-hitting and recurring injuries and was always trying to get me to dive into the pool rather than lace up my skates.Īs I got older I realized that swimming was a great sport that would be easy on my joints and keep me in shape but just never could get into it and doing laps just seemed boring.

Like most of my friends, I started young and loved the game.

Growing up in Minnesota, hockey was the go-to winter sport.
