As I have gotten older, I have really gotten into swimming for exercise.  What about you?
I swim every morning. I use it as physical therapy for my shoulder I just fixed. Did you know the sport started in the UK in the early 1900s?
I did not know that.  Did you have a rotator cuff tear?  You would think it is muscles torn but it is actually tendons are what is really torn.
No just old age. Doctor said swimming would be great to get my range of motion increased. The crawl stroke works best. It was developed first in South Africa in the 1880s.
I am going to guess the first form was the breaststroke?  It seems the most natural way to swim.
The breaststroke was the stroke used first when swimming was added to the Olympics in 1912.
I remember when I was being taught to swim, the butterfly was such a difficult stroke!  I never did it again after being taught!
I never mastered the butterfly. Did you learn when you were young? Some states require kids learn in school.
Yes the butterfly stroke was taught to me when I was a kid. If you are good at it you can swim way faster than other forms.