since you asked, do you swim and where do you usually go for swimming?

Swimming don't really need companion but it is kinda boring if always swim alone unlike other sports such as racquet games

All you need is just a 30 mins HIIT swimming for weight loss. I think most who are swimming in Malaysia just do it during weekends family day - At least that is what I can see in my condo

there's always swimming events one can join .then u will be more focus to train 
there not many condos with olympic size pools. name me a few if you can. most condos infinity /25meters lengh.
so i'd opt for an public olympic pool which cost only a few RMs

open water swim is a different thing. but nice. if you swim in PD, i doubt you will see any fishes due to the visibility.
if you swim some islands..then only you might see some fishes  for example, Perhentian islands. open water swim there is awesome.  visibility is stunning. k
just watch out for the jelly fishes, then ur good 

i also swim 2 or 3 times weekly before at a club house. I swim at night usually after 7pm, But what scares me is that I tend to get sick often compared to before I started my routine. usually fever, flu or cough. Also I not sure why, but I feel yucky when I see somethings in the pool like any foreign stuff. Hence, next month Im trying to swim in another club house with another pool, hopefully I dont get sick often.

Also I think in Malaysia the weather is not nice to swim there are times i go change come out and its raining so I cant swim.

But its a good solo sport and can really can keep you healthy if you mix swimming with gym.

there are covered pools. but yes, it indeed helps if we have more of them + no session limit in most pools 

Active swimmer here, swim 2k km per session, 4 times a week.
Need cool water to swim laps so your body won't get overheat.

Training for Swimon open water events, next 10k km event in PD.
My pace is very bad 2m++ every 100m.

I have settled down here in Penang and chose Spice Setia Aquatic as my main play ground, top notch & well maintained facility. Permata Sport Complex is nice too, cheap but too far for me.

Anything more than 1km might be boring swimming in the pool. Unless go w friends.

That's why Open Water is gaining popularity with strong swimmers. SWIMON organise clinics in PD and Putrajaya before their races.

Good sport for all conditions.. whether its for injury recovery or cardio training. I swim 2km three times a week.

There are some maybe not on Lyn, cuz I got some training from this guy... Same area at the time.

Hes mad slightly over 2.1 - 2.4km in 42, 43 mins...

Took me a year to get that timing... 54mins 2km

Probably can't do it cuz haven't swam in a year..

I used to swim twice a week.

but now long time didn't go swimming already coz busy.
Also, I find it leceh to need to change to swimsuit then after swimming need to shower again (I'm female though).

IM mat salleh guy... Left the Malaysia dy...

Yeah iM type body build. Extreme.

Hello all pro swimmers here. I couldn't seem to find any thread related to swimming other than this. I'm a total beginner in swimming and I really want to be a better swimmer (also to have better stamina) for my health after MCO ends.

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask but I want to learn how to tread water by myself and swim a longer distance. As most of you are experienced swimmers, do you think it's possible for me to do it without an instructor?

I still don't have confidence to go to water deeper than my shoulders even though i can swim . I really want to learn how to tread water to overcome this fear and be truly at ease in water. My freestyle & breaststroke are passable i guess.