A Lap's Worth of Swimming Memes for All the Water Babies

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Aug 13, 2022 6:00 PM EDT

Forget meditating or mindfulness, one of the most zen activities a person can engage in is doing a couple of laps in a quiet pool. As common forms of exercise go, swimming is one of the more fun ones, plus it doesn't destroy your joints (looking at you, jogging). Depending on who you ask, there is nothing more freeing than moving through water — or it's the most terrifying thing imaginable. I like to think I fall in the former group, although I do have an irrational fear of going down to the deep end of the pool when there's nobody else in it. These memes about swimming cater to the kind of person who is well accustomed to the smell of chlorine and dodging verrucae in the changing room, but even those of us who are more casual swimmers can appreciate some of these humorous predicaments. Time to dig out the bathing suit.