Sgt. H2O’s Combat Swim

I signed up for this class using a Groupon. Great way to try something new without a huge amount spent.
Good:
* Swimming — I love swimming and this is the main reason I signed up
* Location — very convenient to my home
* Time — the evening time was perfect. Most bootcamps are at the crack of dawn and this time was much better.
Bad:
* Number of attendees — the pool was crowded. We could only use 3 lanes and the first day we had about 8 people in each lane. The other days there were less, but at least 6. We were always running into each other and you really cannot pass because of swimmers coming towards you from the other side. They did sort swimmers, but there were just too many to make this work effectively and people did not really stay in their group or place in line.
* The out-​of-​pool exercises — I don’t mind the exercises, but I did mind the timing. Jumping in and out of the pool was hard — really high ledge — especially for an older person like me. Also, the concrete was hard and slippery, so doing mountain climbers and pushups was painful. Finally, when we did get on the grass and haver our mats at the end of the class, we were not given time to put on shoes or even grab our mats. There were tons of stickle-​burrs in the grass, so I wanted my shoes, and usually missed most of the first exercise.
* The Saturday class — when I signed up, I assumed the Saturday class would be at the same time, or close to it. Instead, it was at 8am in the morning and it was not even swimming. Their site does say Saturday is a land-​only class — I missed this when I checked out the program. Still at a completely different time of day, but understandable as it is really hot later in the day.
So overall I would not sign up again. If they paid for more lanes and quit the constant jumping in and out of the pool and changed Saturday to a swim day, then yes, I would attend again.