Once he began to swim regularly his progress accelerated.
Chalmers himself swam regularly into the final year of his life.
He regularly swam, chopped wood and dug in his gardens.
Peter Hull began swimming regularly at the age of 5.
Rabbits have been known to live on the edge of a wood and regularly swim a brook to feed in the fields beyond.
Fontanini and his wife had five children, who swam regularly in the dam he created.
Roughly 50,000 now regularly swim outdoors, and the society says membership has doubled in that time.
He began swimming regularly at age eight as part of his rehabilitation from a serious leg injury (after running through a plate glass window).
He said his mother swam regularly in the Atlantic Ocean until she was 86.
There are a number of competitions swum regularly in individual medley, by both men and women.