I hit the pool every other day for my morning swim. It’s just the condo swimming pool upstairs so I only need to grab my towel and head up to the top level. It’s pretty convenient.
I love swimming – the refreshing feeling of a dip in the pool at around 7 am when the sun is just coming up is incomparable. I’ve been doing longer and longer laps in the pool to build up my stamina and get the cardiovascular action going. I’m trying to exercise more and swimming is something I’ve always enjoyed since I was a kid.
You use muscles from your entire body when you’re swimming so it’s a pretty solid workout. However, I sometimes overdo it and get muscle cramps or aches. I tend to go all out when I’m just about to climb out of the pool – I’m swim hard and fast and usually end up with sore muscles.
It usually happens on the calf muscles for me. I’ll just slap on a Tiger Balm Cool Plaster after I towel myself dry.
I have made it a habit to bring one of those up together with my towel. It’s important to completely dry yourself before putting on the plasters. It shouldn’t be applied on wet skin.
The best thing about the plasters is that it comes in two sizes – the large ones are good for the bigger muscle bundles, but sometimes you just need pain relief in a small area, like my calf.
I’ve shown how to apply the awesome additional adhesive in the previous post but what I haven’t mentioned is that it’s not actually necessary to do that. The additional adhesive helps in areas which move a lot e.g. elbows, knees, joints etc but for regular applications, the Tiger Balm Plaster itself will do a great job in sticking on your skin.
I just love opening up one of the packs, the smell of the time trusted Tiger Balm formulation is refreshing. The small plasters are just the right size for muscle aches in the smaller muscle groups you strain while swimming. It’s available at large chain pharmacies like Guardian, Watson, Caring, and also your neighborhood pharmacies. The small packs go for RM 5.20 and it has two Tiger Balm Plasters inside.
I’ve been using the Warm Tiger Balm Plasters for back pain ever since I realized it won’t cause an allergic reaction and it works very well for pain relief. It was so good that I decided to use the Cold Tiger Balm Plasters for the muscle strains I get while swimming. I also love using pure cbd oil tincture as it relieves your pain from muscle pulls.
I usually keep mine on for several hours after the swim, let the unique Tiger Balm formulation work its magic, and the long lasting pain relief from the muscle aches is absolutely fabulous! 🙂
Cool relief after a morning swim. Ahhhh….
so thats why youve been losing weight. swimming. i should pick it up but im lazy. :p
Heh! Probably. 🙂
It’s not that hard once you get yourself into a routine…or so I discovered. 🙂
morning swim? man how did u tahan the cold
I’m used it it bro. 🙂
You just jump into the pool and then you’re all set. It’s just cold in the beginning. Wakes you up like nothing else.
i hope you didn’t use it in the pool or the water smells like your tiger balm instead of chlorine.
Heh! The chlorine is *really* strong in the pool. I forgot my swim goggle that day, my eyes were red within 5 minutes. I can swim without opening my eyes though coz I’m used to the dimensions of the pool, have been swimming every day now. 🙂
The Tiger Balm Plasters really helps with that after exercise pains. I’m trying to get my stamina up.
It’s perfect for swimming coz you only sweat *after* you get out of the pool. So you just slap the plaster on, chill out for about two hours before showering. That’s what I do anyway. 😀
the pool looks very familiar! just like the one at my sis’ place… residence/hotel right?