{"id":65134,"date":"2018-10-31T14:46:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/10\/31\/just-when-you-thought-it-safe-to-go-in-the-water-swim-englands-advice-is-dredged-up-alexandra-heminsley\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:46:27","slug":"just-when-you-thought-it-safe-to-go-in-the-water-swim-englands-advice-is-dredged-up-alexandra-heminsley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=65134","title":{"rendered":"Just when you thought it safe to go in the water \u2026 Swim England\u2019s advice is dredged up | Alexandra Heminsley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national governing body focused on female body shape when it should have communicated how great swimming isOh, Swim England, we understand you were only trying to help. It\u2019s just that, well, you didn\u2019t. This week has seen quite the hoo-ha about advice given on our national governing body\u2019s website for swimmers wishing to find the best costume for their shape. Despite stating that water safety was of \u201cparamount importance\u201d, it still managed to prioritise advice familiar to anyone who has ever moved house only to find a stash of 1950s women\u2019s magazines in the attic.\u201cEnsuring you have the right swimwear for body shape is vital,\u201d it told us would-be swimmers. This is indeed valuable advice. No one wants to try swimming as a novice with a costume that leaves seams digging into under-arms as they practise unfamiliar strokes, or in one that sags, creating drag in the water just as they\u2019re finally getting going. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/oct\/31\/safe-water-swim-england-female-body-shape-swimming\" target=\"_blank\">Just when you thought it safe to go in the water \u2026 Swim England\u2019s advice is dredged up | Alexandra Heminsley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national governing body focused on female body shape when it should have communicated how great swimming isOh, Swim England, we understand you were only trying to help. It\u2019s just that, well, you didn\u2019t. This week has seen quite the hoo-ha about advice given on our national governing body\u2019s website [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}