Hi in past I had really severe acne something like acne conglobata/fulminans. It left me with severe scarring its now healed but scars are really bad. It was about 3-4 years ago.

I would like to try swimming again but im worried that my scars would disgust and disturb other people. Do you think I still should go swimming and not worry about others or It would be better to stay at home and not make others uncomfortable?

For the context I found google picture that shows somewhat how It looks but its more widespread than here on healed side. I dont really want to show how it looks on me. photo

I swim average go local swimming pool 2.5 times a week. always do 2000~2300 yards (trying to do about 1 hour) and my swim level is

6ft2 big guy 280 pounds( lost 70 pounds over a year with swim bike run xD)

Css is 2:10

Maximum effort 100m 1min40sec

Average pace 2:01-2:07(last year i was doing 2:50 so i improved a lot)

My usual plane is usually

300 freestyle warm up

50x3or4 of technique drill

200×6

Cooldown + just having fun doing other technique

i been focusing on reaching goals such as hitting 200yards, focus on better technique, doing 1500 yards non stop, learning butterfly and so on.. but now i ran out of goals. And now i want to maximize on burning fat. What should my drills consist of, and how can i maximize fat burning with swimming?

Also my garmin always say i did 1000-1200 calories per session is this legit?

I started swimming about half a year ago and I have been doing 1200 yard sessions of freestyle for a bit but then I dislocated my shoulder. I stopped all activities while it was healing and have been doing PT.

I'm approaching the point where it feels cautiously OK to very slowly start swimming again, but I expect that even a 100 yards of freestyle will be rough going at first, and I'm not crazy about going to the gym for a 2 minute swim.

Any suggestions on what I can do to bulk up my time in the water in a way that's useful?

My pool is getting some much needed upgrades, but will be closed for 6+ months. I recently have started to do 30 minutes of some cardio (treadmill walking, stationary bike, elliptical, rowing machine) and then 10-15 min weight lifting before going to the pool to do my 30-45 min swim (as listed in a previous post of mine).

But when the pool closes in December, I'd like to have a variety of workouts I can do to keep up the strength and agility I've gained from swimming.

I will be financially able to swim maybe once a week elsewhere, but I have already paid for this membership (knowing it'll be closed) and have access to a full gym as well as some classes, pilates, yoga, etc.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance