Olympic medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte coaches singer John Legend on swimming!

Published on April 9, 2019 | Published By: shahid | In Lifestyle

Singer John Legend is learning to swim. And his coach is none other than 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte.

The famed swimmer Ryan gave John Legend a swimming lesson on Monday and posted his experience on his Instagram.

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Ryan Lochte teaches John Legend swimming

Ryan Lochte, 34 is a famous swimmer from the USA. He is the second-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history and is a 12-time Olympic medalist. R&B singer John Legend recruited Ryan to teach him swimming.

On Monday, Ryan gave him the first lesson in the backyard pool of John’s home. Ryan later put up a video of him teaching John on his Instagram and he captioned it:

“Not a bad way to start my week. Swimming with [John Legend] giving him some swim tips and getting him ready for 2020 Olympics haha!”

Ryan joked that he was getting John ready for the 2020 Olympics to compete in swimming.

John Legend and his swimming lessons

John, 40 first started to learn swimming in January 2019. He did not know about swimming at all and had tweeted that he is taking swimming lessons for the first time in his life.

But he also joked that he is better than his father Ronald Stephens who only began to learn swimming when he reached the age of 60s.

He wrote:

“I can’t really swim. Today I took my first swim lesson since I was like 5. My dad learned in his 60’s so I feel like I’m ahead of schedule.”

John spoke to PEOPLE about the progress of his lessons and the new confidence he has acquired with water. He told the reporter from PEOPLE:

“I was never afraid to go in the pool, but I was afraid to go in the deep end,”

He continued:

“I’m happy that I’m able to live with less fear and be able to swim with my kids. It just opens up a lot more opportunities. I just want to be comfortable in any water settings. So if we’re out on a boat on the ocean, if we’re in a pool, no matter where we are.”

John Legend talks about motivation for swimming

His wife Chrissy Teigen is an expert swimmer. Their children are Luna and Miles. Luna is 2 and Mile is just 11 months old. Both his children were huge motivating factors for John to learn to swim. He said:

“She’s [Luna] the one who got me excited about doing it, because we started giving her lessons. Even Miles is taking lessons now. He started lessons before me.”

Chrissy Teigen praises her hubby

John Legend lashes at House Speaker Paul Ryan over his recent video of his children posted on his social media on Father’s Day! — Source: Hello magazine (Chrissy and John)

John’s wife, Chrissy Teigen also shared a video of John taking swimming lessons on her Instagram. Chrissy, 33 captioned it:

“adult swim with @kidswimla – so proud!!!”

She had muted this video and when one of her fans queried why there was no sound in the video, Chrissy wrote:

“because I’m cheering too loudly”

Short Bio on Ryan Lochte

Ryan Lochte is an American competitive swimmer. He is a 12-time Olympic medalist with six gold, three silver, and three bronze medals. He was named Swimming World Magazine‘s World Swimmer of the Year in both 2010 and 2011. More Bio…

Source: People

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