Thanks for all the feed back. I do not have a back ground in swimming, other than doing it as a kid. I thought about the idea of asking if I could swim in a shirt, but it might not be possible.
Yes, I agree it's ridiculous but since when do culture differences make sense!
I'm going to ask around to some other gyms and see if any of them would let me wear a shirt because I want to practice.
Has anybody used
this, or something like it?