Answer:
Don't do this in the shallow end.
I do not breathe, but I run and jump. I do not eat, but I swim and stretch. I do not drink, but I sleep and stand. I do not think, but I grow and play. I do not see, but you see me everyday.
Used left or right, I get to travel over cobblestone or gravel. Used up, I vie for sweet success, used down, I cause men great duress.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?
Forward Iām heavy, but backwards Iām not.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.