RE: Staying in swim shape during 3 month pool closure

knelson — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:06:13 GMT

Is there any possibility of working out with one of the teams that does have pool time?

RE: Staying in swim shape during 3 month pool closure

Mark Usher — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:24:56 GMT

How many folks normally swim with your Masters group? I went through a similar situation a couple of years ago and we worked out a deal to leave one lane open for our team while the high school team was practicing. The high school coaches were also very accommodating and would let us use a additional lanes when they didn't need them. They didn't hold dual meets at our pool, so once the high school season started we would get the whole pool when the team was on the road. It wasn't ideal, but we managed to make it work by staggering our workouts, i.e., some folks would come early and some later, so we wouldn't overload our lane too much. Sometimes you could only get in a 0:45 min workout, but it was better than nothing. With reduced pool time, I would try to minimize my formal warm-up & warm-down and pretty much jump right into my main set, using the first part of it as my warm-up. It became an exercise in quality over quantity. I also did more dryland work with weights & stretch bands, and cross-trained running & cycling. Again, not ideal, but better than nothing.

RE: Staying in swim shape during 3 month pool closure

ForceDJ — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:25:15 GMT

I know it doesn't answer your question, but oh how it pi$$es me off when pools do stuff like this! Did they do this without notifying the general membership of the YMCA branch before entering into the contracts? Aren't there other members affected and put off like you are? Dan