Our local swim teams(both masters and youth) have been battling with the temperature of our swimming pools during everyday use. As with many other cities, our pools are stretched to the limit for space between many different groups. One of these groups is an aerobic class for elderly folks. These aerobic classes insist that the water temperature stay between 83-85 degrees. this makes it impossible to swim laps at a competetive level during workouts. I feel this is unhealthy and would like to know if there are any studies to prove my point. I would appreciate the input.
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I swim at a Y pool that is supposedly kept at 82 - 84. I can live with 82 if it is really 82. However, at this Y the OFFICIAL thermometer, which is ancient and held together with tape, is off by about three degrees. So, 82 is really 85. Sunday this worthless thermometer read 86!
A week ago the pool felt really comfortable as there had been a lot of rain. That was the good news. The bad news was that the powers that be had turned on the heat in the pool even though it was the end of June in FLORIDA and the weather forecast was for sunny with a high of 90 (like it is almost every day for months on end). By the next day I had a 50 meter bath tub to swim in as usual. Of course, according to the ancient worthless thermometer the water had gotten all the way down to 79 (which really is 82), so they decided they had to turn on the heat.
They had a new thermometer a few years back, but the water aerobes complained that the new thermometer wasn't accurate (82 felt too cold for them with the accurate thermometer), so back came the old one. I do some whining and complaining, but it doesn' t change anything except me - when time permits I drive an extra 20 miles to a Y (another branch) with a cooler pool.
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Former Member
I swim at a Y pool that is supposedly kept at 82 - 84. I can live with 82 if it is really 82. However, at this Y the OFFICIAL thermometer, which is ancient and held together with tape, is off by about three degrees. So, 82 is really 85. Sunday this worthless thermometer read 86!
A week ago the pool felt really comfortable as there had been a lot of rain. That was the good news. The bad news was that the powers that be had turned on the heat in the pool even though it was the end of June in FLORIDA and the weather forecast was for sunny with a high of 90 (like it is almost every day for months on end). By the next day I had a 50 meter bath tub to swim in as usual. Of course, according to the ancient worthless thermometer the water had gotten all the way down to 79 (which really is 82), so they decided they had to turn on the heat.
They had a new thermometer a few years back, but the water aerobes complained that the new thermometer wasn't accurate (82 felt too cold for them with the accurate thermometer), so back came the old one. I do some whining and complaining, but it doesn' t change anything except me - when time permits I drive an extra 20 miles to a Y (another branch) with a cooler pool.
