My local pool has just raised the water temp to 30 ' C ( 86 ' F ) ! At this temp I am exhausted after 4 lengths. A full workout of 60 to 90 mins is impossible without suffering heat exhaustion. They have already had 1 swimmer collapse on poolside after swimming hard for 40 mins.
This has happened because a ' disabled swim group ' who use the pool for 45 mins once a week keep complaining about how cold the pool is. The pool management can't figure out the pool temp software so the temp is set that high for 24/7. It used to be 27' C ( 80.6' F ) and was then raised to 28'C (82.4 ' F ) 1 year ago.
I can't set workouts for my club that cause heat distress if carried out so it is a nightmare. My training is on hold until i can change this and I will have to move my masters club to another pool if not changed. Maybe ' Shaky's ' pool has space for us ?
Emmet Hines in his book says that 82 ' F ( 27.7' C ) is ideal for training, and that anything over 84' F ( 28.4 ' C ) is too hot.
Does anyone else suffer through hot water temperatures ? Can anyone recommend online research that I can use to prove the dangers of excercising in hot water ?
Matt S, I have modified my workout to cater for the heat. I am drinking lots of water. I am doing loads of drills and "super slow' swimming. Long rest intervals etc. I practice the TI drills but also many from other sources to work on aspects that the TI drills at present do not cover.
My problem is that since I was a kid I have beeen unable to cope with hot temperatures. I get heat exhaustion from sitting in the shade on a warm day ! I see this in my oldest son, age 4, he also wilts in the heat rapidly. My other son is like his mum, he can stay outside in the heat for hours. I will get drained from just floating in the water at present.
Some of the training sets suggested in other posts here would kill me in this pool. I have gone from breezing through 3,200 to 3,500m workouts to almost nothing at the flick of a dial !
I am hopeful that we can change this, the Age group swim club and my masters club are big users of the pool and carry a lot of influence. It is only for 1 group that they have raised the temp, and they only use it 45mins a week. It seems that we just need management to figure out how the computer works and pool temp will drop for the rest of the week for other uses.
I just realised what I said, " i need pool management to figure out how to work a computer ", maybe the situation is totally hopeless!
Matt S, I have modified my workout to cater for the heat. I am drinking lots of water. I am doing loads of drills and "super slow' swimming. Long rest intervals etc. I practice the TI drills but also many from other sources to work on aspects that the TI drills at present do not cover.
My problem is that since I was a kid I have beeen unable to cope with hot temperatures. I get heat exhaustion from sitting in the shade on a warm day ! I see this in my oldest son, age 4, he also wilts in the heat rapidly. My other son is like his mum, he can stay outside in the heat for hours. I will get drained from just floating in the water at present.
Some of the training sets suggested in other posts here would kill me in this pool. I have gone from breezing through 3,200 to 3,500m workouts to almost nothing at the flick of a dial !
I am hopeful that we can change this, the Age group swim club and my masters club are big users of the pool and carry a lot of influence. It is only for 1 group that they have raised the temp, and they only use it 45mins a week. It seems that we just need management to figure out how the computer works and pool temp will drop for the rest of the week for other uses.
I just realised what I said, " i need pool management to figure out how to work a computer ", maybe the situation is totally hopeless!
