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 ?
Shaky makes the points I was afraid to. Political correctness (and the fear of having your post deleted) dictates we accept this as some sort of sport and legitimize it by calling it aerobics. You go to even a beginner low impact land aerobic class and you will see some people sweating.
Anyway, I grew up at a pool basically and never until the 90s saw this water noodling epidemic. The older men and women I saw in the pool growing up swam laps, played tennis, jogged, etc. There was never any sort of floating. As a matter of fact, my pool prohibited water flotation devices.
I will consider using a noodle when I swim - on the days I don't care to work out hard. Pools are for swimming, the ocean for floating, unless you are a crazy open water swimmer.
Shaky makes the points I was afraid to. Political correctness (and the fear of having your post deleted) dictates we accept this as some sort of sport and legitimize it by calling it aerobics. You go to even a beginner low impact land aerobic class and you will see some people sweating.
Anyway, I grew up at a pool basically and never until the 90s saw this water noodling epidemic. The older men and women I saw in the pool growing up swam laps, played tennis, jogged, etc. There was never any sort of floating. As a matter of fact, my pool prohibited water flotation devices.
I will consider using a noodle when I swim - on the days I don't care to work out hard. Pools are for swimming, the ocean for floating, unless you are a crazy open water swimmer.
