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 ?
Aquageek,
The reason why you probably never saw the overweight people before was probably due to the thought process at the time. It wasn't to long ago when the thought was to put people away (ie you had heart surgery, a stroke, arthritis, diabetes, asthma....whatever) no more physical activities, time for backgammon, shuffle board, knitting. My father was an example of this, his junior year he was diagnosed as a juvenile brittle diabetic and was restricted from playing on the High School football team (which he did his 1st two years - running back and defensive back so not necessarily a big person by any standard). New thinking and what have you now, Gary Hall an insulin dependent diabetic (like my father) national level swimmer and olympic champion. The big difference here is just the thinking of the time - there are plenty of kids who are diabetic participating in sports because the thinking has changed with education and research.
As I have said before, I can understand where your comments are coming from, there is truth to them but at the same time it may come from not being educated. One facility I was a supervisor at we had an Aqua exercise class made up of almost all seniors ( let me explain this so as not to sound politically incorrect). We promoted a class specifically for those living in an assisted living centers (S.M.I.L.E. - Slow Movement Interactive Leisure Exercise) - we had 3 participants in the group who had been wheel chair bound for months and could handle a dozen or so steps with a walker at best, within 6 months they were walking from the lockeroom to the pool with a walker about 40 feet on their own. The other fact is these people were getting out of the care facility twice per week which is another benefit (not sure how many people would survive or want to survive if you were stuck in the same place all the time).
These people (blobs, aerobes whatever you want to call them) pay money to use the pool just as you do and have the same rights to do so as you. A quick daily sample (number are skewed to favor the lap swimmers from this day compared to others) has 63 lap swimmers ; 15 aqua exercise ; 17 open recreation and 70 lesson participants who used my lap pool or in other words roughly 63 people who would like the pool cooler and 102 people who would like the pool warmer - I'm pretty sure my numbers/ratio 3 to 5 would be fairly consistent to most multi use facilities, so you can see why my water temp may be a little warmer than 80-81 (we are actually at 83).
Last comment before I get off my soap box, Bill Bowerman co-founder of Nike has a quote which is used by Nike "If you have a body then you are an Athlete"
Aquageek,
The reason why you probably never saw the overweight people before was probably due to the thought process at the time. It wasn't to long ago when the thought was to put people away (ie you had heart surgery, a stroke, arthritis, diabetes, asthma....whatever) no more physical activities, time for backgammon, shuffle board, knitting. My father was an example of this, his junior year he was diagnosed as a juvenile brittle diabetic and was restricted from playing on the High School football team (which he did his 1st two years - running back and defensive back so not necessarily a big person by any standard). New thinking and what have you now, Gary Hall an insulin dependent diabetic (like my father) national level swimmer and olympic champion. The big difference here is just the thinking of the time - there are plenty of kids who are diabetic participating in sports because the thinking has changed with education and research.
As I have said before, I can understand where your comments are coming from, there is truth to them but at the same time it may come from not being educated. One facility I was a supervisor at we had an Aqua exercise class made up of almost all seniors ( let me explain this so as not to sound politically incorrect). We promoted a class specifically for those living in an assisted living centers (S.M.I.L.E. - Slow Movement Interactive Leisure Exercise) - we had 3 participants in the group who had been wheel chair bound for months and could handle a dozen or so steps with a walker at best, within 6 months they were walking from the lockeroom to the pool with a walker about 40 feet on their own. The other fact is these people were getting out of the care facility twice per week which is another benefit (not sure how many people would survive or want to survive if you were stuck in the same place all the time).
These people (blobs, aerobes whatever you want to call them) pay money to use the pool just as you do and have the same rights to do so as you. A quick daily sample (number are skewed to favor the lap swimmers from this day compared to others) has 63 lap swimmers ; 15 aqua exercise ; 17 open recreation and 70 lesson participants who used my lap pool or in other words roughly 63 people who would like the pool cooler and 102 people who would like the pool warmer - I'm pretty sure my numbers/ratio 3 to 5 would be fairly consistent to most multi use facilities, so you can see why my water temp may be a little warmer than 80-81 (we are actually at 83).
Last comment before I get off my soap box, Bill Bowerman co-founder of Nike has a quote which is used by Nike "If you have a body then you are an Athlete"
