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 ?
We had a swimmer at our pool collapse a few days ago after attempting a hard workout. Even if collapse doesn't happen performance is inhibited, extended anaerobic work is difficult and sub-maximal and maximal speed work is risky. It is a very real problem.
Core body temp is raised by the work we do in the water, the harder we work the higher it goes. If the water is " cool " then we can sweat into the water to keep the equilibrium. If the water is too " hot " then core body temp will keep rising with possible heat exhaustion.
Some people are better adapted to dealing with high temp than others, my years growing up in rainy, cool, Britain make me one who has real problems and my performance suffers.
I would like to compare the Meet Results of swimmers who trained in " hot pools " against those who train in 80 to 82 ' F pools. I am sure that there would be a difference as you just cannot train as hard in a hot pool.
We had a swimmer at our pool collapse a few days ago after attempting a hard workout. Even if collapse doesn't happen performance is inhibited, extended anaerobic work is difficult and sub-maximal and maximal speed work is risky. It is a very real problem.
Core body temp is raised by the work we do in the water, the harder we work the higher it goes. If the water is " cool " then we can sweat into the water to keep the equilibrium. If the water is too " hot " then core body temp will keep rising with possible heat exhaustion.
Some people are better adapted to dealing with high temp than others, my years growing up in rainy, cool, Britain make me one who has real problems and my performance suffers.
I would like to compare the Meet Results of swimmers who trained in " hot pools " against those who train in 80 to 82 ' F pools. I am sure that there would be a difference as you just cannot train as hard in a hot pool.
