If you are standing still (like the noodlers do in my pool), then 76 is chilly. However, if you want to do an interval workout 76 can feel real good once you get going.
I agree that mid 70's to low 80's is the best temp. Atleast for me.
I swam in a pool that was high 80's for a few months and it was terrible. I seemed to have no energy. Midways through the workout I'd always feel as if I'd rather be sleeping.
It was an indoor pool also and the ventilation system was terrible. The moment you walked into the facility you felt like you were breathing inside of a sauna. I'm certain that had a lot to do with it.
I like the water to feel a bit chilly when I first enter it. After a few hundred yards I'm used to it and it actually feels very refreshing.
Aubrey
I too prefer 76 to 79 degrees, unfortunately the indoor pool that we practice at for most of the year is a nice comfy 86 degrees (for the noodlers, at least). I like to think that training in warm water somehow helps me out when I go to a meet and race in cooler water....who knows if it really does, it's at least my justification for why I continue to subject myself to training in the sauna-like conditions regularly.
With the arrival of summer time, we start outdoors LC practices soon....completely looking forward to it!! :cool:
i feel the cooler the water, the better (within reason of course!) so upper 70's is probably optimal in my world. fortunately, swimming at a university, the pools are kept cooler for the varsity teams, so we benefit from that immensely. although, during their season, you can always tell when meets are coming, because the water is definitely on the cooler side of comfortable. this also helps get rid of some of the noodlers- there's one pool on campus that the varsity teams don't use that's kept at sauna-like temps. so the noodlers tend to hang out there instead of taking up room in the good pools! :cool:
This topic gets a lot of play on this forum. I don't think I've ever seen anyone agree that hot pool water is of any value, well, except the noodlers. For the most part I find 76-80 to be about my comfort range.
Originally posted by dorothyrde
I have spent the last hour in our little pool trying to patch some leaks. It is about 70, and oh my that wakes you up.
I went home to Ohio this weekend to see my sister and brother-in-law, and the weather was so hot today (88 degrees actual, 95 degrees on the deck) we opened the in-deck pool they have.
Let me tell you how cold that water was. Nice and take-your-breath-away 50 degrees. Especially when you've been laying out on the deck tanning, and decide to cannonball into the water.
:D
Originally posted by Maryyyyyy
Where I swam this morning the water was 33.8 degrees celsius. I'm pretty sure that's about 90 degrees fahrenheit... :eek:
I usually work out in 4 different pools per week. They're all warm, but this is the warmest. The excuse is that it's used for baby swim classes...
Mary
It's been some time but I too lived in Europe for a few years. If I remember correct, double the temp in C and add 32. That will roughly give the temp in F.
(34 x 2) + 32 = 100 :confused: :confused: :confused:
Nope, I must have forgotten.
Anyone know the conversion off the top of their head?
