After watching my new state of the art fitness center being built for over a year....closest pool otherwise is 50 minutes a way.....big day arrives....14 days pool is open 12 of them I am in it....get there Sat morning....84 degrees!! Said the theraphy pool at 88 is tool warm for water aerobics...but 80 too cold (what the lap pool was...which is still too warm for me) so they compromised with 83 or 84 degrees....I say "some compromise" more like cave in....exact words from pool person..."I swim laps all the time, and 83 feels good to me".......:(
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Kip, my sympathies go out to you; 84 is way too hot for a very hard, intense workout; fatigue sets in so quickly and the loss of fluids is even worse. Our ocean gets to about 88 degrees from June to September and I find myself actually panting when I try to sprint or swim distance. Those are the workouts that when I come home I always ask my husband: do you want dinner or laundry done? You can't have both.
But you know why they are doing this: the majority of lap swimmers/elderly people/water aerobic people do not break a sweat like swimmers do so they can keep the water that warm. Maybe you should point out the cost of keeping that pool's heater on to that degree? After all, most businesses bottom line is profit. If you have to swim in water that warm, keep lots of cool/cold hydration bottles at your lane's end. Overheating is not only uncomfortable, it can be a health problem.
donna
Kip, my sympathies go out to you; 84 is way too hot for a very hard, intense workout; fatigue sets in so quickly and the loss of fluids is even worse. Our ocean gets to about 88 degrees from June to September and I find myself actually panting when I try to sprint or swim distance. Those are the workouts that when I come home I always ask my husband: do you want dinner or laundry done? You can't have both.
But you know why they are doing this: the majority of lap swimmers/elderly people/water aerobic people do not break a sweat like swimmers do so they can keep the water that warm. Maybe you should point out the cost of keeping that pool's heater on to that degree? After all, most businesses bottom line is profit. If you have to swim in water that warm, keep lots of cool/cold hydration bottles at your lane's end. Overheating is not only uncomfortable, it can be a health problem.
donna
