I coach at a YMCA pool (built in 1956 and is a 20 yard pool) where the air temperature ranges around 92-95 degrees and the water temp is usually around 88 degrees. Also, there is poor ventilation because the ventilation system is not working properly. Lately I have come home after coaching with terrible headaches. I worry about our age-group swimmers too because they are working out in such warm temps. The maintenance dept and Y will not lower the temp and have not taken our complaints as a priority. Is this a dangerous situation or do I need to just grin and bear it. Please advise if anyone can help or tell me who we can alert. Thanks!
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I would think that , especially for the elderly, both swimming and aqua aerobics
in very warm water, is going to raise the core temperature too high and that can't be good.
If you are submerged in water and you are moving at a moderate speed you should be warming up from the excersize.
And if you are still cold, well maybe you are just working those jaw muscles instead.....:blah:
....No offence......
I would think that , especially for the elderly, both swimming and aqua aerobics
in very warm water, is going to raise the core temperature too high and that can't be good.
If you are submerged in water and you are moving at a moderate speed you should be warming up from the excersize.
And if you are still cold, well maybe you are just working those jaw muscles instead.....:blah:
....No offence......
