According to the recent poll it seems more people swim in the morning than other time of the day. Without considering the factors of distance from home to pools and work schedule, etc., would you still swim the time you do now? I can think of some pros and cons of morning/evening/midday swims:
Morning swim:
Pros: Great start of the day! Good feeling carried throughout the day. :) Water is cleaner, too.
Cons: May get sleepy or tired by late afternoon. :(
Evening swim:
Pros: No time pressure. Calm and relaxing after a long day of work. No need to take another shower at home.:)
Cons: May be too exhausted to get up early the next day. :( End of day water not as clean as morning.
Midday swim:
Pros: Take a good change of mind and a good break!
Cons: Time consuming. May have to go back to work looking like a bedraggled bird if your hair doesn't dry in time ;)
Anything to add?
Former Member
theres not doubt that swimming in the late morning or afternoon is the best,
Warren, what's your basis for that? I'll be really happy to know!
Warren, what's your basis for that? I'll be really happy to know!
because you can get a good night sleep and not have to roll out of bed to go to the pool plus you are still fresh.
because you can get a good night sleep and not have to roll out of bed to go to the pool plus you are still fresh.
Also I think it makes a great midday break, to refresh and energize, and to get away from monononicity for an hour. :)
I tried swimming at lunch and it worked out that during my 60-70 minute lunch I could eat a sandwich on the way to the pool, swim about 2000m, and then eat a second sandwich on the way back to work.
I heard that it's not good to swim soon (within an hour) after eating.
theres not doubt that swimming in the late morning or afternoon is the best, its just that people have lives outside of swimming. Swimming in the morning sucks but sometimes there is no other option.
I am on masters swim team we do evenings 6-8pm 5 days per week. It works for me perfect. although i am considering adding few morning 1 hour each swims at my local health club-it may be too much-i'm still on the fence.
i guess it is personal preference. I find morings to be harder because time pressure and all day ahead.
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Where are you located, I have been trying to find a masters team that swims 5 days a week!!
I often weigh this very question. Early mornings, the same ladies are in the lanes and don't like to share, although I've become more insistent about that since finding out they have no right to refuse. Afternoons/evenings we have classes and kids who want to swim after school, and I get tired later in the day.
Even since as a kid, I've always been one of those annoying morning people who wake up ready to go. I much prefer the a.m. practices to get the day started and not have to turn down dinner or happy hour plans later in the day. Mmm.... Evenings are also tough just to figure out the timing of meals - just enough to get you through practice, but not too much that you feel like you're sluggish or have to urp on the turns. I can't get that right.
I'm planning to try to do a week of doubles this week just for grins. We'll see how that works out.
