Apologies if this makes me sound like a troll.
In all my experience of indoor swimming pools, despite all the swimming I do to warm up, the pool seems cold.
At the pool I visit every week, there is an electronic LED board with the temperature and the pool I swim in (for average swimmers who can't tread water - deep end about 5ft to 6ft, shallow end suitable for a youngster of 4+ years) is 27 or 29 degrees celcius. This swimming pool is local to where I went to school and I remember having to use the baby pool (when I was young enough!) which was 31 degrees celcius and this was warm enough to not shiver.
I try to tackle this by always keeping my shoulders below the water and always keeping on the move at pace to keep warm but I can't help but find the water is cold. This is a real shame as it takes away my enjoyment and satisfaction that I am benefitting my health because it prevents me from covering some real distance and pushing myself (within reason).
To make things worse, I have looked at other pools on google local to where I live and for the ones with websites and which state the temperature, it is 27 degrees celcius which seems to be the norm so it looks like I won't be able to find the right pool (all pools mentioned in this pool are indoor). :(
What can I do?
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The biggest problem I have is getting into the pool at 6am when the water is 72-74 degrees. When I first started swimming, May 2009, it took me 15 minutes to get up my nerve to get in and just swim to warm up. Now it only takes me 5-10 minutes to get in. I question sometimes why I do this shock to my body so early in the morning, but once I get going I love it and would not change anything. I am running into the same thing. I live in florida and when it starts to get cooler, will I be able to get into the pool? This will be my first winter swimming. People tell me that the water will be warmer than the air, but I have to admit, I get cold in the summer in the water. Just inspiring words would be great!!
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The biggest problem I have is getting into the pool at 6am when the water is 72-74 degrees. When I first started swimming, May 2009, it took me 15 minutes to get up my nerve to get in and just swim to warm up. Now it only takes me 5-10 minutes to get in. I question sometimes why I do this shock to my body so early in the morning, but once I get going I love it and would not change anything. I am running into the same thing. I live in florida and when it starts to get cooler, will I be able to get into the pool? This will be my first winter swimming. People tell me that the water will be warmer than the air, but I have to admit, I get cold in the summer in the water. Just inspiring words would be great!!
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