Showering Before Getting in Pool

Clean pool How about the parents of kids in lessons wearing street shoes onto the pool deck to watch the kid up close ?? Keep the goose poop off my deck & out of my mouth !!!:badday:

I sit in that heated hot thing with water spewing from the walls. That counts doesn't it? I don't see how sitting in a street cleaner would improve your hygiene. :soapbox:

I have noticed that the people who don't shower are often the same ones who keep their heads above water the whole time to avoid wet hair.

SwimFest09 was a clean event and beautiful pool! "ATHLETES MUST SHOWER BEFORE ENTERING THE POOL"

One of the nice things I like about swimming is it’s a very clean activity and everything in an aquatic facility smells like chlorinated water. Remembering back to my old high school PE days, instead of having to use the same locker room that was used for the “dry land” activities (where the usual hot & sweaty odor permeated the atmosphere), the pool had its own locker room which was squeaky clean. In addition to using a separate locker room, most of us took a shower at home, another shower before getting in the pool, and another shower after getting out. So in addition to showering before you actually get in the pool, please shower at home too. It’s nice to go in the locker room without getting an "olfactory assault” on your nose!!! :D Dolphin 2

So in addition to showering before you actually dive in, please shower at home before you even come to the facility - It’s nice to go in the locker room without the “assault” on your nose!!! :D Dolphin 2 a noble sentiment, but most people are coming straigt from work so this would be impossible. I agree with Kirk, unless you are covered in filth spraying off does no good so why bother. I only shower when I was running or lifting weights before swimming.

I sit in that heated hot thing with water spewing from the walls. That counts doesn't it?

There's two good reasons to waste perfectly good water before you swim in a public pool. :) 1.) Supposedly the skin and hair will soak up tap water (like a sponge) and in turn the chlorinated water can't be absorbed as readily. Your hair and skin will thank you. 2.) More importantly, any sweat or residue from shampoos, conditioners and deodorant will get into the pool water. When bacteria and chemicals interact with chlorine, they form chloramines. That's the byproduct that makes you cough and gag on days when the pool reeks like chlorine gas (especially indoor pools). www.waterandhealth.org/.../cleaning_air.html Many pool facilities across the country are making efforts to switch to ozone and ionization rather than chlorine.

how about all that persperation on your body, even from just doing regular things What makes you think you're not sweating while working out hard in the water?