In Great Britain most pools have three lanes: fast lane(for free style), medium lane and slow lane.
Here in Germany pools aren't divided at all. People just swim anyway and anywhere they want to which makes it impossible to do proper work outs.
I had to join a private gym with a pool in order to do my work outs because public pools are a drag in Germany.
How are most public pools in the US? Do they all have a fast, medium and slow lane or does it depend?
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Funny you asked, several months back I went to a awsome LCM pool in Keiserstautern, Germany. It was a real challenge swimming laps because swimmers would randomly fall off the wall to breaststroke to the other side and wait. No ropes. But for the number of simmers in the pool and the lack of chaos I was very surprised, must be autobahn training. That number of people in a pool in the states would be nut's.
It's a different story if you train 5 days a week and there are no ropes. You can basically forget your training if there are too many people. I always pick the side of the pool if I can but I always have to be aware that no one heads my way from the other side of the pool.
The explanation I get for the lack of ropes is that most people aren't competitive swimmers and they can't put up ropes just for the few people who swim laps.:confused:
Funny you asked, several months back I went to a awsome LCM pool in Keiserstautern, Germany. It was a real challenge swimming laps because swimmers would randomly fall off the wall to breaststroke to the other side and wait. No ropes. But for the number of simmers in the pool and the lack of chaos I was very surprised, must be autobahn training. That number of people in a pool in the states would be nut's.
It's a different story if you train 5 days a week and there are no ropes. You can basically forget your training if there are too many people. I always pick the side of the pool if I can but I always have to be aware that no one heads my way from the other side of the pool.
The explanation I get for the lack of ropes is that most people aren't competitive swimmers and they can't put up ropes just for the few people who swim laps.:confused:
