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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The health club where I sometimes swim has relatively narrow lanes and there is no lifeguard nor posted policy other than that during the Aqua Noodle class no other pool use is allowed. The pool isn't heavily used and most who attempt some form of lap swimming are very slow, stop a lot, and will not/cannot share a lane. There are also some pool users (kids, usually) who don't understand why the pool is divided into lanes so they get in the way while horsing around.
Another health club pool dealt with the issue by posting signs "15 Minutes Only" for each lane. So you could have the lane to yourself; but if somebody else wanted to get in and your 15 minutes were up, you had to quit. Usually if I spotted a competant swimmer who wanted to work out, I would ask to split a lane with them. So he got an extra 15 minutes and I didn't have to wait to get in. I ditched that membership as soon as a better situation arose.
The health club where I sometimes swim has relatively narrow lanes and there is no lifeguard nor posted policy other than that during the Aqua Noodle class no other pool use is allowed. The pool isn't heavily used and most who attempt some form of lap swimming are very slow, stop a lot, and will not/cannot share a lane. There are also some pool users (kids, usually) who don't understand why the pool is divided into lanes so they get in the way while horsing around.
Another health club pool dealt with the issue by posting signs "15 Minutes Only" for each lane. So you could have the lane to yourself; but if somebody else wanted to get in and your 15 minutes were up, you had to quit. Usually if I spotted a competant swimmer who wanted to work out, I would ask to split a lane with them. So he got an extra 15 minutes and I didn't have to wait to get in. I ditched that membership as soon as a better situation arose.
