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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I...You can basically forget your training if there are too many people...
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:
Could you persuade them to rope off just one lane? I swam at a pool in Munich that had just the one lane, the rest of the pool was the confusing free-for-all that you describe. I ended up being the only one in the lane, as I wasn't running fast enough between the front door and the locker room when the pool opened. (Who knew that elderly Germans were so quick on their feet?)
Public pools here in Calgary are often divided into thirds and labeled fast, medium, slow. Two streams of swimmers go up the sides of each section and then both streams converge and swim down the middle going back.
I...You can basically forget your training if there are too many people...
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:
Could you persuade them to rope off just one lane? I swam at a pool in Munich that had just the one lane, the rest of the pool was the confusing free-for-all that you describe. I ended up being the only one in the lane, as I wasn't running fast enough between the front door and the locker room when the pool opened. (Who knew that elderly Germans were so quick on their feet?)
Public pools here in Calgary are often divided into thirds and labeled fast, medium, slow. Two streams of swimmers go up the sides of each section and then both streams converge and swim down the middle going back.
