How to train in an 8 lane, 25yd hot tub?

Hey funkyfish, I think you will be fine, take lots of water with you and you might need to worry about electrolytes. My experience training in hot water: When I was in high school, we trained at a junior college pool that was kept uncomfortably warm. I would guess the pool was usually around 85-86. It was bath water, but not quite as hot as you are experiencing now. What I did once I started training hard was freeze a liter bottle of water and when I first arrived at practice, I would dunk the bottle. After that, sitting on deck of next to a mid 80s pool kept the water melting faster than I had time to drink it and the bottle would last a little longer than practice. I trained at half a dozen pools when I was a kid, and that pool was the only pool I remember keeping water on deck for. My diet at the time was very high in sodium as my mother heavily salted everything. Just a point of reference, I probably had higher than normal electrolytes because of my diet.

They will turn down the temp when they get their first utility bill.

Ever since the heater broke down and got replaced a the pool I swim in, the temperature has been running warm to hot. Lately it's been averaging 90-91.5°. I mentioned this to the management, and for 5 days the temp dropped down to between 84-86°, which felt good to me. But now it's crept back up to 90°, and I'm guessing it'll get a little warmer tomorrow. Does anyone else out there train consistently in a 90°+ pool, and is there a temperature at which fast-paced swimming would become dangerous? If it's an issue where there's no physical danger and it's just discomfort then I can work with that, but I'm a little worried because the water feels too warm to me. Thanks. :banana: Wow! 90 degrees? According to my celsius scale, that's almost boiling! Seriously though, there would be no way I would even attempt a workout in 90 degree (F) water. I get overheated when it nears 80. If I absolutely had to... I would make sure I am plenty hydrated prior to the workout, loaded up with potassium and some sodium to help balance your hydration. That seems like more of a survival swim to me. Good luck.

short sets are ok, it's the long sets that overheat me !

Swimming in 90°F water has the similar effect as running in hot sun. Once your body starts working harder to cool itself, your already going slower for the effort. If you can tolerate it there is one benefit, it raises your metabolism for the remaining part of the day after the swim because you are still cooling off.

Well, the water was a little better yesterday, and even better today (funny how 86° can feel "better", but compared to 90°…). Talked with the person in charge of the pool temp. and he said that they're trying to get the heater to work properly. Yeah, the water walkers and talkers thought it was just great. My wife teaches adult swim classes and they had to bail because the water was too warm for a few of them. I guess we'll just wait and see. I'll quit my belly-aching and cowboy up for now :-)

We swim in a high 80s pool in the summer in Arizona, maybe even hitting 90 at some points of July. Yeah, it's hot, but you can still train in it. Just think of it as further toughening-up and how fast you'll swim when you compete in an 80 to 82 degree competition pool. Oh, and bring lots of Heed, Gatorade, etc.

90?!?! Yowza. The noodlers must be thinking they're in heaven.

The high school pool had to be 88 plus last night. I had no idea how hard it is to swim when its that hot. My lane mate was getting out in between sets to lie on the deck, hoping to cool off. It was tough. I'm thinking of bringing a bag of ice tonight.