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.
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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.
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.
