t know how long itâ€ll allow you to stay in the water. I do lots of open water swimming...had to do lots more than usual this summer. But in the spring I opened our home pool about 3-4 weeks earlier than I usually do. I was doing tethered swims in it, in my wetsuit, until the open water warmed up enough to get it with the wetsuit. When I first opened the pool, the water was in the high 50°sF. In addition to the wetsuit, I also was wearing neoprene gloves and neoprene socks. I was able to stay in for an hour. I did that a few times per week until the open water was available. Like 67 said above...acclimation is important. And Iâ€ll reiterate that slowly entering the water with the wetsuit on will help. Let the water inside the suit enter and warm up slowly. If youâ€re doing tethered swims...youâ€ll notice that after a few minutes of swimming itâ€s bearable. At least thatâ€s how it went for me.
Iâ€ve already closed our pool for this season...but now I wish I had kept it open longer. It appears that my usual lap pool was going to lessen restrictions. But they ended up regressing and now thereâ€s only as much swimming opportunities as there were in the summer.
Dan
t know how long itâ€ll allow you to stay in the water. I do lots of open water swimming...had to do lots more than usual this summer. But in the spring I opened our home pool about 3-4 weeks earlier than I usually do. I was doing tethered swims in it, in my wetsuit, until the open water warmed up enough to get it with the wetsuit. When I first opened the pool, the water was in the high 50°sF. In addition to the wetsuit, I also was wearing neoprene gloves and neoprene socks. I was able to stay in for an hour. I did that a few times per week until the open water was available. Like 67 said above...acclimation is important. And Iâ€ll reiterate that slowly entering the water with the wetsuit on will help. Let the water inside the suit enter and warm up slowly. If youâ€re doing tethered swims...youâ€ll notice that after a few minutes of swimming itâ€s bearable. At least thatâ€s how it went for me.
Iâ€ve already closed our pool for this season...but now I wish I had kept it open longer. It appears that my usual lap pool was going to lessen restrictions. But they ended up regressing and now thereâ€s only as much swimming opportunities as there were in the summer.
Dan
