I have been compeitively swimming for about 15 years (swam in elementary school, high school, college, still do it) and if you're talking about what constitutes a warm pool vs. a cold pool, I think you are off on the temperatures. I swam distance all through high school and college (which is the most like his across the atlantic thing) and you want the temperature right around 78-80 farhenheit(about 26 celsius). Anything lower and you can't keep your body temperature regulated (which is something you learn in the first couple of practices outside in the summer).
78-80 sounds high, but for some reason being in water saps the heat out of you much more quickly than air will. I used to know the reason, but I honestly forgot it sometime back in high school. Probably something to do with density and such.
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I have been compeitively swimming for about 15 years (swam in elementary school, high school, college, still do it) and if you're talking about what constitutes a warm pool vs. a cold pool, I think you are off on the temperatures. I swam distance all through high school and college (which is the most like his across the atlantic thing) and you want the temperature right around 78-80 farhenheit(about 26 celsius). Anything lower and you can't keep your body temperature regulated (which is something you learn in the first couple of practices outside in the summer). 78-80 sounds high, but for some reason being in water saps the heat out of you much more quickly than air will. I used to know the reason, but I honestly forgot it sometime back in high school. Probably something to do with density and such.