For those lucky swimmers who live along the coast, it a no-brainer: open-water swimming. But what about those who live in big cities and want to enjoy the summer sunshine? The best choice is an outdoor swimming pool. There is nothing better than an early-morning swim with the sun shimmering across the pool or swimming when it is boiling hot in the city, right in the middle of the afternoon.
Get your bag ready and warm up those muscles, the water is waiting!
Of course, there are plenty of differences from swimming indoors. Let’s find out what the main differences are between training in outdoor swimming pools in summer and indoors in winter.
The first difference is the water temperature.
It should usually be around 26/27°C, but finding outdoor pools that are heated in summer is not easy.
Of course, the temperature also varies according to the outside weather.
The air temperature is, in fact, the second difference.
As we have seen, this has a significant effect on the water temperature. If it is too cold, it can affect your swimming and your cardio-respiratory capacity, making training much trickier. Nevertheless, low temperatures also have a number of benefits:
- they help you burn more calories because the body has to work harder due to the…
