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03-11-2015 12:50 PM |
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Originally Posted by tophcfa
(Post 1026711)
There are so many pools, the regional ones in each village to name many, that water walkers can use. Lap swimmers need a deep 25 yard pool and many of us with joint replacements rely on lap swimming as our non weight bearing cardio exercise. Since there are far fewer sports pools in the villages than other "walker friendly" pools, it seems only fair to have the sports pools have lots of dedicated lap swimming time with the lanes in the pools.
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There have been many long and contentious threads about exercising in the neighborhood pools and I don't want to hijack this thread into a repeat discussion about that. But just to clarify in case you aren't aware...there are three types of swimming pool facilities in TV: adult neighborhood pools, family pools and the sports pools.
They are all designated for specific purposes. The only type of pools that are designated for exercising are the sports pools, and that includes water walking. Water walking is specifically stated as one of the possible types of exercise to be conducted during open exercise and combo swim time blocks, but it is not the only type of (non-swimming) exercise that takes place during those times.
I'm not sure what you are envisioning when you think of "water-walkers", but the type of walking that I and many others do is a fast-paced, long-stride, low-impact, lap-based cardio exercise. And there are others who are disabled or recovering from medical events where their only exercise option is to water walk and they don't need to be dodging around people who are standing or floating in the neighborhood pools.
I can't (or shouldn't) disrupt the the relaxing, floating and socializing aspect of the neighborhood pools by exercising in them anymore than I can disrupt the lap swimmers by relaxing and socializing in the sports pool. Everyone has different needs and wants when it comes to their time in the sports pools. And everyone can pretty much have what they want or need if they are willing to be flexible about their time and location of the sports pool.
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