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They exist and they are very annoying compared to regular old 50m lanes. You end up having to constantly overcompensate to one side (obviously) but also you sud
by hjk05 7y ago
They exist and they are very annoying compared to regular old 50m lanes. You end up having to constantly overcompensate to one side (obviously) but also you suddenly have to either burn in a constant bias to your technique (bad) or be constantly aware of the boundaries, which ruins the normal flow of pool swimming. They are fun for families and kids who only ever do one or a half round, but if you like swimming just stick to traditional pools.
- amelius 7y agoI once saw a documentary about a fish farm where they had tanks where fish were forced to swim in circles. Probably not the most fish friendly environment.
- delibes 7y agoHow about a pool in a rotating orbital space station? Just keep swimming forwards and slightly uphill :) Just don't lose the fake G or you could be the first person to drown in space.
- loeber 7y agoSo, clearly the solution should be a figure-eight swimming pool? Where 1/3 of the time you're going straight, 1/3 overcorrecting left, 1/3 right
- ThrustVectoring 7y agoNo, the solution is to move the water and have the swimming equivalent of a treadmill. NB: this already actually exists, only remember seeing it in a video at some point though.
- dredmorbius 7y ago"Endless Pool".
- frakkingcylons 7y agoThey have this at the main Google campus in MTV
- WalterBright 7y agoThat's true. The motivation for the swimmer is to not get sucked into the intake. I can hear the coach laughing maniacally as he turns the speed up to 11.
- rurban 7y agoIt's called a river. I do a lot if river swimming, but you need to live in a country with clean rivers. But swimming in lakes is more fun and better for your technique.
- tsbinz 7y agoYou probably saw it in person as well, it's called a river :) In Zurich there's multiple places where you can swim in the Limmat, and it takes quite some effort to stay in place - one example is https://images.app.goo.gl/qTASdR51yDTiCk299 https://images.app.goo.gl/qTASdR51yDTiCk299 (of course you could go without the installation but this allows people to use it that would be afraid of getting carried away ...)
- plumeria 7y agoIs there something like this in Berlin?
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- devons 7y agoInteresting - do you know if the negative effects of circular swimming pool affect fish hatcheries? (fish are forced to swim against current) If I had to guess, I'd say not as much b/c of the size of the fish.
- oflannabhra 7y agoMost fish farms force fish to swim through a current of running water. I think most are concrete “runs” that continuously pump water through. At least what I’ve seen in the US is that way. There are now many overseas fish farms.
- LanceH 7y agoRegular pool, open two lanes, swim laps (up one lane, down the other). It's done with two lanes, so there is enough room to pass. I've seen it done this way several places.
- hjk05 7y agoI’m confused as to what you are suggesting here? Normally you swim right side of the lane and turn going back on the “left side”, with room to pass on the inside unless the lane is filled with two many people. What does using two lanes add, except ruining your turns?
- ec109685 7y agoIf the pool was long enough, that wouldn’t be an issue. Thanks for the excellent post.