Max number of swimmers in a 25 meter lane

ew. just go at 9:15

 usually in 25 there's about 3 max comfortably.  My YMCA has a 50m pool. I thought all Y's did.

At my gym, the max allowed in the swim lanes is 3 to a lane, and 5 for the walkers lane.

5 in a lane??  No way would I even try it.

CourtneyM - 2008-09-10 12:48 PM

MinnesotaBrian - 2008-09-10 12:45 PM In high school, we typically had 6-8 in a 25 yard lane, but we were all grouped based on speed. At the Y, I'm pretty bummed if there's more than 2, cuz I know I'm going to have to work around most of the people there.

Same here- 6-8 used to be the norm.  But now, it could be pretty frustrating if you were doing a fast set and the other person/people were doing longer slow sets. 

LOL...funny you should say that.  I'm doing a 300/1000/200 setup tonight, and I had a similar swim last week.  I typically swim in the fast lane and keep ahead to keeping up with anyone else.  Last week this dude showed up that just crushed all of us.  He was frustrated enough to push off the wall and swim UNDER us (even on shallow end...that was impressive) to get in front of us.  I just kept on thinking "yeah, he's fast, but he hasn't swam a k yet."    With slow/medium/fast swimmers all bunched into two lanes, I'm fairly certain it's going to to be a fluster cuck tonight.

MinnesotaBrian - 2008-09-10 12:45 PM In high school, we typically had 6-8 in a 25 yard lane, but we were all grouped based on speed. At the Y, I'm pretty bummed if there's more than 2, cuz I know I'm going to have to work around most of the people there.

My experience echoes MB's.  No problem at all with 6+ in a lane for an organized practice/training where everyone is matched up with similar abilities, circle swim, and doing identical sets.

At the LA Fitness where I swim, I hate having more than 2 people in a lane (counting myself) because the different abilities and sets pretty much force you to split the lane instead of circle swim. 

Um.... the shore? Just saying.

I work in Franklin Lakes...that's about a 90-120 minute drive from the shore, then another hour home.  Hence the "ready access"    If I was single?  Maybe once in a while.  Married with three kids 6 and younger?  Not a chance.  I'm lucky I get to the pool...ever. 

Just practice your drafting.

I wish... mine has a 20 yarder. It's better than nothing, I guess.  I swim in the mornings to avoid the crowds, but there are only 2 lanes open. I sometimes have to share a lane with one other person. 

What drives me crazy is that they only have those two lanes, but meanwhile they have what I call "floaters" taking up the rest of the pool.  They're not slow swimmers, aquajoggers, or even people doing some sort of aquatic workout.  They literally...just...float.  These tend to be obese people (keep in mind, I'm extremely overweight, so this isn't "weightism" who barely even have to tread water.  They're buoyant enough to just bob along on the water.  I've never understood why someone would get up at 5 AM and go to a pool to do about the same level activity as when they were lying in bed.  And no--they don't do this before or after a workout.  They float, shower, and then leave. 

*shrug* 

As others have said, I have been in masters lanes with 6-8 swimmers. That having been said, they were all on the same workout, and of close to the same speed and ability.

In open swim lap lanes 2 or 3 is about the limit. With no organization and common workout in place, and very different levels of swimming in the same lane, its all but impossible to maintain a reasonable circle pattern.

Good luck finding an alternative solution. Be sure to talk with the pools aquatic director about your issue. Some pools post signs designating circle pattern, and breaking the lanes into advanced, average and beginner lanes.

Again, Good Luck.

One LOL....

Here in Calgary, Alberta, all of the Y's that I've been to are 25m.  They do divide the lanes into slow, medium, and fast; and there are usually 2 slow lanes.  However, there are different kinds of slow, medium, and fast, as we all know!  Yesterday I was in the slow lane with 3 other people and I felt like I was in a race.  It was crazy.  Everyone is back from summer vacation.  So for me 4 is too many in a lane.

I hate floaters too. It's horrible.

I guess I must be lucky with pool.