Training in *water*

[QPO]

I have wanted a goods hydrotherapy tub for a long time...oh, the heaven of those things! I had a friend who bought a very high-end one, with gazillions of jets that hit everywhere from your neck, down your arms, back, legs, hips, calves, and feet while you lay in a lounge. It had two of these sort of facing each other so you could chat with your friend in this giant tub while getting blissed out.

Omg, doesn't that just sound like heaven for dancers?

certainly does....enything that helps the aches and pains of maturing is great!

[cornutt]

I love swimming in cold-ish water. Last summer I swam in an unheated pool in in Jersey and it was perfect, but now I'm in Florida living with fam who enjoy heating their hot-weather pool in the summer... oof.

   When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, the apartment pool was unusable in the summer.  It was like bath water.  Some people there actually had pool coolers.

[elisedance]

I love swimming in cold-ish water. Last summer I swam in an unheated pool in in Jersey and it was perfect, but now I'm in Florida living with fam who enjoy heating their hot-weather pool in the summer... oof.

   When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, the apartment pool was unusable in the summer.  It was like bath water.  Some people there actually had pool coolers.

Probably not a great business to get into here ... except as in 'pool hall'

[QPO]

I love swimming in cold-ish water. Last summer I swam in an unheated pool in in Jersey and it was perfect, but now I'm in Florida living with fam who enjoy heating their hot-weather pool in the summer... oof.

   When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, the apartment pool was unusable in the summer.  It was like bath water.  Some people there actually had pool coolers.

Probably not a great business to get into here ... except as in 'pool hall'

they could have put jets in there and turned it into a spa

[samina]

i've heard that people in arizona have pool coolers, otherwise they can't use the pools. makes sense...

[elisedance]

Our pool coolers are called 'ice rinks'

[QPO]

Our pool coolers are called 'ice rinks'

yes I know those too.

[samina]

lolz.... good luck feeling weightless on those!  

[elisedance]

lolz.... good luck feeling weightless on those!  

well, when you fall over you do feel weightless for a moment
..and then decidedly not so

[samina]

while we're on the subject... foxtrot, quickstep, waltz, samba, and rumba practice in the pool today. first standard practice in ages. who'd a thunk the pool would work? both the resistance of the water and the resistance of the side of the pool are good for a great many dance-related things.

terrell, my DP ("dear pole") at the gym has competition, i fear. lolz

[elisedance]

terrell, my DP ("dear pole") at the gym has competition, i fear. lolz

To keep DP happy, just promise him that he is your only polka partner...

[samina]

hahaha... now that's an image, me dancing polka around a pole at the gym... LOL... 

[Some guy]

I do believe the Polish dance it (although they didn't invent it).  So your Pole partner is not too far off the mark. 

From Wikipedia:
Polish word "Polka" (little girl). The name has led to the dance's origin being sometimes mistakenly attributed to Poland.

[dlgodud]

I've heard Michael Jordan used to do training in the pool.

[samina]

I do believe the Polish dance it (although they didn't invent it).  So your Pole partner is not too far off the mark. 

oh crikey... such an obvious association and it didn't even occur to me, lolz. 

From Wikipedia:
Polish word "Polka" (little girl). The name has led to the dance's origin being sometimes mistakenly attributed to Poland.

i did not know this! thank you, SG.