If your outdoor space is small, you may be wondering if you can swim laps in a 30-foot pool. While it is possible to accommodate exercising with this size, it can be less desirable from the constant turning around when swimming laps.
As the name suggests, a lap pool is designed for swimming laps, so they need to be long. Lap pools are typically about 40 feet long, but they can reach up to 75 feet. Their width ranges from six to 10 ft. Experts recommend a minimum depth of 3-1/2 feet so swimmers don't scrape their hands or feet on the bottom.
If you're swimming in an Olympic pool (50 meters long), a true mile is equal to 16.1 laps. If you're swimming in a short-course pool (25 meters long) a metric mile is equal to 32.2 laps.
Swimming laps for regular exercise, this type of pool size should be a rectangular shaped pool. We recommend a minimum of 30 feet in length to provide enough space for lap swimming and exercise. The swim lane is important, but so is the depth and other features.
16 x 32 Rectangle (most popular)
If you want to get in a good swim workout in about 30 minutes, you should be swimming at least 20 to 30 laps as a beginner, roughly 40 to 50 laps as an intermediate swimmer, and about 60 laps or more as an advanced swimmer.
The Olympics defines a lap as one length of the pool. It's worth noting, however, that Olympic pools are 50 meters in length, while most recreational lap pools are 25 yards or 25 meters.
At a public or community facility, a true lap or competition pool is 25 meters (82 feet). But shorter pools—around 40 feet in length—are also considered lap pools. The point here is that lap pools provide a clear path so you can freely swim without obstacles.
The Pool's Size and Purpose
For a lap pool, the average size is about 10 feet wide and 50 feet long, which is pretty large. However, the average size for a smaller in-ground pool can range from 10 feet by 20 feet, and a larger pool is about 20 feet by 40 feet.
Any swimming pool smaller than 12 by 14 feet will probably be too small for swimming, playing, and exercising. Some tiny pools are made specifically for relaxing and cooling off in the summer, but you won't get the traditional inground pool experience with anything smaller than 12x14 (or 400 square feet).
Doing Laps to Get in a Good Workout
For beginners, 20 to 30 laps within 30 minutes is often an achievable and effective goal. If you're at a more intermediate level, strive for 40 to 50 laps during the same time period, and shoot for 60 laps or more if you're an advanced swimmer.
Olympic size pools measure: 50 metres long, 25 metres wide, and a minimum of 2 metres deep. 660,430 gallons of water.
Swimming is an efficient way to burn calories. A 160-pound person burns approximately 423 calories an hour while swimming laps at a low or moderate pace. That same person may burn up to 715 calories an hour swimming at a more vigorous pace.
In swimming a lap is the same as a length. By definition, a lap means a complete trip around a race track, in swimming, the pool is the race track. Therefore if you swim from one end to the other, you've completed the track and thus you've completed one lap or one length.
A lap of the pool (just like a lap of the track) returns you to your starting point (ie down and back). A length of a pool is just one way. Also, an Olympic sized pool is 50m in length, while most pools used for high school, college, etc. competition is 25 meters in length.
In each lane just before the turn wall are what appear to be computer monitors at the bottom of the pool. They are low-power electronic monitors that display how many laps a swimmer has remaining in a given race.
In Olympic size pools (50 meters), one mile is around 30 lengths, or 15 laps.
Just 30 minutes of swimming three times a week alongside a balanced, healthy diet and lifestyle is one of the best ways to stay fit and healthy and maintain a positive mental outlook.
Cost of Rectangular Pools
Rectangular pools are much simpler than curved pools, because of their straightforward angles. If homeowners wanted to build a concrete pool themselves as an extensive DIY project, a rectangular pool would be the most likely option because of its simplicity.
National and Local Requirements. There is a national standard that requires that all swimming pools must be at least 10 feet away from the house walls. As mentioned, this will protect electrical wiring from leaks, floods, and splashes.
In the United States, pools intended for training or competition are typically measured in either yards or meters. A standard competition-sized pool is 25 yards long and is known as a short course yards pool in competitive parlance.