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As a kid I used to swim laps underwater with no one giving me a second look. Have things changed that much? What is it you want to do exactly? Maybe they've seen this video and want none of it :atongue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtvxw2AuaNo&feature=fvsr

I usually just wait for the life guard to go home at Hotel pools. In the South Pacific, even in the day time no one ever said anything. I had a YMCA membership locally and used empty lane in the evenings, never a issue.
Good luck.

Cheers, Don

Do you think they would enforce the rule if you had a friend with you? Furthermore if you behave as Dan's video suggests im sure the lifegaurds would be confident that you'd have eachothers backs

you going to georgia tech or university of georgia?

awesome, my step brother went there and man was it fun to visit,.. i still sing ramblin wreck from gt in the shower sometimes

tooo bad its so far from the ocean

If I were you I wouldn't tell them what you're doing, and as long as it's laps just do it. Be smart about it and don't black out. A factor that could be of importance is whether you use fins or not. Fins would draw unwanted attention and could get you thrown out. The question is whether swimming underwater using the breast stroke / frog kick style, is as beneficial training as doing it with fins. But the bigger question is whether pool training is at all beneficial for spearfishing. Personally I think not.

BTW what you posted here is not new to me, I heard it before. And what they told you about someone blacking out and dying in a pool nearby is probably BS. They probably pulled that information from the internet. It's their regular excuse.

PFI, FII etc. regularly hold courses in pools. I wonder what kind of "paperwork" they provide that means anything to pool management. Maybe proof of insurance is indeed all that's required.

I've heard a few scuba boats down here starting to require DAN insurance. That might be all that is required to satisfy the liability issue. Also, a PFI or FII cert might further convince them to grant you access if you posses either.

I agree w Dan. Don't tell them what you are doing and I'd but some cheap small fins just to maintain form.

The one thing pool training def does is keep you in the water and in swimming shape for when you are once again able to feel the ocean's sweet embrace

Totally agree with Don and Dan on this one, don´t let them know what ´re you doing in the pool. You are not freediving but swimming underneath the surface so to speak. Just find a partner to keep an eye while you are training.

As far as i know, most freedivers practice laps on pools and or static apnea. As far as i am concerned, best cross training for spearfishing is both gym workout and boxing drills holding your breath, since you are getting used to move your muscles close to an hipoxic condition, the result is better underwater performance.

Good luck!