Singapore Swimming Complex/Pool

[davlim76]

On 9/18/2023 at 5:27 PM, GUMMYMANSG said:

Takes about 2h+. I don't swim competitively. It's more like between leisure and competitive. 

 

It's true that swimming helps define the shape. Can definitely be improved but I could see the small difference in terms of shoulder to waist ratio. Haha. 

2 hours of swimming, I assume non- stop, is really something! The max I've ever done is 40+ laps (ie 20+ in your definition) and that took me like 1 hr 10 mins. Yes it helps by slowing increasing. I used to do only 20 laps then increased it to 24 then 30. 

[bluerunner]

1 hour ago, davlim76 said:

2 hours of swimming, I assume non- stop, is really something! The max I've ever done is 40+ laps (ie 20+ in your definition) and that took me like 1 hr 10 mins. Yes it helps by slowing increasing. I used to do only 20 laps then increased it to 24 then 30. 

Strong swimmer. 

[Thatwasawes]

2 hours ago, davlim76 said:

2 hours of swimming, I assume non- stop, is really something! The max I've ever done is 40+ laps (ie 20+ in your definition) and that took me like 1 hr 10 mins. Yes it helps by slowing increasing. I used to do only 20 laps then increased it to 24 then 30. 

 

wow, what stroke do you do? i have recently tried 30 laps (50m) in breast stroke in 1 hour. 

[Wanker007]

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Edited September 22, 2023 by Wanker007

[bluerunner]

51 minutes ago, Thatwasawes said:

 

wow, what stroke do you do? i have recently tried 30 laps (50m) in breast stroke in 1 hour. 

Your timing is more ‘normal’ hahaha. 
Your timing is closer to normal laymen. 

[davlim76]

6 hours ago, Thatwasawes said:

 

wow, what stroke do you do? i have recently tried 30 laps (50m) in breast stroke in 1 hour. 

Freestyle. Already very slow I see others overtaking me.

[davlim76]

6 hours ago, Thatwasawes said:

 

wow, what stroke do you do? i have recently tried 30 laps (50m) in breast stroke in 1 hour. 

Freestyle. Already very slow I see others overtaking me.

[GUMMYMANSG]

17 hours ago, davlim76 said:

2 hours of swimming, I assume non- stop, is really something! The max I've ever done is 40+ laps (ie 20+ in your definition) and that took me like 1 hr 10 mins. Yes it helps by slowing increasing. I used to do only 20 laps then increased it to 24 then 30. 

That's good. Slowly increase is great! And yes. Non stop except for 1-2min break every 20 laps. 

[GUMMYMANSG]

On 9/20/2023 at 2:11 PM, shyc said:

Our Olympic size pool, 1 lap is indeed one length. I too used about slightly over half hour for leisure ‘breast-stroking’ 😝. Ever ‘tried’ to reach 60 laps after bumping into an external vendor at the pool who does 60 laps fast freestyle. Didn’t managed and the closest I got was 40 laps after months of trying many many years ago. So @GUMMYMANSG 80 laps is remarkably amazing. 👏 💪  

Haha! Thanks! I think it's all about getting used to. Now that I'm used to it oredy, I'm thinking of increasing either my intensity or laps. I do like my pace between leisure and competitive though. I don't feel like going full out competitive as I'm not an Olympian and I'm lazy. 🤣🤣🤣

[bluerunner]

10 hours ago, davlim76 said:

Freestyle. Already very slow I see others overtaking me.

Don’t compare la. There is always a faster swimmer out there. As long as you can do what you like, that’s enough. 
If you want to take a step further like swimming faster, then do some training(self-train or engage professional) lo. 
I am also a slow swimmer. Tai-tai swimming breaststroke w head above water also can overtake me, sometimes. lol. 

[Thatwasawes]

13 hours ago, davlim76 said:

Freestyle. Already very slow I see others overtaking me.

Freestyle 40+ within 1+hr is already amazing to me haha. Keep it up!

[Shio]

Anyone gg swim yck now?

[Joseph Tan]

5 hours ago, Shio said:

Anyone gg swim yck now?

Well, if after work, I confirm will go and stalk u. Too early!

[pool user]

Anyone going ocbc aquatic centre this weekend? Plan to go for a swim saturaday night, went a couple of times, competition pool pretty cruisy and quite alot of people like me 20-30s walking around completely nude, very surprised not talked about more here 

[egal]

the water is too cold there and pool is too deep at the competition pool of ocbc, lol

[pool user]

9 minutes ago, egal said:

the water is too cold there and pool is too deep at the competition pool of ocbc, lol

Personally I like the cold water in our weather haha. Also did not consider the depth of the pool as I can swim okay, but understand your point

[boyzbe81]

Wah~ All can swim so long.

Today I did 20 lengths and leg starting to cramp already.

 

🙇🏻‍♂️ to you all

[bluerunner]

20 hours ago, pool user said:

Anyone going ocbc aquatic centre this weekend? Plan to go for a swim saturaday night, went a couple of times, competition pool pretty cruisy and quite alot of people like me 20-30s walking around completely nude, very surprised not talked about more here 

What time will that be?

[Ethnic Kilt]

Anyone going to Delta later around 130 pm?

[MBTM41]

Will be going for a swim + tan at Safra TPY later

[pool user]

16 hours ago, bluerunner said:

What time will that be?

m going 730!

[bluerunner]

2 hours ago, pool user said:

m going 730!

You are lucky to see so many. When I went there, most of the time, the majority wore their underwear inside the cube after shower. Only a handful changed openly at locker area. Walking around naked was even rare. 

[Joseph Tan]

Cloudy day, no swimming today!

[bluerunner]

Cloudy day with pocket of hot sunny at 1:30pm.

So hot even the water in the pool is warm. Rather uncomfortable.

Luckily, the cloud soon moves in and the heat wave in the water subsided.

Quite Saturday at the pool. That's a blessing.

[Shio]

YCK swim now anyone?

[garuda]

Anyone seeking swimming buddy?

[Joseph Tan]

On 10/2/2023 at 3:05 PM, Shio said:

YCK swim now anyone?

YCK this evening?

[egal]

who is swimming where today

[Guest poxster]

went to YCK swimming complex today and was appalled at the state of the pool, especially the changing facilities. it's so rundown and in such a state of disrepair - rusty pipes, missing doors, filthy stains everywhere... are all public pools in such bad state?

[MikeC]

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Edited October 28, 2023 by MikeC

[Joseph Tan]

Keep forgetting that yck is not open on Thursday.

[egal]

was the pool empty

[swimboisg]

Great sun to swim and tan at Katong pool. Quite a few eye candies in skimpy trunks 🫠

[MikeC]

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Edited October 28, 2023 by MikeC

[swimboisg]

25 minutes ago, MikeC said:

Not crowded with families and kids?

 

Showers halved in size after renov but number of users doubled with gym goers sharing same shower ☹️

somehow lost the ‘laid back’ feel of the past

not many kids and families in the weekend afternoon. Usually only after 5pm. 
 

yup showers aren’t as open and cruisy as before. But still good

[bluerunner]

59 minutes ago, MikeC said:

Not crowded with families and kids?

 

Showers halved in size after renov but number of users doubled with gym goers sharing same shower ☹️

somehow lost the ‘laid back’ feel of the past

The most irritating part is the gym users coming in and out, to wash hands only, to pose for photo, and sit down there chit chat. 
By 2:00pm, kids swim class is starting on weekends. So by 1:30pm, over-zealous parents will start streaming in w their kid in tow. 

[MikeC]

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Edited October 28, 2023 by MikeC

[shyc]

Annoying how they cut most swimming pool shower areas to curb the ‘cruise-activitites’ but end up leaving the real users in limbo. The shower area at the revamp Delta is perpetually dirty. Barely half year since opening, the wire rack holders have dropped and missing in at least one cubicle. Water pressure is inconsistent and on at least one occasion found the shower running and realise the push-button tap had malfunction.
 

Don’t think they have permanent male cleaners and only have 2 Muslim lady cleaners who i occasion see venturing into the little storage room just at the doorway of the male shower area. Even thou the shower area is out of view but anyone walking naked to the urinal area could have been seen openly at that position. Don’t understand why they have a cleaners storage just within a male toilet. 
 

The gym shower area above are much bigger and I recently took a look and was in total shock the under utilised badminton hall toilet area is super big. Understand it is cater for the halls as well as the other courts and stadium user but I think most time it it not use if no event is going on.

[egal]

badly designed new pool facilities

[bluerunner]

4 hours ago, shyc said:

Annoying how they cut most swimming pool shower areas to curb the ‘cruise-activitites’ but end up leaving the real users in limbo. The shower area at the revamp Delta is perpetually dirty. Barely half year since opening, the wire rack holders have dropped and missing in at least one cubicle. Water pressure is inconsistent and on at least one occasion found the shower running and realise the push-button tap had malfunction.
 

Don’t think they have permanent male cleaners and only have 2 Muslim lady cleaners who i occasion see venturing into the little storage room just at the doorway of the male shower area. Even thou the shower area is out of view but anyone walking naked to the urinal area could have been seen openly at that position. Don’t understand why they have a cleaners storage just within a male toilet. 
 

The gym shower area above are much bigger and I recently took a look and was in total shock the under utilised badminton hall toilet area is super big. Understand it is cater for the halls as well as the other courts and stadium user but I think most time it it not use if no event is going on.

Yes…I also find the pool’s shower room at Delta is dirty. I visited the pool 1 week after its official opening. The new locker interior was dirty. The shower room floor was dirty. The bench in the changing room looked dirty. Took a closer room, then bench looked dirty because of the water on it. Somehow the material/colour of the bench gives a dirty look when it’s wet. 

[aftereightme]

3 hours ago, bluerunner said:

Yes…I also find the pool’s shower room at Delta is dirty. I visited the pool 1 week after its official opening. The new locker interior was dirty. The shower room floor was dirty. The bench in the changing room looked dirty. Took a closer room, then bench looked dirty because of the water on it. Somehow the material/colour of the bench gives a dirty look when it’s wet. 

oh, what a DIRTY SWIMMING POOL

[shyc]

20 hours ago, bluerunner said:

The new locker interior was dirty. The shower room floor was dirty. The bench in the changing room looked dirty. Took a closer room, then bench looked dirty because of the water on it. Somehow the material/colour of the bench gives a dirty look when it’s wet. 

Wished it was just look that's dirty but indeed it is filthy. Not just design fault but very much users issues too. Suspect only have 2 Makciks female cleaners station at the pool permanently while male cleaners are ad hoc. Seen them only when they reopened but hardly seen the male cleaners these days. Maybe they been relocate to the gym? Users leave their mask, empty toiletries bottles, wrappers etc lying around. Some will always use lots of toilet rolls to wipe their feet and leave the used toilet papers on the bench. also common to see them hang their dripping wet trunks on the hooks above the dry benches. Since bench are now so small, once the water start dripping it splashed to more than half the bench not usable. The wall on the competitive pool also constantly carry black oil marks where the water level hits. Wondering if it is common sights in other pools now?

Well, i do find it much easier to do laps now that many stay in the sheltered pool instead.

 

[bluerunner]

@shycHaving a female cleaners to clean male changing room/toilet is really a lousy decision. Having said that, cleaning company could be facing challenges trying to hire male cleaners. Really a catch-22 situation. 😅

I am surprised that there are more people choosing the smaller pool that’s sheltered. At other swimming complex, pool users just want to go to deep pool even though they are not swimming or could not even finish the entire length. 

Edited October 17, 2023 by bluerunner
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[Guest poxster]

write in to complain! i did that for YCK swimming complex. i think it's very shameful that we can't keep our public pools clean... so much for first world nation. i blame both users and operators.

[shyc]

@bluerunner there were 2 young male FT cleaners initially but don’t see them any more. Haven’t seen the 2 ladies clean the male toilet with my own eyes so not really sure who does the cleaning now but it is obviously not frequent like initially when the 2 male FT cleaners were around. Must give credit to one of them, (quite cute imho 🤭) whom I personally had approached to borrow tongs to remove the trashes in the only one available cubicle that day. He even took the trouble to come with a trash bag. Thereafter also seen him on few occasion when I arrived cleaning out trashes from cubicles. 

 

I think the shelter from the blazing hot sun these days is great for those who not doing laps. Plus it’s only 50m, makes it also easier for them to just laze around rather than the deeper competitive pool.

 

@poxster think most likely will get standard politically corrected reply from them. I wrote sometime back asking about their free ActiveSG wifi. And their reply was ‘Thx, WIP’. What I don’t understand is why WIP? When users had to log in to app right at the entrance and for usage of lockers. FYI been half year since it reopened. ActiveSG wifi still not enabled. As a frequent user and having personally encountered the frustration felt by the more senior users, I had wanted to feedback more but the kind of rely I get definitely doesn’t motive me to do so. Had initially been helping to explained to user how to use the digital lockers and many seniors find it to complicate to carry on. Lamenting that the multiple steps, they will just no longer use lockers. Initially the locker doesn’t allow other mode of payment except using ActiveSG app. The app itself have 2 mode, Cash credit and ActiveSG credit. Lockers only uses Cash credit which most senior doesn’t have in their app. Now with PayNow option available it still hassle for many of them who don’t use such services.
 

Thanks much for their enabling and inclusive ways. It like tell us either keep up with times or too bad. 

[Guest poxster]

59 minutes ago, shyc said:

@poxster think most likely will get standard politically corrected reply from them. I wrote sometime back asking about their free ActiveSG wifi. And their reply was ‘Thx, WIP’. What I don’t understand is why WIP? When users had to log in to app right at the entrance and for usage of lockers. FYI been half year since it reopened. ActiveSG wifi still not enabled. As a frequent user and having personally encountered the frustration felt by the more senior users, I had wanted to feedback more but the kind of rely I get definitely doesn’t motive me to do so. Had initially been helping to explained to user how to use the digital lockers and many seniors find it to complicate to carry on. Lamenting that the multiple steps, they will just no longer use lockers. Initially the locker doesn’t allow other mode of payment except using ActiveSG app. The app itself have 2 mode, Cash credit and ActiveSG credit. Lockers only uses Cash credit which most senior doesn’t have in their app. Now with PayNow option available it still hassle for many of them who don’t use such services.
 

Thanks much for their enabling and inclusive ways. It like tell us either keep up with times or too bad. 

yeah i got a reply from them to say they will look into refurbishing the changing rooms. for me, it's not about whether we will see it happen now (tbh, i totally understand that such projects would probably take time), but it's about putting our concerns on record and also putting pressure on them - the more people write in, the more they can't ignore it. at least, i have faith in this method.

 

and don't get me started on this move to digital solutions - i think it's part of the bigger problem across the board, with the older non-tech savvy folks being left behind in a lot of public activities. don't understand why they need to eliminate entirely non-digital points of entry when clearly they are not able to reach these older folks (or even people who can't afford all these digital implements). talk about being heavy-handed and out of touch...

[bluerunner]

@shyc: Writing in to feedback on ActiveSG does not bring any improvement most of the time. The person who reply to the feedback cut and past from some templates, which is not addressing the issue 99% of the time. Only like to receive compliments but not constructive feedback. 
 

The ‘new’ digital locker is utmost lousy, user unfriendly to the max, costly, and lousy design. I have stopped using them for a long time. Just bring the essentials to the pool. 
 

 

[egal]

that would mean leaving your phone and wallets to potential theft.

 

oh well.

 

not like they will change anything soon.

 

go digitallll woohoo

[eminent82]

 

1 hour ago, bluerunner said:

@shyc: Writing in to feedback on ActiveSG does not bring any improvement most of the time. The person who reply to the feedback cut and past from some templates, which is not addressing the issue 99% of the time. Only like to receive compliments but not constructive feedback. 
 

The ‘new’ digital locker is utmost lousy, user unfriendly to the max, costly, and lousy design. I have stopped using them for a long time. Just bring the essentials to the pool. 
 

 

imagine some data centre server crash like sat incident & the lockers cannot be opened. then people will be stuck in their wet trunks, hope they have proper contingency plan. but i will avoid using these type of lockers as much as possible

[bluerunner]

1 hour ago, eminent82 said:

 

imagine some data centre server crash like sat incident & the lockers cannot be opened. then people will be stuck in their wet trunks, hope they have proper contingency plan. but i will avoid using these type of lockers as much as possible

The person in the office has a key that can open up ALL the lockers.  Fret not. Hahah