What kind of swimmer are you

The Two Types of Swim Spas – What kind of swimmer are you?

The feeling of gliding through water is unlike any other experience. Whether you’re looking for a quick cool off on a hot summer day, appreciate a vigorous and competitive workout, or enjoy a slow and simple paddle, Hydropool has perfect swim spas for all levels.

We offer three different swim current series that offer the features you’re looking for: the Aquasport, Aquatrainer and Executive series. The Aquasport series gives you a versatile and challenging swim current that is fun for the whole family, while the Aquatrainer series provides a smoother, more powerful current and electronic controls and displays for your convenience. Executive series provides the most powerful and controllable experience with virtually no turbulence.

Learn What Kind of Swimmer You Are

If you're wondering which type of swim spa is best for you, our questionnaire below is designed to help you determine what you value in a perfect swim to help you choose the right spa for you. Print off the questions and circle the answers that apply to you. Once you've answered the questions, use our points system to interpret your results and help you understand which of our five swimmer personality types is yours. Finally, learn about which swim spa option best matches your personality type and values.

Questionnaire

1) What's your pre-swim routine?
A) Grab anything chocolate and eat it in the car heading to the pool
B) Sleep
C) Drink a protein shake while updating Facebook
D) Pack your swim bag with the latest gear
E) Read up on diet and monitor your lactate levels

2) What do you typically wear?
A) University team gear
B) Neoprene all the way
C) Swimsuits from the cheap bin
D) Solid-colored swimsuits
E) The latest, most colorful and trendiest swimsuits out there

3) Who do you swim with?
A) Whoever shows up
B) Same swimming buddy or lane mate
C) Solo
D) Seriously minded masters swim team
E) Hard-core competitive swim team

4) Where do you swim?
A) Anywhere as long as I get the yards in
B) Community pool
C) Oceans or lakes
D) A Hydropool Swim Spa

5) What happens if you miss a workout?
A) No sweat. Have 4-5 excuses to use at a moment's notice.
B) Can deal with it; figure it wasn't meant to be.
C) May try to squeeze in an extra workout or extra yards on the weekend to make up.
D) Messed up. Need the workout to feel normal, and life will be unbearable until you fill this need.
E) Panicked, but have a contingency plan: do an alternate lunchtime/nighttime workout or use the emergency swimsuit at work.

6) When have you had Swimmer’s Ear or Swimmer’s Shoulder?
A) Huh, what? !?
B) Not now and not likely in the future.
C) A guy on my team had it once.
D) Occasionally when I go overboard.
E) When have I not had one or the other?

7) What do you eat or drink after a swim?
A) Whatever is closest (in my bag or in the car).
B) Anything chocolate.
C) A huge meal.
D) Recovery drink or energy bar.
E) Organic green smoothie with alfalfa sprouts and supplements.

8) What kind of open water conditions do you feel comfortable in?
A) Pools with double lane lines and no splashing.
B) A tranquil lake on a calm morning.
C) Turbulence is part of the game.
D) Whitecaps and currents are cool.
E) Crashing surf and huge ocean swells.

9) What kind of water temperatures can you handle?
A) A swim spa is the best, 32°C.
B) Anything above 20°C is enjoyable.
C) It’s borderline at 16°C.
D) Sub-50°F (10°C) is refreshing.
E) Extreme ice swimming 5°C.

10) How many meters do you swim per workout?
A) Don't count and don't care
B) I go by time
C) 1,000 – 3,000 meters
D) 3,000 – 5,000 meters
E) At least 5,000 two times per day, long course meters

Give yourself the following points for each of the questions above.
• A = 1 point
• B = 2 points
• C = 3 points
• D = 4 points
• E = 5 points

Add up your total points and see what type of swimmer you are below.

Swimmer Types
5 to 10 points: Fitness Athlete
11 to 15 points: Seasonal Swimmer
16 to 25 points: Lifer
36 to 45 points: Hard-core Competitive Swimmer
46 to 50 points: Marine Mammal

Below is a brief overview of each swimmer profile. Take the time to confirm your type to ensure that you select the right type of swim spa for your lifestyle.

Fitness Athlete
You may be a working parent or busy person trying to stay fit and have a healthy lifestyle, but staying in shape takes time and commitment that you don't always have. With a family and a full-time job, you may feel like you have little down time because you're in high demand with your boss, kids, and spouse. Swimming helps you shake off stress and mellow out, or you use the pool to talk to people who will listen, whom you find attractive, or who can tell and appreciate a great story.

Hydropool Swimspa Choice: Aquasport or Aquaplay Swim Spa

Seasonal Swimmer
You strive to eat a good diet and get the exercise you need to lead a healthy life. Although you didn't swim competitively as a kid, you've always enjoyed the buoyancy of open water or the opportunity to swim back and forth in aquatic meditation outdoors. You enjoy swimming with friends, but you'll swim by yourself when it's necessary. Sometimes you lay out under the warm sun instead of putting in your swim workout.

Hydropool Swimspa Choice: Aquasport Swim Spa
Lifer
You've enjoyed swimming all your life. You eat right, enjoy the rivalry between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, and can appreciate the differences between the English and Catalina Channels. You dream of swimming under perfect conditions and regularly put in killer sets (100 x 100) to test yourself. You stretch and do core work on weekends and at the office and have goggles and a swimsuit with you at all times, just in case.

Hydropool Swimspa Choice: Aquatrainer or Executive Swim Spa

Hardcore Competitive Swimmer
You live and breathe swimming. You don't care where you swim as long as you get in a long warm-up before a hard main set. You never travel without your fins, snorkel, and paddles. You're always looking for the next swim meet or open water swim, checking your competitors on Facebook, and tweeting your workouts. You know which taper works for you and your optimal tempo for a 100 or a mile. Doubles are a joy you wouldn't pass up.

Hydropool Swimspa Choice: Ececutive Swim Spa

Marine Mammal
You're always prepared to swim under any circumstances. Your trunk includes a mini digital clock just in case the pool’s pace clock goes down. Your swim buddy is #1 on your speed dial, followed by your coach. You can recite the split times of every race from the last Olympics and the English Channel tide charts. Your friends have chlorine-damaged hair and monitor your mileage online. Doubles are a given and you have kickboards that are older than your dog.

Hydropool Swimspa Choice: Ececutive Swim Spa

We hope this questionnaire helped you to identify the type of swimmer you are and the type of swim spa that will best support your training, fitness, and entertainment goals.