Yet this was the practice The golden days of the ymca Boys swam naked in the ymcas, in boys clubs, and in school physical education classes from the time pools were first installed in these institutions in the late 19th century.
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A ymca policy used to require swimming in the nude
Find out how long the policy lasted and why it ended.
Remember when swimsuits weren't allowed A history of nude swimming while it might be unbelievable today, boys were once required to swim nude at ymca pools — yet some recall the experience with no shame. After i interviewed mecurio, i called my old ymca, spoke to the senior property manager, and asked why we weren’t required to swim nude back in the ‘70s After all, our y was in an old mansion built at the turn of the last century, and surely that pool had the same limitations.
1 families were allowed to come to our mide swim meets My mother and sisters, and other mothers and daughters all came to our high school swim meets where we all swam naked. According to my research males were once required to swim in the nude The american public health association mandated nude swimming from 1926 until 1962, and thousands of high schools around the country enforced the tradition
The first recreational indoor pool in america was a ymca in brooklyn new york in 1885.
If there were meets or competitions that were open to the public, males would swim in the nude to a mixed audience This was commonplace and not considered odd at the time
