About Us

Welcome to Ldesw — the practical lap pool and endless pool resource for homeowners, swimmers, and fitness enthusiasts who want to plan, install, maintain, and train in a home pool without spending years figuring it out on their own.

Installing a lap pool at home is one of the best fitness investments you can make — and one of the least documented. Most of the information out there is either too generic, too technical, or written by contractors trying to sell you something. Ldesw was built to give you honest, experience-based guidance at every stage: from the first planning question to the thousandth lap.

Who Is Marcus Lee Whitmore?

Marcus Lee Whitmore is a lap pool enthusiast, aquatic fitness writer, and the founder of Ldesw. Marcus’s journey started with a simple goal — swim at home, on his own schedule, without sharing a lane. What followed was a crash course in everything nobody tells you before you install a lap pool — the real costs, the water chemistry learning curve, the heating options that actually work, and the training routines that make the investment worthwhile.

Marcus is not a certified pool technician, licensed contractor, or Olympic swimming coach — just someone who has been through the full journey of planning, installing, maintaining, and training in a home lap pool, and genuinely loves helping others do the same with less frustration and more confidence.

Every article on this site is researched with care using trusted aquatic, fitness, and home improvement sources — so you always get guidance that is practical, accurate, and genuinely useful for lap pool owners at every stage.

What You’ll Find Here

Ldesw covers three core areas that matter most for lap pool and endless pool owners:

  • Pool Setup: lap pool buying guides, endless pool comparisons, swim spa vs lap pool guides, size and dimension guides, indoor vs outdoor installation, cost guides, heating system comparisons, and setup checklists.
  • Maintenance: weekly and seasonal maintenance guides, water chemistry basics, filter and pump guides, pool cover guides, algae prevention, winterizing guides, salt water system guides, and maintenance logs.
  • Swimming Guide: beginner lap swimming workout plans, technique guides, endless pool training programs, aquatic therapy guides, swim gear checklists, training logs, and lap pool fitness guides for seniors and non-swimmers.

How We Research Our Content

Every article on Ldesw is written from genuine hands-on experience with lap pools and endless pools, and researched using trusted aquatic fitness, home improvement, and pool maintenance sources. We do our best to keep content accurate and practical — but pool installation costs, local regulations, and equipment specifications vary significantly by region and manufacturer.

Important Disclaimer

The content published on Ldesw is for educational and informational purposes only. We are not licensed pool contractors, certified pool technicians, structural engineers, or swimming coaches. Nothing on this website should be interpreted as professional pool installation, maintenance, or aquatic fitness advice.

Always consult a licensed pool contractor and your local building authority before beginning any pool installation project. Swimming involves inherent risks — always follow proper safety guidelines.

Transparency & Advertising

Ldesw is completely free to read. To keep it that way, we partner with Google AdSense to display advertisements. This helps cover the costs of running the site and allows us to keep creating free lap pool resources for our readers.

We maintain full editorial independence. Our content is never influenced by advertisers.

Get in Touch

Have a question, a topic suggestion, or just want to talk lap pools? Marcus reads every message.

Thank you for being here — and happy swimming.

— Marcus Lee Whitmore