How do you pass the lifeguard brick test?

You have 1 minute and 40 seconds to complete the following:

1. Swim 20 yards (without goggles) and locate the brick submerged 7-10 feet deep in the pool.
2. Surface dive (from the water) either feet or head first and retrieve the brick.
3. Swim with the brick back to your starting location holding it throughout the swim.

How do you tread water with a brick?

When you add a brick to your exercise, keep the brick on the edge of the pool and start treading water. Once you are comfortable, pick up the brick and hold it at chest level underwater and continue to tread water with your legs. If this is easy, lift the brick out of the water to eye level for 30 to 60-second sets.

Is a 300 yard swim hard?

Swimming 300 yards is a daunting task for many, and it will be less taxing and more physically beneficial if you choose the proper stoke. No particular stroke will be the easiest for everyone, but in general, freestyle will be the easiest way to accomplish a 300-yard swim.

What is treading water good for?

Treading water is a simple workout ideal for all skill levels and requires no equipment except a body of water. This low impact workout is easy on the joints and is beneficial to your heart, lungs, abs, muscles, and circulation.

Can you wear goggles during lifeguard training?

You will not be allowed to wear goggles for any skills training or final testing during the lifeguard course. The Red Cross warns: Goggles “are not made for underwater swimming. There is no way to equalize the pressure inside the goggles with the increasing pressure outside the body.

What’s the meaning of treading water?

Expend effort that maintains one’s status but does not make much progress toward a goal, as in He was just treading water from paycheck to paycheck. This idiom alludes to the term’s literal meaning, that is, “keep one’s head above water by remaining upright and pumping the legs.”

What is the lifeguard brick test?

The Lifeguard Brick Test: In addition to your classroom training, which covers everything from CPR to respecting your patrons, a lifeguard training course may have a required prerequisite test. During this test, you will be required to continuously swim 300 yards, either front crawl or breast stroke.

What does 10 pounds mean on a lifeguard test?

(The ten pound weight used is often a brick shape, but with rounded or smoothed edges. Ten pounds is the standard weight for lifeguard tests since people weigh about ten percent of what they do on land when in the water, so the ten pounds would represent about a 100 pound person.

Is there a swim test for lifeguards?

There are two timed prerequisite swim tests, one for potential lifeguards/waterpark/waterfront lifeguards and a different one for shallow water attendants. I will not be teaching a separate Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding course, since that material is now integrated into the Lifeguarding course, so I am not including those tests here.

What are the requirements for shallow water lifeguard training?

(most recently updated in 2017) Shallow water lifeguard prerequisite swim tests are: 1. Swim 100 yards continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the front crawl (freestyle), breaststroke or a combination of both. Swimming on the back or side is not permitted.