Get Slim With a Swim - Try a Saltwater Pool

You wouldn't want to dive into the salty Dead Sea with your eyes open, but it's perfectly okay in a saltwater pool. I've never swam in one, but some hotels and fitness centers tout their saltwater system as less harsh on your eyes, skin, hair and swimsuits. Good news. I mean, motivating ourselves to work out is hard enough -- who needs the turn-off of burning eyes, dry skin, straw-like hair and a faded suit.

There's still chlorine, though. It's just not so bad. Saltwater pools utilize a salt generator to manufacture a steady stream of, you guessed it, chlorine, which allegedly minimizes the icky chloramines that cause all those nasty side effects in a traditionally-chlorinated pool. No chlorine tablets or liquid chlorine to store and handle either.

Chloramines are triggered when chlorine mixes with organic junk such as sweat, saliva, dandruff, urine. When a pool reeks of chlorine, it means those chloramines have gone airborne. Great, then we inhale them. A great reason to shower first. Anyone been exercising in a saltwater pool? Is it better?