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Need recommendation for keeping warm in a cold pool

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I am a 68 year old triathlete who works out in our local university (UCSC) pool. I have Raynauds syndrome and very slender (5’4”,  105lbs). I freeze in our pool which is kept at about 80 degrees year round. I would love to find a 3 mil shorty wetsuit but can only find 1 and 2 mil. I do fine if the water temp is 83. Don’t want to leave this gorgeous 50 meter out door pool. Any suggestions greatly appreciated 

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    5'10" with a light but virtually no fat muscular build. (People who do not understand athletics say I'm skinny.) Now old enough to get cold easily.  

    My workout warming method:  Hot shower including simple stretches before swimming. Wear two extremely tight so-called thermal swim shirts: underneath is an O'Neil short sleave that has to be extremely tight to work. A Finis long sleave Youth Large on top--also very tight but not as much. (Both are intended for smaller people than me. If not tight they are not warm and get floppy in the water which makes them useless in swimming well.)  Shoulder rolls forward and back increases heartrate.  Leg kicks (not jumps), nothing dramatic.  Neoprene cap. Then I get in and do a long freestyle warmup (800 - 1,000 yds).  Warm! Then the intervals. Works for me, your personal mileage may vary.

    At cold outdoor meets:  dryrobe (that's the commercial name).  It works for me.

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    5'10" with a light but virtually no fat muscular build. (People who do not understand athletics say I'm skinny.) Now old enough to get cold easily.  

    My workout warming method:  Hot shower including simple stretches before swimming. Wear two extremely tight so-called thermal swim shirts: underneath is an O'Neil short sleave that has to be extremely tight to work. A Finis long sleave Youth Large on top--also very tight but not as much. (Both are intended for smaller people than me. If not tight they are not warm and get floppy in the water which makes them useless in swimming well.)  Shoulder rolls forward and back increases heartrate.  Leg kicks (not jumps), nothing dramatic.  Neoprene cap. Then I get in and do a long freestyle warmup (800 - 1,000 yds).  Warm! Then the intervals. Works for me, your personal mileage may vary.

    At cold outdoor meets:  dryrobe (that's the commercial name).  It works for me.

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