Why is it that you only ever see guys wearing drag suits in workout?
I wonder the same. I remember wearing multiple suits in practice when I was in high school. What's changed?
Are you talking about wearing multiple suits? If so, I don't see anyone doing this anymore.
I think one reason we wore a couple suits back in the day is because the suits faded out so quickly. If you wore a single suit you'd be giving a peep show!
Are you talking about wearing multiple suits? If so, I don't see anyone doing this anymore.
I think one reason we wore a couple suits back in the day is because the suits faded out so quickly. If you wore a single suit you'd be giving a peep show!
I still wear 2-3 suits. One or two briefs below a size 40 extra large drag suit cinched up tight as hell so it doesn't fall off! :)
I like being able to perform fast times in practice like this, and then wearing a meet suit for competitions to feel extra good in the meets. Why waste the "good stuff" for practices? :)
I still wear 2-3 suits. One or two briefs below a size 40 extra large drag suit cinched up tight as hell so it doesn't fall off! :)
I like being able to perform fast times in practice like this, and then wearing a meet suit for competitions to feel extra good in the meets. Why waste the "good stuff" for practices? :)
Why not work on the good stuff at practice? I have the opposite view. Swimming fast is about drag reduction. I don't want anything interfering with that or perfect streamlines. What you do in practice, you do in meets. If I were less lazy, I'd wear old speed suits in practice on occasion.
Why not work on the good stuff at practice? I have the opposite view. Swimming fast is about drag reduction. I don't want anything interfering with that or perfect streamlines. What you do in practice, you do in meets. If I were less lazy, I'd wear old speed suits in practice on occasion.
Oh, don't worry...I work on the good stuff too, but it's all relative. :) I love to swim fast at practice as well. Knowing that I can do a 4:52 400 IM with all the drag, no cap, no dive, etc. in practice makes me even more confident that I'll crush my time in a meet performance.
This "argument" of sprinter vs. distance person could go on forever and ever. I know what makes me feel good, you know what makes you feel good.
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Oh, don't worry...I work on the good stuff too, but it's all relative. :) I love to swim fast at practice as well. Knowing that I can do a 4:52 400 IM with all the drag, no cap, no dive, etc. in practice makes me even more confident that I'll crush my time in a meet performance.
This "argument" of sprinter vs. distance person could go on forever and ever. I know what makes me feel good, you know what makes you feel good.
Not sure it's a sprinter vs distance person argument ... I used to wear drag suits and nylons as an age grouper too. I just look at things differently now. The only artificial drag I want is when I use my parachute or cordz for power work.
I have a nylon mesh drag suit in a women's tank style. It slows me down way more than my male teammates' mesh drag briefs slow them down. It is like swimming in an apron. I am the only person I have ever seen using one, but I stopped using it because I think it alters my body position in a bad way.
At a recent meet I went to, the age groupers were finishing up their early morning work out when I got there.Everyone of the girls was wearing a thin T shirt under her suit.I asked one of the coaches about it and he said it was for drag and for warmth.
