Women in drag

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debaru — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:12:54 GMT

I wear suits that are considered "racing suits" for meets. I don't wear racing suits during practice or workouts, so I consider my workout/practice suits to be my "drag" suits. My practice suits have rough fabric (i.e., Speedo endurance) that hold a lot of water. I've proven to myself that I definitely swim faster in a meet than I do during practice, which I partly attribute to the change in suit type.

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moodyrichardson — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:40:13 GMT

All the age groupers wear them, when we practice. A lot of the girls wear double suits, and both the guys and girls wear the Dolfin Uglies drag suits.

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:52:02 GMT

I'm pretty sure I've seen women or girls use a men's drag suit over their regular suit at practice before. Is that not a realistic option? S I've seen this on many occasions as well as (the rare) swimming in running skirts over their suit.

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gdanner — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:45:50 GMT

I always wear two briefs. Age group girls on my team typically wear one or two regular suits. Age group guys usually wear jammers, some of them with drag suits over.

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Former Member — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:17:56 GMT

I see a fair amount of girls with drag suits, though more guys for sure. A lot of girls wear worn out suits over their practice suit to increase drag.

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smontanaro — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:36:39 GMT

I'm pretty sure I've seen women or girls use a men's drag suit over their regular suit at practice before. Is that not a realistic option? S

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swimshark — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:17:52 GMT

You know why I don't wear one- have you SEEN the women's drag suits? They remind me of the nylon suits of the 1970s and I can't stand them.

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Elaine Krugman — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:31:31 GMT

My stretched out $15 Agon grab-bag suit (purchased at Nationals) IS a drag suit! It has gotten so stretched out that my fingers sometimes get caught on it when I go to streamline on my breaststroke pullouts. :afraid:When I climb the ladder to get out of the pool after my workout, it dumps loads of water on the deck. BUT, it hasn't split yet! :D I'm determined to wear it until the bitter end. I do, however, keep a back-up in my gear bag, just in case I have a wardrobe malfunction. That would give the noodlers a good laugh! :bolt:

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knelson — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:00:05 GMT

I think the reality is it's OK for women to wear form-fitting clothing and not so OK for men to do so (in Western society). Same reason women wear bikinis at the beach and men wear baggy board shorts.

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Calvin S — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:35:31 GMT

The girls on my club team wear them. According to the coach, they wear them only when AF is in town. I can only confirm that they wear them sometimes, but not other times. (my personal feeling on drag suits is I wear one first half of the season, swimming with that extra resistance. I then peel down to just a brief in the back half of the season when I am working on more race rehearsal stuff.)

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GregJS — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:31:50 GMT

Just started wearing an old, badly stretched out jammer over my regular jammer the past two work-outs. The thing comes almost down to my ankles and flops all over - like it's a dress (gives another meaning to "drag" suit?) I'm not too concerned about it messing up my stroke. If anything, it will have me fighting that much harder for every bit of efficiency and streamlining. And it will feel so good when I finally take it off - it's so damn annoying!

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rxleakem — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:34 GMT

I guess the endurance fabrics have made a difference in longevity of suits, as knelson pointed out. I usually train with jammers, but I have an older mesh suit that I wear when I also wear my square leg suit or when I am getting ready to taper. Being that I have dropped 16 pounds since the new year, the jammer is pretty loose these days, but I don't plan on buying another suit for a while since I just receive the yingfa for races. I actually wore the drag suit the other day for the IM set in workout one of HVW - took it off for the full IM swims in an attempt to get near my addup time.

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Allen Stark — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:41:47 GMT

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.

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ourswimmer — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:37:30 GMT

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.

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The Fortress — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:29:20 GMT

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.

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jaadams1 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:21:11 GMT

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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The Fortress — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:02:43 GMT

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.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:01:54 GMT

Are you talking about wearing multiple suits?Not really. Talking about the female equivalent of www.metroswimshop.com/product.DFN_6615T.htm.

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jaadams1 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:54:45 GMT

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? :)

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knelson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:47:39 GMT

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gobears — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:42:13 GMT

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?