So, in the time I've been a member of this forum I have never seen a debate about this, though I feel it could have be rehashed a thousand times.
For practice and regular meets, what are your suit preferences?
For practice: I usually do a brief with a drag suit. If I'm out of shape or my quads are hurting, I'll use a jammer for the extra compression.
For regular meets: I usually do whatever the team suit is, which has varied over the years. I prefer the brief because of more flexibility.
In big competitions*:, I would use a leg skin and if I had the need to buy one today, I'd probably go with a tech jammer.
*Regionals, States, Nationals, etc
For practice I use primarily speedo endurance products. Regular meets I go for the speedo xtra-life or aqua blade.
I used to get a lot of crap for wearing a brief, but now I feel like they're making a comeback. I like to think I converted some people on my high school team. Actually, the only person who really gives me crap anymore are my friends who don't swim and my girlfriend (who does swim). She says the ugliest part of a guy is the upper outside thigh the brief doesn't cover.
On pulling sets, I have to jam the buoy back between my legs every other turn. Perhaps that's the reason for the name.
Excellent point!
I wonder why no one has yet invented jammers with a strip of velcro on the inner thighs to be marketed in tandem with proprietary pull buoys coated with the other velcro substance.
Maybe because the swimming gods understand how addictive the pull buoy crutch can become and don't want to provide another excuse to those who overuse these fiendish items. "I'd like to swim normally, but I can't take this pull buoy off! It's stuck! The velcro won't let go."
On pulling sets, I have to jam the buoy back between my legs every other turn. Perhaps that's the reason for the name.
Excellent point!
I wonder why no one has yet invented jammers with a strip of velcro on the inner thighs to be marketed in tandem with proprietary pull buoys coated with the other velcro substance.
Maybe because the swimming gods understand how addictive the pull buoy crutch can become and don't want to provide another excuse to those who overuse these fiendish items. "I'd like to swim normally, but I can't take this pull buoy off! It's stuck! The velcro won't let go."
