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.
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Actually, it was the Michigan Fab Five that changed how college and NBA players wore their shorts in 1991. Until that time, even the great Michael Jordan still wore short shorts.
And it's a good thing that shorts are now longer instead of the ones people wore in the 80's and before.
I think you got that backwards. Jordan went baggy first. Was watching a documentary on the Fab Five the other day, and they claimed they started the trend. But in the same documentary, they said they picked up the look because MJ was doing it. But at the same time, they said they started the trend. (I know - doesn't make sense.)
Jordan went with baggy shorts because he thought he had skinny legs.
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Actually, it was the Michigan Fab Five that changed how college and NBA players wore their shorts in 1991. Until that time, even the great Michael Jordan still wore short shorts.
And it's a good thing that shorts are now longer instead of the ones people wore in the 80's and before.
I think you got that backwards. Jordan went baggy first. Was watching a documentary on the Fab Five the other day, and they claimed they started the trend. But in the same documentary, they said they picked up the look because MJ was doing it. But at the same time, they said they started the trend. (I know - doesn't make sense.)
Jordan went with baggy shorts because he thought he had skinny legs.
