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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A quote from another post on this thread:
“Believe me, I know beginner swimmers interested in joining teams who have not because of the requirement to wear a form fitting suit. I know experienced swimmers who have not joined teams/quit because the team required a speedo over jammers”.
I originally commented on this a couple of days ago, but I guess it was deleted by the moderators because of the volatile nature of what I said. So I left out the volatile portion and hopefully this one will stay on. If an experienced swimmer won’t join or quit a team because he is required to wear a purportedly socially unacceptable suit (AKA –the classic speedo brief) instead of a jammer, he must not be really that interested in swimming to begin with. BTW, count me in the group that hates jammers and tech suits and hope for the return of the classic style suit.
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A quote from another post on this thread:
“Believe me, I know beginner swimmers interested in joining teams who have not because of the requirement to wear a form fitting suit. I know experienced swimmers who have not joined teams/quit because the team required a speedo over jammers”.
I originally commented on this a couple of days ago, but I guess it was deleted by the moderators because of the volatile nature of what I said. So I left out the volatile portion and hopefully this one will stay on. If an experienced swimmer won’t join or quit a team because he is required to wear a purportedly socially unacceptable suit (AKA –the classic speedo brief) instead of a jammer, he must not be really that interested in swimming to begin with. BTW, count me in the group that hates jammers and tech suits and hope for the return of the classic style suit.
