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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Geez, the forum has another Dolphin 2. I can completely understand someone new to swimming being nervous about wearing the classic speedo around strangers. So, I don't assume to know someone' s true interest in swimming because of suit choice.
"Geez, the forum has another Dolphin 2".
As Maynard G. Krebbs (the beatnik character in the Dobbie Gillis sitcom) used to say “You rang???”
As to the original comment from Mini Shark, I believe he/she logically concludes that if a kid’s embarrassment about wearing a classic speedo suit is a deterrent to taking up swimming, he’s more concerned about the appearance of his suit than swimming.
The reasoning is quite clear and as the old saying goes "It ain’t rocket science". :agree:
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Geez, the forum has another Dolphin 2. I can completely understand someone new to swimming being nervous about wearing the classic speedo around strangers. So, I don't assume to know someone' s true interest in swimming because of suit choice.
"Geez, the forum has another Dolphin 2".
As Maynard G. Krebbs (the beatnik character in the Dobbie Gillis sitcom) used to say “You rang???”
As to the original comment from Mini Shark, I believe he/she logically concludes that if a kid’s embarrassment about wearing a classic speedo suit is a deterrent to taking up swimming, he’s more concerned about the appearance of his suit than swimming.
The reasoning is quite clear and as the old saying goes "It ain’t rocket science". :agree:
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