Guys: Your Preference: Brief vs. Jammer

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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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    Someone asked where the name “Jammer” (for long tight shorts) came from. Here’s my experience. Just because they were on sale (not due to preference), I bought a package of jammer style underwear and after wearing them for a while, they should really be called “Jerries” –an acronym for Jock Rash Irritators. BTW below is a 1965 photo of the Hollywood High School swim team (I was actually on it from 1968 through 1971) and those suits were the standard up until the late 80s. www.e-yearbook.com/.../Page_58.html In addition to brief type swim suits, short shorts (about 1/3 down to the knee) were part of the standard gym uniform and none of us had any problem with the “self-consciousness” issue. Why after 60 years of acceptance did the short look become a such a taboo?
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  • Former Member
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    Someone asked where the name “Jammer” (for long tight shorts) came from. Here’s my experience. Just because they were on sale (not due to preference), I bought a package of jammer style underwear and after wearing them for a while, they should really be called “Jerries” –an acronym for Jock Rash Irritators. BTW below is a 1965 photo of the Hollywood High School swim team (I was actually on it from 1968 through 1971) and those suits were the standard up until the late 80s. www.e-yearbook.com/.../Page_58.html In addition to brief type swim suits, short shorts (about 1/3 down to the knee) were part of the standard gym uniform and none of us had any problem with the “self-consciousness” issue. Why after 60 years of acceptance did the short look become a such a taboo?
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