Does anyone else out there use a drag suit or a drag belt for workouts? I wear an old, stretched out suit that I wear over another stretched out suit for workouts. They create a lot of drag! I wear them for most of my workouts.
I also use a drag belt. It is a mesh suit that looks like a men's suit, except it has 4 pockets that are held open with plastic to create a parachute effect. I have two. One is older and is made by TYR. The other is new and made by FINA. I only do a few sets with these since they make for a very hard swim.
I find that these two forms of drag give me a good hard workout! Does anyone else do this?
Does anyone else out there use a drag suit or a drag belt for workouts? I wear an old, stretched out suit that I wear over another stretched out suit for workouts. They create a lot of drag! I wear them for most of my workouts.
I also use a drag belt. It is a mesh suit that looks like a men's suit, except it has 4 pockets that are held open with plastic to create a parachute effect. I have two. One is older and is made by TYR. The other is new and made by FINA. I only do a few sets with these since they make for a very hard swim.
I find that these two forms of drag give me a good hard workout! Does anyone else do this?
I've always got on my drag suit over my briefs. I wear a size 28/30 for my racing suit, but my size 38 drag suit is definitely way oversized. I just tie it on good and no problems. I feel the difference for sure, and only swim without a drag suit at meets. In college I used to swim with a pair of swim trunks over the top of everything as well. I did cut out the inner liner, and sliced the legs on the inside on outside of the thighs for greater range of motion. It sure had an effect on me in practice, but when it came to race time I was off and it was soooo easy.
A lot of folks out there won't wear drag suits, because they say it affects their form in the water or something to that effect. I train fast, slow, short distance repeats, long distance repeats, freestyle, IM, strokes, it doesn't matter. Drag suit all the way. :banana:
Does anyone else out there use a drag suit or a drag belt for workouts? I wear an old, stretched out suit that I wear over another stretched out suit for workouts. They create a lot of drag! I wear them for most of my workouts.
I also use a drag belt. It is a mesh suit that looks like a men's suit, except it has 4 pockets that are held open with plastic to create a parachute effect. I have two. One is older and is made by TYR. The other is new and made by FINA. I only do a few sets with these since they make for a very hard swim.
I find that these two forms of drag give me a good hard workout! Does anyone else do this?
I've always got on my drag suit over my briefs. I wear a size 28/30 for my racing suit, but my size 38 drag suit is definitely way oversized. I just tie it on good and no problems. I feel the difference for sure, and only swim without a drag suit at meets. In college I used to swim with a pair of swim trunks over the top of everything as well. I did cut out the inner liner, and sliced the legs on the inside on outside of the thighs for greater range of motion. It sure had an effect on me in practice, but when it came to race time I was off and it was soooo easy.
A lot of folks out there won't wear drag suits, because they say it affects their form in the water or something to that effect. I train fast, slow, short distance repeats, long distance repeats, freestyle, IM, strokes, it doesn't matter. Drag suit all the way. :banana:
