Do most people here wear a swim cap when you do your workouts? The reason I'm asking is because I noticed that I seem to be one of the few who wears a swim cap at my pool.
Where I swim most guys don't wear caps,but a few do.It is unusual to see a woman who is a serious swimmer without a cap.For workouts, my wife loves lycra caps.Her head doesn't overheat and it never slips,problems she has had with latex and silicone caps.
Ditto where I swim. My biggest issue with people not wearing caps is when I pick up a strand of hair between my fingers while taking a stroke. Bugs me more than it should, I suppose. (It's not my hair. Mine is too short and too scarce to ever do that.)
Mostly do not wear swim caps. However, I do wear one when swimming outdoors in cool and/or rainy weather. I will also wear one when at a swim meet.
I feel a swim cap allows me to swim just a little bit faster than the rest of the pack. I have no preference lycra or silicone, both seem to work just as well for me.
I never used to, but now I always wearing a cap during workouts. The only thing I don't like is your goggle strap has a tendency to move around (even come off) a lot more than if you're not wearing a cap.
I only wear a swim cap in a workout when either:
The air or water temp are too cold, or
I want to simulate racing conditions
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Ditto where I swim. My biggest issue with people not wearing caps is when I pick up a strand of hair between my fingers while taking a stroke.
That grosses me out too especially when you can't get rid of it:D. That's why I wear a cap. My hair isn't long but not totally short(kinda the Leonardo DiCaprio style). I always assumed that too much chlorine might dry out the hair too much but now that I think of it, I doubt the cap will really make a difference.
I do tend to get hot from my silicone cap, especially after sprints it feels like my head is on fire. Maybe I'll just swim without one in the future.
I only wear a swim cap in a workout when either:
The air or water temp are too cold, or
I want to simulate racing conditions
Define air temp "too cold"...
" or less anyway, usually less. I've just always worn a cap at meets, except a couple times at high school state or college nats when I took the razor to my head.
Another reason to wear a cap is for visibility while swimming open water.
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On my age group team when I was 10 you had to wear a cap if your hair was longer than 1". I started wearing a cap then and have worn one ever since. I find the cap does help prevent your hair from getting fried. Especially if you shower before.
