I'm just getting back into the sport after a 25 year layoff. Currently I'm just swimming in a pair of board shorts I have that I wear when we go to the beach etc and a pair of cheap half broken goggles that my 9 y/o son uses. My question is should I start out with a pair of Jammers and see how those work? I am a pretty big guy at 6'2 255 so I'm just wondering how they will fit.
My second question is do people see some improvement in times just from not wearing the board shorts which I assume cause a lot of drag?
I am contemplating entering my first Masters Meet on March 2nd after only 5 swim workouts. I figure might as well be training for something!
Burn the board shorts! You'll feel so much faster in the jammers. I just started doing starts off the blocks in the last couple of months (and really only work on them the week before a meet, which I know is not good)... start with diving in from the side before stepping up to the blocks. Everyone who learned how to swim as a kid learned how to dive from the deck, so that will come back quickly and you'll feel better going off the blocks after you have a few successful entries under your belt.
Burn the board shorts! You'll feel so much faster in the jammers. I just started doing starts off the blocks in the last couple of months (and really only work on them the week before a meet, which I know is not good)... start with diving in from the side before stepping up to the blocks. Everyone who learned how to swim as a kid learned how to dive from the deck, so that will come back quickly and you'll feel better going off the blocks after you have a few successful entries under your belt.
