First time poster!
Swam through college, took ~6 year break. Dipped my feet back in this summer and took the plunge and joined a Masters training group when I moved in August. Short-term goal is an SCM meet in November and I figured I might as well get a decent suit for it... little did I know that tech suits have gotten more varied since even super-suit 2009!
When I was swimming, I was 6'1", 175# and fit pretty well in a 28 jammer. I'm now 195# with a lot of that extra weight in my legs/butt from the weightlifting I've done in the interim, so I'm definitely not a 28 anymore (trust me, I tried with one of my old suits, didn't work!).
Anyone have any insight on how some of the different tech suits run these days? And/or any personal preferences on "budget" suits in the
I'd suggest checking out the reviews on swimoutlet.com. There are reviews for how true each suit is to size and that will give you a good idea on what size to buy. As a general rule I'd say go down at least one size from your training suit.
Yep, I went with Mark Gangloff's reviews as a starting point. I'm pretty sure I can get something that fits my hips/waist well, the problem for me is going to be the bottom of the suit around my quads - when I tried to get on any of my old suits, they nearly cut the circulation off in my legs!
The Tyr Tracer Lite is a pretty good suit for the price (around $159 but I got one on sale for $109). Ditto for the Finis Fuse jammer (~$120). I am 6' 1" now and my weight varies from 175 to 185. I wear size 26 in the Tyr and 28 or 30 in the Fuse.
I hadn't looked at those yet. Don't remember Finis having tech suits when I was swimming so not too familiar with them.
I'd suggest checking out the reviews on swimoutlet.com. There are reviews for how true each suit is to size and that will give you a good idea on what size to buy. As a general rule I'd say go down at least one size from your training suit.
Yep, I went with Mark Gangloff's reviews as a starting point. I'm pretty sure I can get something that fits my hips/waist well, the problem for me is going to be the bottom of the suit around my quads - when I tried to get on any of my old suits, they nearly cut the circulation off in my legs!
The Tyr Tracer Lite is a pretty good suit for the price (around $159 but I got one on sale for $109). Ditto for the Finis Fuse jammer (~$120). I am 6' 1" now and my weight varies from 175 to 185. I wear size 26 in the Tyr and 28 or 30 in the Fuse.
I hadn't looked at those yet. Don't remember Finis having tech suits when I was swimming so not too familiar with them.
