My boyfriend has been a swimmer basically his entire life (we are 21 now) and he always wears a speedo. In high school he was made fun of mercilessly, but all in good fun. Prom night he arrived to our after-prom party at a friend's house in his tuxedo jacket, bow tie and speedo. It was hilarious to say the least. Until recently he didn't even own swim trunks and would wear his speedo to pool parties.(Although I don't recommend everyone doing this. You have to have a lot guts to do that and expect to be teased.) I think that if you wear a speedo to the beach or even to lap swim please have a) the right size- no one wants to see your bootie-crack and b) just be fit in general- we should be able to see the speedo ;)
At the pool I swim at you can always tell the less experienced swimmer by what they swim in. Baggy board shorts = goofing off taking up valuable lane space swimmers. Speedo/Jammers= generally know what they are doing and are "real" swimmers. I think we work out hard enough with natural drag. Why torture ourselves more with huge shorts to weigh us down.
My boyfriend was the head coach of a summer league swim team and all the boys except for two had the jammers. I think the new coolness of jammers will help boys get over their self-consciousness and come out for the team.
Although you can't beat the cuteness of a little 5-year old boy in a speedo.
My boyfriend has been a swimmer basically his entire life (we are 21 now) and he always wears a speedo. In high school he was made fun of mercilessly, but all in good fun. Prom night he arrived to our after-prom party at a friend's house in his tuxedo jacket, bow tie and speedo. It was hilarious to say the least. Until recently he didn't even own swim trunks and would wear his speedo to pool parties.(Although I don't recommend everyone doing this. You have to have a lot guts to do that and expect to be teased.) I think that if you wear a speedo to the beach or even to lap swim please have a) the right size- no one wants to see your bootie-crack and b) just be fit in general- we should be able to see the speedo ;)
At the pool I swim at you can always tell the less experienced swimmer by what they swim in. Baggy board shorts = goofing off taking up valuable lane space swimmers. Speedo/Jammers= generally know what they are doing and are "real" swimmers. I think we work out hard enough with natural drag. Why torture ourselves more with huge shorts to weigh us down.
My boyfriend was the head coach of a summer league swim team and all the boys except for two had the jammers. I think the new coolness of jammers will help boys get over their self-consciousness and come out for the team.
Although you can't beat the cuteness of a little 5-year old boy in a speedo.
