I purchased my fastskin for Nationals last yr for Tempe and have only worn it for the Tempe and Rutgers meet. All the regular meets I just wear a regular speedo jammers. Out of curiosity I decided to wear the fastskin this past weekend in a USS meet being not tapered and see what type of results I would have. To my surprise, I could not believe the time drops from the previous week before where I just wore the regular jammers. Below are the differences.
50 free- 24.5 to a 23.8
100 free- 52.5 to a 50.9
200 free- 1:57.0 to a 1:52.9
100 fly - 56.6 to a 55.5
200 fly- 2:07.5 to a 2:03.2
I guess my question is. When at masters meets, I notice a lot wearing the fast skins. Sure I would like to swim fast all the time, but when Nationals rolls around, would it still have the same effect versus wearing it for first time that yr. I do believe in tapers and normally hit my tapers pretty well at the big meet, but in all honesty, I would like to continue to swim fast times in the not so big meets so I know what it feels like time wise so I can go into the "tank" and give it that little extra at the next meet.
For those wearing fastskins at all meets and attend Nationals, do you still have that significant drop?
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I wear an Arena powerskin ONLY for nationals ... I consider it part of my taper. If I am going to put all the time, effort and trouble into getting myself as ready as possible to swim fast at the big meet twice a year, then I hold back and only bring out my full-length powerskin then. It is also part of the psychological routine for me. I don't swim all that impressively during the meat of the season, but always taper well and see a huge drop in times at nationals when crunch time comes around.
Also, for what it is worth, I have tried all the brands and like the Arena suit best -- I even wore one before they asked me to be one of their preferred athletes. I like the fabric much better.
- Maria Doelger
I wear an Arena powerskin ONLY for nationals ... I consider it part of my taper. If I am going to put all the time, effort and trouble into getting myself as ready as possible to swim fast at the big meet twice a year, then I hold back and only bring out my full-length powerskin then. It is also part of the psychological routine for me. I don't swim all that impressively during the meat of the season, but always taper well and see a huge drop in times at nationals when crunch time comes around.
Also, for what it is worth, I have tried all the brands and like the Arena suit best -- I even wore one before they asked me to be one of their preferred athletes. I like the fabric much better.
- Maria Doelger
