Guys training with girls suits?

Originally posted by knelson I'd say the disadvantage of trying to add drag, regardless of how it's done, is that you will change your body position to try to minimize this drag. This body position change may NOT be beneficial when the drag is removed, such as in a race. . so, then you use the incerased drag sets sparingly, so the changed body position doesn't become secod nature, but you still have some increased resistance sets in your workout to challenge the muscles.

I hope they have the good sense to go for some molded cups size D or up!

Ugh, yea, I hate the strap over the shoulder muscles. that can hurt, and restrict motion. That's one of the reason I like my fastskin suit, it frees up my shoulder range of motion, and picnches my waist if I don't streamline well. Good reminder to rotate properly and not weave.

Some double standards here (not that I am saying I advocate wearing a womens suit for added drag, unless one is female) - Isn't a Kilt a plaid skirt (not to offend any of Scottish descent), look at the competition body suits - not much design difference from the male to female suits (yea some but very similiar) yet it's okay to wear these. I had a female swimmer and she was interested in getting a pair of the mens swim leggings and combine it with the top of her 2 piece swim suit. We too use to wear the pantyhose because district/league meets were only a week or two from the Regional /state meets (if you were lucky you could get a pair of running tights instead of the panty hose with the feet cut out). I agree that there are plenty of ways to introduce drag to create an extra load on the swimming muscles, without scaring someones psyche for the rest of their lives (like the mesh shorts with the pockets that captured water to increase drag). Wasn't there a discussion that mentioned the decline in swimming because todays youth didn't want to wear the competition brief. If we are thinking about public opinion/perception then how do you explain wrestling (paraphrased from Breakfast Club) 2 guys dressed in tights rolling around on the ground grabbing each other hmmmmmmmm. All I can sat to each their own.

Wow, this is the 1st Post I am NOT going to comment on.... Way to out there for me....but intersting....gosh, can we swim our Levis???? Or, bring the horse to practice? Is not, is to, is not is to, not, to

??this womens suit that we're supposed to,as men,swim in.... wouldn't happen to have a women in it would it,this could get tricky!!!

Advantages - none Disadvantage - you look like a freak I've seen some goofy stuff over the years and trained with many teams but, come on, I've never seen this and hope I never do. Now, girls training in guy's suits, that's a different story altogether.

I can't resist - do you want more drag or to dress in drag? If you want more drag, but a MALE drag suit. They make plenty out there. They also make female drag suits if you are dead set in wearing a female suit but I'm sure you can find a sufficient male suit. If you want to dress in drag, well, to each, his/her own.

I'd say the disadvantage of trying to add drag, regardless of how it's done, is that you will change your body position to try to minimize this drag. This body position change may NOT be beneficial when the drag is removed, such as in a race. And, yes, the other disadvantage is you will look like a freak :)

Originally posted by tjburk Other suggestions and things I have my kids use are: tennis shoes, t-shirts, pants etc. This kind of thing will definitely mess up your stroke and body position and probably greatly increase your chance of injury. Any coach advocating using these kind of things for training is a damn fool, IMO.