i'm one of the only guys on my team that foen't wear a drag suit. do drag suits make that big a difference?
if so is there a drag suit that has VERY LITTLE DRAG that i can wear to get use to at first? (eventually i'd buy one with more drag)
Easier said then done for females. The female nylon only suits are hard to come by. Also--females can be very picky about the fit of the suit (shoulder straps, room for "female equipment" and leg fit).
What I've seen of the nylon suits or polyester is more along the line of suits for water aerobic type people rather than swimmers.
Nike makes good polyester suits for women; mine lasted a year and stayed decent (elastic in legs, etc.). I also just bought a much cheaper Dolphin polyester suit, after borrowing a lifeguard's. It is more comfortable than the Nike suit, and the lifeguard said hers had lasted for years. Speedo and TYR also make polyester suits, but they don't fit me very well.
These polyester suits seem to fit and look like regular suits (high leg cut, cute, especially the Nike); until I discovered them, I was forking out chunks of money every 8 weeks for a new suit.
I wear a "dead" old suit over my polyester suit, but I'm not sure it creates a huge amount of drag.
One day I wore a T-shirt and leggings (amazingly, our pool allowed this). *That* combination created immense drag but did me in for a few days. Also ruined a really nice pair of leggings (chlorine). Maybe just a T-shirt, if your pool will allow it.
Most of the guys I train with wear two suits, one baggy, one probably dead, with either the good or bad suit on top.
Easier said then done for females. The female nylon only suits are hard to come by. Also--females can be very picky about the fit of the suit (shoulder straps, room for "female equipment" and leg fit).
What I've seen of the nylon suits or polyester is more along the line of suits for water aerobic type people rather than swimmers.
Nike makes good polyester suits for women; mine lasted a year and stayed decent (elastic in legs, etc.). I also just bought a much cheaper Dolphin polyester suit, after borrowing a lifeguard's. It is more comfortable than the Nike suit, and the lifeguard said hers had lasted for years. Speedo and TYR also make polyester suits, but they don't fit me very well.
These polyester suits seem to fit and look like regular suits (high leg cut, cute, especially the Nike); until I discovered them, I was forking out chunks of money every 8 weeks for a new suit.
I wear a "dead" old suit over my polyester suit, but I'm not sure it creates a huge amount of drag.
One day I wore a T-shirt and leggings (amazingly, our pool allowed this). *That* combination created immense drag but did me in for a few days. Also ruined a really nice pair of leggings (chlorine). Maybe just a T-shirt, if your pool will allow it.
Most of the guys I train with wear two suits, one baggy, one probably dead, with either the good or bad suit on top.
