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)
I've got to weigh in with Clyde on this topic. I've never understood the logic behind wearing a drag suit if your objective is to swim fast. If you want to swim fast in a meet you should swim as fast as possible in practice. A drag suit may make you feel you are working harder but I don't feel it's going to make you faster in a race. I just chalk it up as another idiosyncratic wrinkle in our swimming culture. Do road cyclists put on knobby tires or big blousey shirts to add resistance? Do runners wear big heavy boots to run? Sure they would work harder if they did these things but it wouldn't make them better at their sport. In fact, it would alter proper technique and have the opposite effect. I do know there is a growing number of coaches out there that want their swimmers training in high tech body suits as often as possible. I do think there is a time and place to add resistance to training, e.g. a power rack or stretch cords, but this is the exception, not the rule for everyday training.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Rich
I've got to weigh in with Clyde on this topic. I've never understood the logic behind wearing a drag suit if your objective is to swim fast. If you want to swim fast in a meet you should swim as fast as possible in practice. A drag suit may make you feel you are working harder but I don't feel it's going to make you faster in a race. I just chalk it up as another idiosyncratic wrinkle in our swimming culture. Do road cyclists put on knobby tires or big blousey shirts to add resistance? Do runners wear big heavy boots to run? Sure they would work harder if they did these things but it wouldn't make them better at their sport. In fact, it would alter proper technique and have the opposite effect. I do know there is a growing number of coaches out there that want their swimmers training in high tech body suits as often as possible. I do think there is a time and place to add resistance to training, e.g. a power rack or stretch cords, but this is the exception, not the rule for everyday training.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Rich
