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)
Road riders might not do those things but they will ride heavier bikes, do training rides on Trail Ridge road in Rocky Mountain NP, add a lot of resistance to the trainer, etc.
Don't you lift a lot? I lift, but it definitely slows me down during the portion of my season that I'm lifting, and it affects my stroke for a while, more than a drag suit does. I see greater effects at the end of the year, though, if I stick with some kind of lifting regime. For me, wearing drag is just like doing swim-specific lifting.
As a middle distance swimmer, I like to use them early in the year on A/T swims to build endurance and more strength for the ends of races. For fast swims and test sets, I'll take off the drag and throw a cap on. I don't use drag during the race pace portion of my training cycles in order to let my muscles unload a bit. It's a strategy that works well for me.
Thank you Mctrusty!! That's what I was looking for! A strategy of when to use a drag suit and when to shed it.
Road riders might not do those things but they will ride heavier bikes, do training rides on Trail Ridge road in Rocky Mountain NP, add a lot of resistance to the trainer, etc.
Don't you lift a lot? I lift, but it definitely slows me down during the portion of my season that I'm lifting, and it affects my stroke for a while, more than a drag suit does. I see greater effects at the end of the year, though, if I stick with some kind of lifting regime. For me, wearing drag is just like doing swim-specific lifting.
As a middle distance swimmer, I like to use them early in the year on A/T swims to build endurance and more strength for the ends of races. For fast swims and test sets, I'll take off the drag and throw a cap on. I don't use drag during the race pace portion of my training cycles in order to let my muscles unload a bit. It's a strategy that works well for me.
Thank you Mctrusty!! That's what I was looking for! A strategy of when to use a drag suit and when to shed it.
