Need Immediate Help Picking The Right Size And Model Fastskin Body Suit
Former Member
I was hoping that someone out there can help me pick out the right size fastskin II Body Suit to order off of the internet....According to the website I was perusing, you can NOT return them once they have been purchased (for any reason!). I have placed a link below (at the end of the message) for the type of suit I am currrently most interested in buying (It's a Fastskin II Male High-Neck Kneeskin body suit)....I heard from a friend that they may be too tight around the shoulders??....I don't want a Fastskin that goes all the way down to the ankles b/c someone told me that would be bad for breaststroke (and I am swimming 2 individual Medley events at Nationals)....Any opinions on that would be welcome also!!
Also tips on how to put them on.....Should they be dry at race time??....Can you put them in those rapid spinning machines you see at the YMCA to get the excess water out of them between races??...(or would that damage them in some way??)...And any other related opinions would be great!
I am 40 years old....I am 5'11'' and weigh around 194 pounds (and gradually losing)....I usually wear extra large size shirts (although I can fit into a large shirt...but a large feels a little too snug for me)....I am currently wearing a 34 size waist (pant size)...and I have around a 17'' neck size....I am a little thick in the midsection ...and around the neck and shoulders....I was thinking that the extra large size fastskin would probably be the best fit...(not too tight or restrictive??)....but then again I don't want a suit that fits too loosely either...(i.e. I want the suit to be relatively snug...but also feel relatively comfortable)....Also,
I need to order the suit sometime in the next few days to have it by Friday April 8th (when I leave for my first swim meet in 18 years)....Please help with any advise!
Here's the website for the fastskin I am currently the most intersested in (although I can be persuaded to change my mind)
www.srsport.com/product_info.php/cPath/21_25_644/products_id/1797
Newmastersswimmer
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Thanks again for all of the help and advise from all of you....I just purchased one of two remaining Male Fastskin I Highneck Kneeskin body suits (sleevless) from the Kiefer On line store....It was on sale for $100.00 and it was one of the last ones in stock (for that special sale price)....I would recommend visiting the site soon if you want some good bargains (they have other fastskin suits currently in stock that are also very cheap there as well)......I ended up using the size chart and the advise of the customer representatives there (and other advise together with the comments I read here) .....and finally decided on the XL size for the fastskin I siut.....I have a 34 inch waist (semi-thick midsection) and that's what made the difference between the L and the XL....Since I'm only 5'11'',... I got the XL as opposed to the XL-Long....(which is for people who are slightly portly like me ...only over 6 ft tall....like 6'2'' or 6'3'')......One thing I like about the fastskin I body suit sizes is that they have more size choices than what I have seen so far for the fastskin II suits.....I haven't seen Long sizes verses regular sizes for those anywhere??......You can get a fastskin I body suit in L or L-Long.....XL or XL-long,....or....XXL or XXL-Long......Also how can you beat the price!....the fastskin II body suits are still a little too pricey in my opinion...but if your a rich doctor or powerplant manager or something like that (or lawyer like Fred!)....then yaeh, by all means go for the very best...but us poor folk have to take our bargains where we can find them......I'm so psyched about my new fastsskin body suit!!.....The psychological effect alone will be a huge boost for me!.....Now it's down to whether or not to wear it before my first meet just to try it out....or wait untill my first event and go totally virgin style...(as Jim Thornton put it in the other thread about fastskin suits here)....I think it's like waiting to open a Christmas present until Christmas morning....I'm sure I will cheat just a little and swim a 50 or so before the meet....How could you not???
Newmastersswimmer
Thanks again for all of the help and advise from all of you....I just purchased one of two remaining Male Fastskin I Highneck Kneeskin body suits (sleevless) from the Kiefer On line store....It was on sale for $100.00 and it was one of the last ones in stock (for that special sale price)....I would recommend visiting the site soon if you want some good bargains (they have other fastskin suits currently in stock that are also very cheap there as well)......I ended up using the size chart and the advise of the customer representatives there (and other advise together with the comments I read here) .....and finally decided on the XL size for the fastskin I siut.....I have a 34 inch waist (semi-thick midsection) and that's what made the difference between the L and the XL....Since I'm only 5'11'',... I got the XL as opposed to the XL-Long....(which is for people who are slightly portly like me ...only over 6 ft tall....like 6'2'' or 6'3'')......One thing I like about the fastskin I body suit sizes is that they have more size choices than what I have seen so far for the fastskin II suits.....I haven't seen Long sizes verses regular sizes for those anywhere??......You can get a fastskin I body suit in L or L-Long.....XL or XL-long,....or....XXL or XXL-Long......Also how can you beat the price!....the fastskin II body suits are still a little too pricey in my opinion...but if your a rich doctor or powerplant manager or something like that (or lawyer like Fred!)....then yaeh, by all means go for the very best...but us poor folk have to take our bargains where we can find them......I'm so psyched about my new fastsskin body suit!!.....The psychological effect alone will be a huge boost for me!.....Now it's down to whether or not to wear it before my first meet just to try it out....or wait untill my first event and go totally virgin style...(as Jim Thornton put it in the other thread about fastskin suits here)....I think it's like waiting to open a Christmas present until Christmas morning....I'm sure I will cheat just a little and swim a 50 or so before the meet....How could you not???
Newmastersswimmer
