How common is it for people to shave down for Master's meets? When I competed in college (a looong time ago), everyone shaved down. I was one of those people for which shaving always made a big difference.
So, do people do it for USMS ? I just started master's swimming, and have a meet coming up. I don't want to be the only shaved swimmer at the meet, and have folks thinking that I'm taking this too seriously..
Thanks for any info.
Do you really think it makes that much of a difference? I'm pretty much a novice but I shaved for zones last spring and it didn't seem to make a difference in my shorter races. Maybe in the longer ones. The only pb's I got were in the 200 & 500 free.
I think shaving and wearing a fastskin makes a difference for me in my shorter races. (Maybe it's partly psychological too.) I think a fast pool makes a huge difference too. Along with how many darn events you're swimming. I think you'll go faster at Nationals when you're not swimming loads of events per day each meet. Plus, that pool is supposed to be fabulous.
Or maybe, like me, you've never gotten that taper thing down quite right? Since I swim in so few meets, I tend to rest a bit for each and my training is always de-railed along the way, you know, by sinus infections and whatnot. We had a great December and early January, didn't we?
Do you really think it makes that much of a difference? I'm pretty much a novice but I shaved for zones last spring and it didn't seem to make a difference in my shorter races. Maybe in the longer ones. The only pb's I got were in the 200 & 500 free.
I think shaving and wearing a fastskin makes a difference for me in my shorter races. (Maybe it's partly psychological too.) I think a fast pool makes a huge difference too. Along with how many darn events you're swimming. I think you'll go faster at Nationals when you're not swimming loads of events per day each meet. Plus, that pool is supposed to be fabulous.
Or maybe, like me, you've never gotten that taper thing down quite right? Since I swim in so few meets, I tend to rest a bit for each and my training is always de-railed along the way, you know, by sinus infections and whatnot. We had a great December and early January, didn't we?
