Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
Hi, I am reviving this thread to talk --to RANT--about swim women's suits. As in, Why do they have to be so unflattering?
I recently ordered a cheap poly clearance suit for workouts and it "FIT", but it looked terrible on me. Especially in back. Those super hi-cut legs are so 1980's!!! I am not an overly modest person to say the least, and don't mind the extra skin showing; it's just that in principle I don't like to wear things that make me look bad. I modelled this new poly suit for my family and they all said I actually look better naked. My husband urged me to send it back and said to spend more money, that it wasn't worth it to save $5 to $15 to go around for the next few months in a suit that makes my butt look so bad.
On a lark, I checked out the "fitness" suits online. It's just for a practice suit, so it doesn't need to be FAST, just not something that slows me down... It looks like some of these "fitness" suits could be what I am looking for. Appearance and fit-wise it's hard to tell for sure as they have them modelled on plus-sized gals with super big legs. I felt very confused about what size to get--I went ahead and ordered 2 sizes bigger.
www.swimoutlet.com/.../16787.htm
Can anyone tell me, is it faster to have high cut legs? Will this "fitness" suit slow down my repeat times? sigh- I really wish they made a good one piece practice suit with a boycut leg. That would be so hot!
End of rant.
I personally don't have a problem with the high cut legs. I just pull them down a bit when I pull on the suit. I swim with teens and they pull them up. It's easy to adjust to your preference. The difference being that my suit is lycra and easy to adjust. The fitness suit that you linked to has a soft cup bra in it. That will certainly slow you down in practice.
Hi, I am reviving this thread to talk --to RANT--about swim women's suits. As in, Why do they have to be so unflattering?
I recently ordered a cheap poly clearance suit for workouts and it "FIT", but it looked terrible on me. Especially in back. Those super hi-cut legs are so 1980's!!! I am not an overly modest person to say the least, and don't mind the extra skin showing; it's just that in principle I don't like to wear things that make me look bad. I modelled this new poly suit for my family and they all said I actually look better naked. My husband urged me to send it back and said to spend more money, that it wasn't worth it to save $5 to $15 to go around for the next few months in a suit that makes my butt look so bad.
On a lark, I checked out the "fitness" suits online. It's just for a practice suit, so it doesn't need to be FAST, just not something that slows me down... It looks like some of these "fitness" suits could be what I am looking for. Appearance and fit-wise it's hard to tell for sure as they have them modelled on plus-sized gals with super big legs. I felt very confused about what size to get--I went ahead and ordered 2 sizes bigger.
www.swimoutlet.com/.../16787.htm
Can anyone tell me, is it faster to have high cut legs? Will this "fitness" suit slow down my repeat times? sigh- I really wish they made a good one piece practice suit with a boycut leg. That would be so hot!
End of rant.
I personally don't have a problem with the high cut legs. I just pull them down a bit when I pull on the suit. I swim with teens and they pull them up. It's easy to adjust to your preference. The difference being that my suit is lycra and easy to adjust. The fitness suit that you linked to has a soft cup bra in it. That will certainly slow you down in practice.
