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.
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This is why I started making my suits. Apart from the fact that I've always been too pear shaped to fit anything off the rack - even when I was thin. It's always annoyed me that practice suits only ever come in the high-cut style.
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?
End of rant.
I just got a grab bag suit and the design has circles and horizontal lines. I suppose that's why it was overstock, but who thought that would be anything but unflattering in size 36?
Hi Swimshark!!!
Do these suits fit similar to TYR or Speedo? I would like to try something different; these are cool!
Hi Bobinator :) I have found they fit me the same size as Speedo. The owner is a masters swimmer in Portland, OR and does a good job of making sure her suits fit all types of bodies and will last as well.
Hi Bobinator :) I have found they fit me the same size as Speedo. The owner is a masters swimmer in Portland, OR and does a good job of making sure her suits fit all types of bodies and will last as well.
Thanks Swimshark! I think I'll try one!
awful quiet lately
say it isn't so
OK, I'll speak up!
Hey, gals, have any of you noticed your hair thinning out from swimming? I know thinning hair is one of those things that can happen as I approach 50, however, it started thinning gradually right after I got back into swimming, two years ago. I wear the freebie latex caps we got at Nationals, because my silicone cap is too hot to wear for training in our 84 degree pool. And, I don't want to go without a cap, because my goggles don't stay on as well without a cap. (Then, there are the pool chemicals...) I'm just wondering if the cap is causing the problem. Or, is it just my, uhhh, advancing age? :blush:
Cheers, ladies!
:cheerleader:
P.S. Yes, I shampoo and condition my hair with good-quality products after I swim. Before I swim, I saturate my hair with fresh water, before putting on my cap.
Hey, gals, have any of you noticed your hair thinning out from swimming? I'm just wondering if the cap is causing the problem. Or, is it just my, uhhh, advancing age? :blush:Cheers, ladies! :cheerleader:
Oh, you just stepped right into that one, Elaine. It's most definitely related to you approaching official "old fart" status!! :cane:
Just kidding!! :D
Personally, I haven't seen any change in the thickness of my hair due to chlorine exposure. The only side effect I've noticed is that it tends to lighten my hair.
Hair loss is a symptom of hypothyroidism and low estrogen levels, which can also occur at the lucky geezer age. May want to get your hormones checked!
I had them checked at my last physical (in July), and I haven't become quite the geezer yet! :D
