seems to imply that even if one wears a body suit, that shaving can still have significant benefits.
I would think it would depend on the mechanism. The article quotes someone who speculates that shaving reduces stimuli to the nervous system, and this is the reason for the performance enhancement. This hypothesis was not tested, but IF it is true then it seems to me that the suit would replicate that effect with or without shaving.
I can see what the person is saying, but after shaving I always simply felt faster, even in warmup. I didn't feel "isolated" from the water in the same way as I do with the technical suits.
On a practical note...for me, a major benefit of the suit is reducing the amount of shaving that needs to be done!
seems to imply that even if one wears a body suit, that shaving can still have significant benefits.
I would think it would depend on the mechanism. The article quotes someone who speculates that shaving reduces stimuli to the nervous system, and this is the reason for the performance enhancement. This hypothesis was not tested, but IF it is true then it seems to me that the suit would replicate that effect with or without shaving.
I can see what the person is saying, but after shaving I always simply felt faster, even in warmup. I didn't feel "isolated" from the water in the same way as I do with the technical suits.
On a practical note...for me, a major benefit of the suit is reducing the amount of shaving that needs to be done!
