Not sure if it's the suit, the Olympic year, or a combo of both - but I do get the impression that the LZR racer is the fastest suit out there. It's not yet available, but I am sure some people will pull some strings and show up with the suit in Austin.
I think we should all agree to ban the suit from Austin and spread the word to everybody. I know it's not binding - but I think we are all "old enough" to work on the honor system.
Any thoughts ?
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If you are improving your times because of the suit you are wearing I don't see whats the point of comparing your times to what you did prior to wearing the suit? You didn't improve as a swimmer, you improved as a consumer. I can get to work faster in my Porsche than I can in my Subaru, all that proves is I drove a faster car, not that I suddenly became a better driver.
So, Art, does that mean that you are training in your wool suit? Are you swimming in a pool with no lane lines? That was a silly waste of time; I trained in one with no lane lines. Are you riding a 40 pound road bike? What golf clubs and tennis rackets are you using? If you were really consistent, you (or anyone who complains about the changes in swimming) would use the original equipment for any sport that has ever been invented. No real point in comparing how you are doing in the present state of any sport to the way it was years ago.
How about running in shoes before Bowerman's developments at Nike? Why aren't we all running in those shoes? How about the great old Converse basketball shoes that were not cushioned? I used to play in those when I played basketball in high school. It's no good to say that the newer shoes are safer for the body. I always thought it was pretty wimpy of athletes to complain about their joints in those kinds of shoes. I've never had joint problems like that. Back in the 'pure sport' days, the ones with the toughest joints survived. That's what REAL sport is about not about making it available to everyone.
Of course I can compare my times with how I swam previously, just as much as someone who learns an innovation in a stroke and has an improvement as a result. They aren't swimming the same way anymore, so it's not the same stroke and how can you possibly compare before and after? I have coached swimmers who thought they were swimming freestyle but really weren't. After some work, their strokes improved and they really were swimming the stroke. You can bet that they took the improvement with pride...
Nothing is absolutely stable. Everything is going to change and technical improvements are going to come no matter who or how much someone rails against it.
If you are improving your times because of the suit you are wearing I don't see whats the point of comparing your times to what you did prior to wearing the suit? You didn't improve as a swimmer, you improved as a consumer. I can get to work faster in my Porsche than I can in my Subaru, all that proves is I drove a faster car, not that I suddenly became a better driver.
So, Art, does that mean that you are training in your wool suit? Are you swimming in a pool with no lane lines? That was a silly waste of time; I trained in one with no lane lines. Are you riding a 40 pound road bike? What golf clubs and tennis rackets are you using? If you were really consistent, you (or anyone who complains about the changes in swimming) would use the original equipment for any sport that has ever been invented. No real point in comparing how you are doing in the present state of any sport to the way it was years ago.
How about running in shoes before Bowerman's developments at Nike? Why aren't we all running in those shoes? How about the great old Converse basketball shoes that were not cushioned? I used to play in those when I played basketball in high school. It's no good to say that the newer shoes are safer for the body. I always thought it was pretty wimpy of athletes to complain about their joints in those kinds of shoes. I've never had joint problems like that. Back in the 'pure sport' days, the ones with the toughest joints survived. That's what REAL sport is about not about making it available to everyone.
Of course I can compare my times with how I swam previously, just as much as someone who learns an innovation in a stroke and has an improvement as a result. They aren't swimming the same way anymore, so it's not the same stroke and how can you possibly compare before and after? I have coached swimmers who thought they were swimming freestyle but really weren't. After some work, their strokes improved and they really were swimming the stroke. You can bet that they took the improvement with pride...
Nothing is absolutely stable. Everything is going to change and technical improvements are going to come no matter who or how much someone rails against it.
