Why does MLB prohibit the use of aluminum bats or spitting on baseballs or letting players use steroids (okay - two out of three)? Why does NASCAR prohibit fuel injected engines or certain transmission gear ratios? Why does the PGA disqualify certain golf balls or regulate golf clubs? Why can't basketball players where stilts or use a trampoline? Enough is enough, when a piece of equipment can alter the record books and cheapen the physical accomplishments of every past athlete, it's time to say stop (don't you think?).
The integrity of our sport is on the line here. How about two dolphin kicks for breaststroke or how about adding another arm-stroke to the backstroke turn or allowing IM'ers to turn-over before they touch on the back to *** transition.
I'm against the LZR and any suit that enhances performance and don't think I'll be changing my mind unless they find out swimming naked can make you swim faster.
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.
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Dolphin - I won't be as scolding as aquageek is. But really - technology (or science perhaps) is a critical factor in developing our bodies.
Without pioneering research by Doc Counsilman and continued by many - swimming speed might have advanced only via trial and error. Example: sculling was widely believed to be a major factor in swimming efficiency. But research showed it was not - it was more efficient to simply push water backwards as straight as possible. Those science driven improvements are still all about the body moving through the water.
What about the science with diets? Lactate tolerance?
The technology of goggles - which caused the single most significant improvement in swimming in the last 50 years?
I think the new suits are an unnerving development. But I most dislike its likely impact on non-elite age group swimming, not the suits themselves. The suit is still a passive component of swimming. Maybe they create flotation by trapping air under rubber-like panels even though the suits don't actually float.
Dolphin - I won't be as scolding as aquageek is. But really - technology (or science perhaps) is a critical factor in developing our bodies.
Without pioneering research by Doc Counsilman and continued by many - swimming speed might have advanced only via trial and error. Example: sculling was widely believed to be a major factor in swimming efficiency. But research showed it was not - it was more efficient to simply push water backwards as straight as possible. Those science driven improvements are still all about the body moving through the water.
What about the science with diets? Lactate tolerance?
The technology of goggles - which caused the single most significant improvement in swimming in the last 50 years?
I think the new suits are an unnerving development. But I most dislike its likely impact on non-elite age group swimming, not the suits themselves. The suit is still a passive component of swimming. Maybe they create flotation by trapping air under rubber-like panels even though the suits don't actually float.
