Interesting video on floswimming. Sean Hutchison at King Aquatics is having his team wear tech suits during workout: www.floswimming.org/.../84660-everyday-is-suit-day
Looks like Ande is on the cutting edge again.
This is all well and good, but how practical is it to wear your B70 in practice unless you have money and time to burn? I might wear an old B70 in practice, i.e., the 25+ swims version. But I'm just unwilling to "waste" a new tech suit in practice. (By "waste" I mean wear and tear on the suit; I'm not disputing the benefits of practicing with a suit.) I'm sure it would help my backstroke turns at meets. But, for now, I throw on fins for race pace feel. Fins are not that bad a substitute for the B70 body position boost.
Otherwise, it seems like you'd have to own and use 2 B70s or $800 of equipment, which would have to be replaced pretty frequently at the 25 swim "turn into a pumpkin" time.
This is all well and good, but how practical is it to wear your B70 in practice unless you have money and time to burn? I might wear an old B70 in practice, i.e., the 25+ swims version. But I'm just unwilling to "waste" a new tech suit in practice. (By "waste" I mean wear and tear on the suit; I'm not disputing the benefits of practicing with a suit.) I'm sure it would help my backstroke turns at meets. But, for now, I throw on fins for race pace feel. Fins are not that bad a substitute for the B70 body position boost.
Otherwise, it seems like you'd have to own and use 2 B70s or $800 of equipment, which would have to be replaced pretty frequently at the 25 swim "turn into a pumpkin" time.
