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.
I always thought that wearing a body suit was akin to shaving down.
If you were to shave down for every practice, where's the benefit on race day?
Good example of my point. If you shaved down every day, you'd get that same (hydrodynamic) benefit every day. I do think that part of it is psychological, however. You want to feel different on meet day and wearing a suit or shaving down does that.
But the tennis analogy Hutchison uses is a good one. Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt pro tennis players practice with small wood racquets and then switch to oversized, carbon fiber racquets for tournaments, so why should swimmers train in different suits than what they race in? Back in the old days we could say fairly confidently that suit choice wouldn't have much effect on your body position, but I don't think you can say that today.
...that said, I don't plan to wear a technical suit in workout any time soon. I really doubt it makes that much difference.
I always thought that wearing a body suit was akin to shaving down.
If you were to shave down for every practice, where's the benefit on race day?
Good example of my point. If you shaved down every day, you'd get that same (hydrodynamic) benefit every day. I do think that part of it is psychological, however. You want to feel different on meet day and wearing a suit or shaving down does that.
But the tennis analogy Hutchison uses is a good one. Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt pro tennis players practice with small wood racquets and then switch to oversized, carbon fiber racquets for tournaments, so why should swimmers train in different suits than what they race in? Back in the old days we could say fairly confidently that suit choice wouldn't have much effect on your body position, but I don't think you can say that today.
...that said, I don't plan to wear a technical suit in workout any time soon. I really doubt it makes that much difference.
