Looks like Masters swimmers have decided on the best new suit available right now - probably a combination of price / value / and length of use.
I am at the Long Beach SCM - west coast "nationals" and the winner is: The Blue Seventy by a ratio of about 50 to 1 over the LZR.
People are either wearing one of the older suits (some of them are to be had for $25) or a Blue Seventy. There is still a bit of "confusion" over which Blue70 to get - I saw quite a few of the open water models. But I think I have seen a total of 3 (including mine) LZRs at the entire meet. No kidding Speedo wants the coaches to ban the Blue70.
Personal comparison - 50 Free - Blue 70 = 23.25 /// LZR = 23.44 (but I had a poor dive and a poor turn - I would still rank them about even)
Hey Chris,
I need to do more hard SDK in practice, I've done alot of SDK speed work but not as much speed endurance. I was real impressed with AZ SDKs at the Texas Invite. Lara Jackson and Ana Agy both had excellent SDK.
this upcoming season I'm going to work on
SDK conditioning for speed, speed endurance, breath control, and mental toughness for 75's, 100's 150's & 200's
I think it helps to go deeper on SDK, the water pressure might make the swimmer more compact and the float in the suit might pull the swimmer up as they surface
SDK begins with a hard pushoff and proper pushoff angle
I used to think come straight off the wall, be shallow but after watching phelps at trials and the Olympics he pushes off like this:
images.businessweek.com/.../0414_phelps.jpg
congrats again,
Ande
OK I broke down and blogged my MEET results on USMS at:
www.usms.org/.../blog.php
they are also at:
andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com
btw aren't you 44?
whens your birthday?
Thanks, Ande; to be honest, I was shocked too, I didn't think I had that kind of swim in me.
I really think that a greater emphasis on hard SDK in practice has made a difference in all my events (obviously backstroke the most). Makes sense, since that accounts for at least half the race and yet not nearly that proportion of time in practice. I think I'll put even more time into it in the coming SCY season.
Plus it may well be that the effect of having a good SDK is further amplified by the newer suits. (I sort of suspect this is their main effect, more than buoyancy -- at least for me. I don't think the suits helped my fly as much as my back.)
I wish I could reciprocate and congratulate you on your swims but, although the LB meet looks great, they seem to be the slowest out of the gate in posting results (at least compared to the Rutgers and Chicago meets).
Hey Chris,
I need to do more hard SDK in practice, I've done alot of SDK speed work but not as much speed endurance. I was real impressed with AZ SDKs at the Texas Invite. Lara Jackson and Ana Agy both had excellent SDK.
this upcoming season I'm going to work on
SDK conditioning for speed, speed endurance, breath control, and mental toughness for 75's, 100's 150's & 200's
I think it helps to go deeper on SDK, the water pressure might make the swimmer more compact and the float in the suit might pull the swimmer up as they surface
SDK begins with a hard pushoff and proper pushoff angle
I used to think come straight off the wall, be shallow but after watching phelps at trials and the Olympics he pushes off like this:
images.businessweek.com/.../0414_phelps.jpg
congrats again,
Ande
OK I broke down and blogged my MEET results on USMS at:
www.usms.org/.../blog.php
they are also at:
andesswimmingblog.blogspot.com
btw aren't you 44?
whens your birthday?
Thanks, Ande; to be honest, I was shocked too, I didn't think I had that kind of swim in me.
I really think that a greater emphasis on hard SDK in practice has made a difference in all my events (obviously backstroke the most). Makes sense, since that accounts for at least half the race and yet not nearly that proportion of time in practice. I think I'll put even more time into it in the coming SCY season.
Plus it may well be that the effect of having a good SDK is further amplified by the newer suits. (I sort of suspect this is their main effect, more than buoyancy -- at least for me. I don't think the suits helped my fly as much as my back.)
I wish I could reciprocate and congratulate you on your swims but, although the LB meet looks great, they seem to be the slowest out of the gate in posting results (at least compared to the Rutgers and Chicago meets).
