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)
I need to do more hard SDK in practice, I've done alot of SDK speed work but not as much speed endurance.
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
OK I broke down and blogged my MEET results on USMS at:
www.usms.org/.../blog.php
btw aren't you 44?
whens your birthday?
Congrats on your WR!
Thanks for blogging about the meet; I look forward to seeing the whole thing. The New England meet is next week; I know both Mike Ross and Steve Hiltabiddle are swimming it, I'm sure there will be many other fast swims (I heard there are 800 entries).
I turned 44 in October. Next year's SCM & LCM seasons I'll be in the 45-49 age group while at SCY nationals I'll be in the 40-44 group. I wish they would just go to one system or another, kind of weird to switch back and forth. I also wish they would seed at nationals by time only, regardless of age. (When I was a kid swimming in Europe it was a disadvantage to have an October b-day, now it is a slight advantage; go figure.)
I believe that working on SDK speed endurance will even help your raw/top speed in the 50. Don't tell Fort but I might try to do a little more fin work to develop some strength/explosiveness (it won't ever be my main way of kicking though). I think some of the core exercises I've incorporated into dryland have been helpful for this too.
I think you're right about SDK depth (though I don't know if it's b/c of the compression/buoyancy aspects you mention); I've found myself going deeper and deeper over time.
Good luck with your training. Are you going to Clovis?
I need to do more hard SDK in practice, I've done alot of SDK speed work but not as much speed endurance.
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
OK I broke down and blogged my MEET results on USMS at:
www.usms.org/.../blog.php
btw aren't you 44?
whens your birthday?
Congrats on your WR!
Thanks for blogging about the meet; I look forward to seeing the whole thing. The New England meet is next week; I know both Mike Ross and Steve Hiltabiddle are swimming it, I'm sure there will be many other fast swims (I heard there are 800 entries).
I turned 44 in October. Next year's SCM & LCM seasons I'll be in the 45-49 age group while at SCY nationals I'll be in the 40-44 group. I wish they would just go to one system or another, kind of weird to switch back and forth. I also wish they would seed at nationals by time only, regardless of age. (When I was a kid swimming in Europe it was a disadvantage to have an October b-day, now it is a slight advantage; go figure.)
I believe that working on SDK speed endurance will even help your raw/top speed in the 50. Don't tell Fort but I might try to do a little more fin work to develop some strength/explosiveness (it won't ever be my main way of kicking though). I think some of the core exercises I've incorporated into dryland have been helpful for this too.
I think you're right about SDK depth (though I don't know if it's b/c of the compression/buoyancy aspects you mention); I've found myself going deeper and deeper over time.
Good luck with your training. Are you going to Clovis?
