The commentators have it right- it's the man in the suit, not the suit on the man.
And it's not a BlueSeventy or a LZR, but a TYR.
Arena, Adidas, Nike, etc. pay attention: you, too, can compete in the "suit" wars.
..... and he seemed to be breathing (to his right) on every cycle, including on his first pull-out stroke.
I have started to do this on my 100's and, while I am considerably slower than Leveaux, it has helped to reduce the onset of death at the end of the race and enables me to reduce how much I slow down over the course of the swim.
That's a great video- saw it yesterday and noticed the breathing. I also noticed that he pumps his body with each stoke, which I always saved for the 2nd 50 of the 100 to use different muscle groups after my 50 muscles are spent. I'd seen others doing this in longer events but not in a sprint.
That is quite unbelievable; these sprint times just keep on going down. I am curious to see how much more time can possibly come off of something like a 100 m free. No doubt the "tech suits" are contributing to some number of tenths/hundredths that are being shaved off, but how much more "technically advanced" can suits get?
This is a really dumb question, but in the title, what does the "SC" stand for? *newbie swimmer*
SC = Short course = 25 yards or meters length pool
LC = Long course = 50 meter length pool
I think if you can breath without compromising your streamline position...it's well worth it.
Oxygen is fuel. And the onset of fatigue comes from not getting enough of it during a hard effort.
Jason Lezak breathes every stroke. I believe Phelps does too.
Yeah, seriously, what like 50 years from now these people will be zipping back and forth across the pool in, like, two milliseconds. :afraid:
This is a really dumb question, but in the title, what does the "SC" stand for? *newbie swimmer*
