While some swimming organizations are running away from tech suits, we masters are embracing them with open arms:
www.usms.org/.../newsitem.php
This is great news for USMS!
Great job Rob Butcher and Roque Santos! Gotta love it when two breaststrokers work together...
I followed all the links to the PDF pages telling how to put it on.
It says you should use a plastic bag to aid in getting your legs into it.
What a hassle: Getting into -and swimming in- what amounts to a elastomeric body condom.
Bags work but some triathletes tell me that TriGlide (sp?) also works well. Yes, getting the darn thing on and off is a hassle but if it helps me go faster in the 400 IM and 200 *** I will use it.
However, I only wear these suits at big meets. Some folks wear them all the time but I reserve mine only for special events.
These suits help, but so does better diet, intense dryland training, massage, anti-inflammatory medication, improved technique, and mental discipline. Glad to see we will get a discount on the suit aspect of the arms race :banana:
I followed all the links to the PDF pages telling how to put it on.
It says you should use a plastic bag to aid in getting your legs into it.
What a hassle: Getting into -and swimming in- what amounts to a elastomeric body condom.
Bags work but some triathletes tell me that TriGlide (sp?) also works well. Yes, getting the darn thing on and off is a hassle but if it helps me go faster in the 400 IM and 200 *** I will use it.
However, I only wear these suits at big meets. Some folks wear them all the time but I reserve mine only for special events.
These suits help, but so does better diet, intense dryland training, massage, anti-inflammatory medication, improved technique, and mental discipline. Glad to see we will get a discount on the suit aspect of the arms race :banana:
