I am regularly lap swimming in an outside pool that is too cold for me. I do have a "rash guard" but it doesn't seem to provide that much warmth. Any ideas? Can anyone recommend a shirt that will keep me warm and still be lightweight and flexible? I swim one mile in about 50 minutes. I know if I swam faster, I could stay warm. But it is the initial immersion that is so cold, and it takes me about 25 lengths to not be thinking about being cold. I am slim.
Appreciate comments on this.
Thanks.
Sylvia, I bought a Body Glove shortie that is 2:1 -the chest has the 2mm and the rest is 1mm. It restricts arm movement a little but keeps the core warm. I wanted to swim in an unheated pool all winter because the heated pools are all too warm-85 degrees. My husband couldn't stand the cool water-68 degrees so we are swimming in the hot water. I didn't need a rash guard in the pool but I do need it in the ocean. The surf here is 74 degrees now and I know it is wimpy to be wearing a wet suit but there are jelly fish and men-o-war everywhere and the wet suit covers some of the most vulnerable areas
Sylvia, I bought a Body Glove shortie that is 2:1 -the chest has the 2mm and the rest is 1mm. It restricts arm movement a little but keeps the core warm. I wanted to swim in an unheated pool all winter because the heated pools are all too warm-85 degrees. My husband couldn't stand the cool water-68 degrees so we are swimming in the hot water. I didn't need a rash guard in the pool but I do need it in the ocean. The surf here is 74 degrees now and I know it is wimpy to be wearing a wet suit but there are jelly fish and men-o-war everywhere and the wet suit covers some of the most vulnerable areas
