Sign me up!
I am the poster man-child for flabby and somewhat-lazy (though I prefer to medicalize the latter with claims of EDS barely held in check by modafinil.)
Johnny Storm, aka, the Human Torch in Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, used to have a catch phrase: Flame On! which he would spiritedly cry out right before igniting.
Perhaps, armed with my new borrowed and arguably slightly oversized B70 at Colony Zones this year, you will hear a similar catch phrase being emitted from whatever block I have waddled my way up upon: Flab On!
I shall cry out this, in both pride and hope, before beginning a half-assed effort in the pool, en route, perchance, to a new PR in every lackadaisical swim I attempt!
PS to Leslie: It seens you have been taking a certain refuge in the notion that B70s hope most those who are big and fat, conferring relatively less advantage to, say, perfectly chiseled weight-lifting minxes who top out at 5' 4". This may be true, but I remain far from convinced. Theoretically, at least, once could argue precisely the opposite: that smaller, lighter swimmers have higher surface to volume ratios than us tub 'o lard bowling balls. Since the suit smooths the surface and (in the case of the B70, I am convinced, if not some of the others) adds float, then there is reason to believe you magnificent might-mites might indeed benefit more.
Regardless, now that I have joined the B70 Flabulous Bandwagon, in my mind if not yet in actual practice (still awaiting BillS's reply re: shipping info), I don't care how much it helps anybody else.
I just want it to help me, me, me!
Wookie! YOU ARE A GOD? Who knew? Wow, high praise from a dingbat :D
I do have a serious question based on an experience:
I swam a meet a couple of weeks ago with my B70 with a Nike suit underneath (as I mentioned, the B70 went on in about a minute!) However, I wished I could have taken off the suit underneath. Felt like too much suit for a race.
This weekend I swam another meet (this time with Strep that I didn't know I had until Monday morning : )
I have to wonder why Auburn waited until the last minute to order their suits. Even I, as a low level swimmer, have some back up. However, I also see this as being a possible media ploy to psych out the other teams. . .
Yeah, I don't believe it for a minute. I'm sure they've suited up for other meets this season. These days you've got to suit up to swim fast enough to qualify. They may not be getting any brand new suits for NCs, but I'm sure they've got suits.
Skin gets looser as you age, no question about it. It's not a question of being "flabby" so much as just having more square meterage of skin than you need to cover your bod.
Yeah, but I definitely have something filling up the space between my extra square meterage of skin and the "real me".
Yep -This is what a lot of people have known all along. These suits enable your average Bill or Barbara Beerbelly to swim easier and faster while having to train less.
Did you read the article? It was about top level swimming. It never mentioned training less. In fact, training wasn't even referenced. Do you think Auburn is training less because of this? You are an absolute imbecile.
BTW - when are you gonna stop dodging and let us know which club you assist with?
PS to Leslie: It seens you have been taking a certain refuge in the notion that B70s hope most those who are big and fat, conferring relatively less advantage to, say, perfectly chiseled weight-lifting minxes who top out at 5' 4". This may be true, but I remain far from convinced. Theoretically, at least, once could argue precisely the opposite: that smaller, lighter swimmers have higher surface to volume ratios than us tub 'o lard bowling balls. Since the suit smooths the surface and (in the case of the B70, I am convinced, if not some of the others) adds float, then there is reason to believe you magnificent might-mites might indeed benefit more.
I'm sure I have plenty of flab that can use compressing ...
Not sure what you mean about "surface to volume" ratios and how us mighty mites benefit more because of it? Can you explain further? Seems like bowling balls would benefit from drag reduction. Methinks the B70 helps those who want time improvements, but refuse to do drylands and hit the weight room! :angel:
Yeah, don't think there are too many beer bellies at Auburn. In fact, when I was there recently and saw the men's team practice, I had the opposite take.
I trust everyone realizes that fluids (like the pudgies which we all contend with to one degree or another) are incompressible, certainly with the sorts of forces which could be applied by a tech suit. It's tough to get around the laws of physics. I've heard it said you have to be God or something.
What the tech suits probably do for the flabbier swimmer is keep the flab from jiggling so much and creating turbulence. You get more laminar flow along the surface.
I do not have a new tech suit, but a FSII. I am chubby and flabby and it helps compress the fat around my middle and I go faster in it. Made my 1st top 10 this year with it. But, I also train hard both in the pool and the weight room. I usually train 25,000 yards or more a week, plus two days of weights. Without that training the suit would just have been a suit. I would not have swam the way I did without the benefit of training and the suit. This high tech suits were made for Master swimmers. It slims you down. In high school I was 6 foot and 135 pounds. I am still six foot, but 199 pounds and much of that is lard I carry around. I will likely never see my high school or college times, but with a high tech suit, I swim faster than without it and feel better about my swimming. I feel it somewhat is a mother's little helper, but a legal one. So bring on the high tech suits!!
Skin gets looser as you age, no question about it. It's not a question of being "flabby" so much as just having more square meterage of skin than you need to cover your bod. Tech suits probably give more of an advantage to older swimmers, say 50 and up.
OMG! I haven't even finished reading the article, but I can't believe that it boldly states that the LZR/ B70/ TYR Tracer help the "LAZY, FLABBY" swimmers MOST b/c their fat is compressed but remains more buoyant than muscle!!!
I have to wonder why Auburn waited until the last minute to order their suits. Even I, as a low level swimmer, have some back up. However, I also see this as being a possible media ploy to psych out the other teams. . .
If they keep the suits, fine. If they ditch 'em, fine by me as well.
