You know, I get really perplexed when I hear people comparing a new swim suit with PED use. This is really ridiculous, the idea that a suit can be put on the same moral scale as cheating. It's not a crime to wear a swim suit, it doesn't damage your health, AND, *news flash*, it's not going to improve your swimming skill.
You actually have to be able to swim in the first place. YEARS OF TRAINING + A NEW SUIT = MAYBE YOU SWIMMING FASTER.
The new proposed rules to ban certain suits is a thinly veiled design in protectionism which is flawed from the start because you can still have 50% permeability by simply paneling the material with the "STUFF" that actually works. This design would still meet the criteria, and won't stop the eventual progression to a suit that's not all hype.
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If you saw The Amazing Race on CBS last night, you'd know that much. I put some info in my blog today, but one of the challenges was to swim a relay with the 2 team members (100 on/100 off/100 on/100 off). They had them wear LZR's.... And some still wore life vests.
Now that you point that out I think this was very clever marketing by Speedo. "See, the suit does not make you swim!"
My kids and I thought it was pretty wastefull to have a bunch of people with body types ranging from short, stout to 6 foot+ trying to force the suit on(some could not even zip them up in the back)only to end up pulling themselves along the lanelines!
You actually have to be able to swim in the first place.
If you saw The Amazing Race on CBS last night, you'd know that much. I put some info in my blog today, but one of the challenges was to swim a relay with the 2 team members (100 on/100 off/100 on/100 off). They had them wear LZR's.... And some still wore life vests.
