Are the suits really the best $500 value out there ?
Ok - the Blue 70 is $390, but you many people buy two, just in case the other one rips -- the LZR is what ? $600 -- so, I figured $500 was a nice round number.
Other ways to get faster for $500:
- hire a personal coach for weekly lessons > you should be able to find a good college swimmer with a good eye for technique for some indivual instructions. You learn very little in a group setting - and coaches only have so much time for each swimmer.
- join a gym -- I guess it depends on location, but you should be able to pay for about a year - no personal trainer for that budget though...
- do the swimetrics + a couple of coached sessions > I did try it - great info, a must for anybody
- read Ande's blog and thread on how to get faster and donate the money
- join a faster, bigger, better team -even if you have to drive further ($500 would be gas money) > this can work wonders..
Any of those better than the suits ?
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Are the suits really the best $500 value out there ?
Other ways to get faster for $500:
I can think of a couple more that would help me more than a suit...
(1) Buy a DVD. Personally (and this is not an endorsement) I would buy Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen's freestyle DVD. I've seen parts of it and it has good camera work.
(2) Buy a digital video camera. Take it to the pool every couple of weeks. Have a swim buddy film you, then you film the swim buddy.
(3) Go to a swim camp or clinic.
Are the suits really the best $500 value out there ?
Other ways to get faster for $500:
I can think of a couple more that would help me more than a suit...
(1) Buy a DVD. Personally (and this is not an endorsement) I would buy Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen's freestyle DVD. I've seen parts of it and it has good camera work.
(2) Buy a digital video camera. Take it to the pool every couple of weeks. Have a swim buddy film you, then you film the swim buddy.
(3) Go to a swim camp or clinic.
