I'm sorry but in what swimming events do women compete against men?
On a non-serious note, at meets where women swim before men, I look for the fastest girl swimmers and try to beat their times for my race. For some of us, this a pretty tough challenge.
But to answer your question, I'm looking for an equal opportunity, and it has everything to do with compression.
What I am saying here is that I think it is unfair to limit which of these compression-benefit areas based on your gender. In just a regular tank, women get buttocks, hips, stomach and chest compression. In a knee-skin, they get everything! If men get jammers, it's just thighs and buttocks; but going all the way to briefs, it's just buttocks. And on top if this, if women are stuck with only a tank and men get jammers, why do men get to benefit from the thigh compression and not women? See where I am going?
Recent swimsuit fabric technological advances have been coupled with suits designed and cut for muscle compression. The thigh, buttocks, hips, stomach and chest carry a lot of flab (especially with masters swimmers) - but also a lot of muscle, and compression of these areas by these suits have led to plenty of benefits for many who can better harness the energy created. Since we can't do much with the fabrics anymore, compression will be the name of the game in design.
The next time you (everyone) get a chance, find a strong and muscular swimmer on your team to watch underwater. When they push off the wall, or do underwater SDK, you'll see some massive muscle movements in the thighs. This is what I'm talking about here - everyone wants those things compressed to better harness energy. For an elite athlete view, check out Margaret Hoelzer (best views at about 1:35). There are also some views of her doing SDK w/ a full LZR on for a contrast point, and it's hard to see, but those legs are not moving in that suit the way they are in the tank.
I'm sorry but in what swimming events do women compete against men?
On a non-serious note, at meets where women swim before men, I look for the fastest girl swimmers and try to beat their times for my race. For some of us, this a pretty tough challenge.
But to answer your question, I'm looking for an equal opportunity, and it has everything to do with compression.
What I am saying here is that I think it is unfair to limit which of these compression-benefit areas based on your gender. In just a regular tank, women get buttocks, hips, stomach and chest compression. In a knee-skin, they get everything! If men get jammers, it's just thighs and buttocks; but going all the way to briefs, it's just buttocks. And on top if this, if women are stuck with only a tank and men get jammers, why do men get to benefit from the thigh compression and not women? See where I am going?
Recent swimsuit fabric technological advances have been coupled with suits designed and cut for muscle compression. The thigh, buttocks, hips, stomach and chest carry a lot of flab (especially with masters swimmers) - but also a lot of muscle, and compression of these areas by these suits have led to plenty of benefits for many who can better harness the energy created. Since we can't do much with the fabrics anymore, compression will be the name of the game in design.
The next time you (everyone) get a chance, find a strong and muscular swimmer on your team to watch underwater. When they push off the wall, or do underwater SDK, you'll see some massive muscle movements in the thighs. This is what I'm talking about here - everyone wants those things compressed to better harness energy. For an elite athlete view, check out Margaret Hoelzer (best views at about 1:35). There are also some views of her doing SDK w/ a full LZR on for a contrast point, and it's hard to see, but those legs are not moving in that suit the way they are in the tank.
