If the full body rubber suits do end up getting banned, why should USMS follow their lead on this issue? (i.e. assuming the suits would continue to be manufactured).
Isn't Masters mostly for each individual to pursue what they want and the level they want out of the sport?
If the full body suit is preferred by many USMS participants, why not satisfy the base by keeping it available?
What's really the point of forcing old USMS swimmers out of their girdles if FINA bans them?
John Smith
I respectfully disagree with this statement. I would argue that the majority of Masters swimmers investing in and wearing technical suits are anything but lazy. Personally, even if I had the time to train more than six days/week, I don't believe that my body could handle the yardage. Fifty may be the new thirty, but even Dara is facing yet another operation on her aging body.
I don't know if I can ever hear from the majority of Masters swimmers, but I heard this actually come from two different Masters swimmers earlier this year who don't know each other:
"I haven't put in the pool time this year, but that's OK because I'll wear my (high-tech suit)."
One guy went slower in all his events in Clovis, saying the weather was the problem. The other guy did a Masters PB in one event recently but went relatively slow in his two best events.
These two guys used to be hard workers in the pool, and I don't think they had a reason to slack off this year, other than laziness (one is single and gainfully employed, the other is married with kids but he is semi-retired and gloats about the limitless chances he has to train).
In elite swimming, the top swimmers worked hard even though they had the suits (even Paul Biedermann, as I've read about his workouts). In Masters, the suits, more often than not, I fear, will become an excuse to back off in workout.
I respectfully disagree with this statement. I would argue that the majority of Masters swimmers investing in and wearing technical suits are anything but lazy. Personally, even if I had the time to train more than six days/week, I don't believe that my body could handle the yardage. Fifty may be the new thirty, but even Dara is facing yet another operation on her aging body.
I don't know if I can ever hear from the majority of Masters swimmers, but I heard this actually come from two different Masters swimmers earlier this year who don't know each other:
"I haven't put in the pool time this year, but that's OK because I'll wear my (high-tech suit)."
One guy went slower in all his events in Clovis, saying the weather was the problem. The other guy did a Masters PB in one event recently but went relatively slow in his two best events.
These two guys used to be hard workers in the pool, and I don't think they had a reason to slack off this year, other than laziness (one is single and gainfully employed, the other is married with kids but he is semi-retired and gloats about the limitless chances he has to train).
In elite swimming, the top swimmers worked hard even though they had the suits (even Paul Biedermann, as I've read about his workouts). In Masters, the suits, more often than not, I fear, will become an excuse to back off in workout.
