NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:30:03 GMT

The material shall not provide external stimulation or influence of any form (for example, pain reduction, chemical/medical substance release, electro-stimulation, compression of body profile or other performance-enhancing properties). Eh? Even a standard lycra suit provides some compression of body profile.

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

DPC — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:41:20 GMT

So this would rule out the FS-Pro vintage suits from Speedo and the similar generation suits from TYR, Nike, etc. The whole issue of being water repellent and the "compression" (aside from trying to squeeze a 36 inch body into a 32 suit). Is this a little overkill - isn't the Pro more like to old paper suits from the 80's?? I don't need another $100 practice suit.

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

That Guy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:27:21 GMT

Yeah, I'm sure that swimmers will continue to squeeze into suits that are at least one size too small. Compression, yes. Pain reduction, not so much :)

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:43:54 GMT

Another success story from the campaign headquarters of the Tech Suit Basher's Club of America (TSBCA)!!! :D Dolphin 2

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

orca1946 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:29:01 GMT

So , this means Jammers !!!

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

tjrpatt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:41:27 GMT

My poor daughter who likely ended her racing carreer by expanding several bra sizes in one year can tell you: they get pounding headaches from the straps cutting into them, develop deep chafe marks on their shoulders and "unstrap" the moment the race is over. My daughter? She is already campaigning for a reduction surgery (supported by her mother which suffered the same issue in her youth and settled on the same solution). Wow, that sounds terrible. yeah, I remember one swimmer who I used to train with in my age group club who had an expanding bra size. She eventually stopped swimming because she was carrying too much drag and was getting slower. There is one woman at my Y who has the same issue but the enhanced bra size doesn't seem to slow her down. But, I am sure that she would experience the same problems that your daughter had if she had a tech suit on. Thank gosh, I never had the desirable to put one of these suits when I was alot heavier last year.

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:14:04 GMT

How do the female swimmers who aren't flat chested feel about the suits? My poor daughter who likely ended her racing carreer by expanding several bra sizes in one year can tell you: they get pounding headaches from the straps cutting into them, develop deep chafe marks on their shoulders and "unstrap" the moment the race is over. My daughter? She is already campaigning for a reduction surgery (supported by her mother which suffered the same issue in her youth and settled on the same solution).

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:02:17 GMT

So this would rule out the FS-Pro vintage suits from Speedo and the similar generation suits from TYR, Nike, etc. The permeablility and ergogenic aid categories really are nonsense. Concrete is permeable to some extent. The only thing that matters is suit thickness and possibly bouancy. I don't know if bouyancy can be measured with any precision. I suspect not. Before reading this through, I already had it in my mind that some people would take jaked and x-glide suits and modify them into jammers. I guess that cannot be done which is a good thing.

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:01:42 GMT

Yeah, I'm sure that swimmers will continue to squeeze into suits that are at least one size too small. Compression, yes. Pain reduction, not so much :) Funny story: my wife was timing at an age-group meet and overheard two twelve-year old boys discussing their new racing suits. The first asked the second "After this race, its going to be a while until your next one; are you going to get out of your Fast-Skin?" To which the second replied (obviously he did not know that my wife could hear him): " Are you kidding? Of course I am; my balls feel like pancakes this suit is so tight!!" "Pain reduction not so much": at least for men (an obviously boys too).

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

DPC — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:21:08 GMT

Concrete is permeable to some extent Don't give them (FINA) any ideas, I have enough to contend with the lead in my a**.

RE: NCAA also placing limits on high-tech suits

tjrpatt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:05:18 GMT

Funny story: my wife was timing at an age-group meet and overheard two twelve-year old boys discussing their new racing suits. The first asked the second "After this race, its going to be a while until your next one; are you going to get out of your Fast-Skin?" To which the second replied (obviously he did not know that my wife could hear him): " Are you kidding? Of course I am; my balls feel like pancakes this suit is so tight!!" "Pain reduction not so much": at least for men (an obviously boys too). How do the female swimmers who aren't flat chested feel about the suits?