blue seventy

I have aproblem with this ascertion. If the suits trapped air, then that would increase over all bouyancy but yet most swimmers were reporting being able to stay under water for longer, so much so that a lot of swimmers were reducing the number of SDKs being taken for fear of breaking the 15m mark. For me, I found that I was routinely surfacing at or slightly past the 15m mark on breaststroke starts and going past the 10m mark off turns with the B70 but being well short of those marks in my Fastskin. True some of that maybe the increased slide factor but I just don't buy the 'air trapping' arguement as an advantage. But then again, it's also :dedhorse::dedhorse: I believe the trapped air was noticable immediately upon jumping in the pool. I felt more bouyant in my B70. I too found much greater distance off the wall, particularly in breaststroke. But I think the flotation isn't a big factor here compared to the far better body position and "slipperiness" that increases speed. Compared to the balloon your lungs are when you are holding your breath the suit's bouyancy isn't that big. Swimming on the surface though I think the bouyancy is more noticable. I also noticed that my freestyle flip turns were closer to the surface than before.

I have aproblem with this ascertion. If the suits trapped air, then that would increase over all bouyancy but yet most swimmers were reporting being able to stay under water for longer, so much so that a lot of swimmers were reducing the number of SDKs being taken for fear of breaking the 15m mark. For me, I found that I was routinely surfacing at or slightly past the 15m mark on breaststroke starts and going past the 10m mark off turns with the B70 but being well short of those marks in my Fastskin. True some of that maybe the increased slide factor but I just don't buy the 'air trapping' arguement as an advantage. But then again, it's also :dedhorse::dedhorse: I believe the trapped air was noticable immediately upon jumping in the pool. I felt more bouyant in my B70. I too found much greater distance off the wall, particularly in breaststroke. But I think the flotation isn't a big factor here compared to the far better body position and "slipperiness" that increases speed. Compared to the balloon your lungs are when you are holding your breath the suit's bouyancy isn't that big. Swimming on the surface though I think the bouyancy is more noticable. I also noticed that my freestyle flip turns were closer to the surface than before.