I did a practice shave of my legs last night, to get used to it and also figure out how long it takes me for planning purposes.
Today in practice, I was faster than usual. The most obvious was in my 200 free warm-up. I dps the first 100 and then gradually speed up to about 75%. Usually I am around 3 minutes. Monday, I went 2:51. Today, I was 2:36 with the usual effort level.
My 200 *** warm-up was about 10 seconds faster than usual.
Can shaving really improve things that much? Is some of this because I am tapering?
Also, for those guys who shave your heads, do you also wear a cap? If not, is the bald head better than a cap?
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It's not so much the hair but the top layer of newly exposed skin. One doesn't have to be part gorilla to benefit from the shave down. The jolt of entering the water usually gets most people fired up and in turn they move with much more vigor.
When you jump in, the feeling is akin to an electrical shock if that makes any sense. Every inch of skin is acutely aware of the water...and maybe in turn it creates hyper sensitivity...as per Rob's description.
It's not so much the hair but the top layer of newly exposed skin. One doesn't have to be part gorilla to benefit from the shave down. The jolt of entering the water usually gets most people fired up and in turn they move with much more vigor.
When you jump in, the feeling is akin to an electrical shock if that makes any sense. Every inch of skin is acutely aware of the water...and maybe in turn it creates hyper sensitivity...as per Rob's description.
