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?
My point is that shaving clearly has some drag reduction effect.Measuring how much effect the techsuits had on drag reduction was also very difficult,but clearly the result was that there was some significant effect.I don't believe anyone is suggesting the drag suits worked by decreasing sensation,nor by increasing sensation.
If shaving decreases drag,which it does,and techsuits decease drag,which they do,and both increase speed,which they do ,then I deduce that the deceased drag from shaving increases speed.
I agree it reduces friction, especially for pretty hairy people. But as Peter says, the real question is how significant an effect it is. Some less hairy people get pretty good drops too. Of course, pretty much everyone shaves AND tapers at the same time...
I am not so sure that the "change in sensation" didn't have some effects of the tech suits. I am not sure anyone quite figured out exactly WHY they worked.
My point is that shaving clearly has some drag reduction effect.Measuring how much effect the techsuits had on drag reduction was also very difficult,but clearly the result was that there was some significant effect.I don't believe anyone is suggesting the drag suits worked by decreasing sensation,nor by increasing sensation.
If shaving decreases drag,which it does,and techsuits decease drag,which they do,and both increase speed,which they do ,then I deduce that the deceased drag from shaving increases speed.
I agree it reduces friction, especially for pretty hairy people. But as Peter says, the real question is how significant an effect it is. Some less hairy people get pretty good drops too. Of course, pretty much everyone shaves AND tapers at the same time...
I am not so sure that the "change in sensation" didn't have some effects of the tech suits. I am not sure anyone quite figured out exactly WHY they worked.
