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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I know that for awhile after a taper meet I am really fast in practice until the hair grows back.
Living that right now... I feel fast as hell but endurance seems lower because its hard not to swim everything sprint when you feel fast. :)
100m pull swims on 1:30 interval holding 1:12's seems somewhat effortless right now whereas normally it'd be somewhat tiring after a bunch.
I know that for awhile after a taper meet I am really fast in practice until the hair grows back.
Living that right now... I feel fast as hell but endurance seems lower because its hard not to swim everything sprint when you feel fast. :)
100m pull swims on 1:30 interval holding 1:12's seems somewhat effortless right now whereas normally it'd be somewhat tiring after a bunch.
