I recently purchased a Finis Ultimate Drag Suit to use when I swim on Tues, Thurs and Sat with other swimmers. I am consitantly the fastest swimmer there. Often times by a sizeable margin. I thought buying a dragsuit would help even the field so I didn't have so much rest and would give me a hard workout. Unfortunately this drag suit turned me from the fastest swimmer there into the slowest. It's clear that I won't be wearing this suit while I swim with them anytime soon. But I thought maybe a standard drag suit would be the right fit. The Finis suit I'm wearing has 4 pockets that catch additional water.
What's your experience with drag suits. How much do they slow you down.
Anthony,
I've never gone as far as to have a real drag suit, but, even switching from a routine Lycra jammer or brief to a square-legged, Dolphin nylon suit slows me down about 1 second per 100 freestyle. I think you'll find swimmers on both sides of the lane on the use of drag suits. I tend to think that, whatever benefits they might provide in terms of increasing resistance are not worth the damage they might do to your body position and technique.
:2cents:
Anthony,
I've never gone as far as to have a real drag suit, but, even switching from a routine Lycra jammer or brief to a square-legged, Dolphin nylon suit slows me down about 1 second per 100 freestyle. I think you'll find swimmers on both sides of the lane on the use of drag suits. I tend to think that, whatever benefits they might provide in terms of increasing resistance are not worth the damage they might do to your body position and technique.
:2cents:
