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TEST THEM SUITS for real !!

Erik Hochstein

So - I almost did my PR in 100 Free at age 41 in 2009 - so I know the suits are 'good'  - but how much faster are those current suits - tried to find info - and I couldn't - only research seemed to have been from large suits. So - I am gonna test it !! 25s - sorry can't do 50s yet in all out repeats that allow comparison. 

Another reason(s) for me to test is 1) I can't do underwater ...yet ...so suits may work more for underwater swimmers 2) not happy but I got a lot more lose skin than a 20 year old... does that make a difference 3)  I am a numbers guy ... its a project, I will enjoy it and so on...

First judgement on expensive Speedo suit - its way way tooooo tight !! I checked the size and measure 5 times, it took me 3 attempts to get it on - I could not bend properly and blood supply seemed limited - I took it off 30 min ago and my hip / leg area is still not happy ... either I got the size totally wrong or its just silly tight and I would never be able to swim in this fast...

Right now my test sample is 4x25 on 6-8 minutes interval --- 3 days --- One day with reg suit to see if there is a decline / Day 2 Using suit on 2nd and 3rd 25 only / Day 3 using suit on 1st and 4th 25 only .... not sure yet I can do 3 days in a row - my sprints do make me tired.

Any feedback or better ideas ??

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  • OK - first test - not "selling suits" - I would rather save the $$ - used a way too expensive Arena suit: Have to use videos to get the times - only way to get times if you coach yourself - just using phone to video 25s - which is also a bit challenging but I know the times and all. NO diving ... finding a pool where they allow lap swimming to dive is more difficult than swimming my hardest set right now Slight smile

    Last week - 2x25 - 5 min rest - and second 25 was .07 slower - I have NOT gone faster in my second 25 since I have checked times this year.

    Yesterday - first 25 practice suit // Second 25 in Arena tech suit about 8 min later was 0.25 FASTER  /  3rd 25 also in tech suit 0.2 faster than practice suit.

    Overall my first 25 was a little slower than last week - but was not a great session overall / warm up and all. Another thing which makes it difficult to really compare - putting on the suit... takes time and effort and all.

    So - yes - the suits made me faster - I think my other thing to share, I did not want to swim long in the suit after - literally only did a 25 after the first tech suit sprint to get it dry and all - but just swimming that easy 25 when you can feel the water better than when sprinting - felt like i was "floating" .... 

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  • OK - first test - not "selling suits" - I would rather save the $$ - used a way too expensive Arena suit: Have to use videos to get the times - only way to get times if you coach yourself - just using phone to video 25s - which is also a bit challenging but I know the times and all. NO diving ... finding a pool where they allow lap swimming to dive is more difficult than swimming my hardest set right now Slight smile

    Last week - 2x25 - 5 min rest - and second 25 was .07 slower - I have NOT gone faster in my second 25 since I have checked times this year.

    Yesterday - first 25 practice suit // Second 25 in Arena tech suit about 8 min later was 0.25 FASTER  /  3rd 25 also in tech suit 0.2 faster than practice suit.

    Overall my first 25 was a little slower than last week - but was not a great session overall / warm up and all. Another thing which makes it difficult to really compare - putting on the suit... takes time and effort and all.

    So - yes - the suits made me faster - I think my other thing to share, I did not want to swim long in the suit after - literally only did a 25 after the first tech suit sprint to get it dry and all - but just swimming that easy 25 when you can feel the water better than when sprinting - felt like i was "floating" .... 

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