speedo swimming jammer

[newbieswimmer]

hey guys! i've started swimming like 2 months ago and i want 2 get myself one of those new speedo fastskin jammers. on the website it says choose a size between 30, 32, and 34. i'm 16 years old and 6,2 feet tall but i simply have no idea what size i might have. can anyone help??any way 2 find out my size without estimating my order?
alex

[Chris]

hey guys! i've started swimming like 2 months ago and i want 2 get myself one of those new speedo fastskin jammers. on the website it says choose a size between 30, 32, and 34. i'm 16 years old and 6,2 feet tall but i simply have no idea what size i might have. can anyone help??any way 2 find out my size without estimating my order?
alex

Welcome to the forums Alex.

All you need is your waist size in inches ......

Chris

[newbieswimmer]

great, thx a lot chris

[GettingFaster]

I wonder that you want to cough up for some fairly expensive togs if you've only just started, or is it that you've been swimming for years and have only recently started on the competitive stuff? Whichever it is there are many coaches on the forums who would say that so-called 'fast' suits, be they bodysuits, leggings, jammers or whatever are more of a fashion item than a particularly effective tool and serious swimmers could do better by dedicating themselves to working on and improving technique rather than relying on the undoubted gimmick factor of fancy costumes. A pair of bog-standard Speedo or Tesco trunks would probably be just as good for you, so that when you really do get to a competition you consider important then the added wow-factor of the fancy cossie will give you that extra lift. If you've been wearing the posh cossie even in training sessions, doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose? My mum always used to tell me to take my coat off when I got in from the cold or I wouldn't feel the benefit of it when I went back out again, it's the same sort of thing with fancy swimming kit.

[mirror]

We had Steve Parry do a master class thingy at our club, and when in the water he had his fancy cossie on, and made a point of saying it was a waste of money for the kids because starts and turns would massively improve their time, whilst an expensive fancy costume would only shave hundredths of a second off the time.

[aswim]

ye totally agree. I have race costumes(note always buy them cheap of ebay & other sites) and raced in them never got a pb and raced in my training(endurance) suit and got a big pb. It takes of fractions and at an early time does it matter? some buy them for younger kids to raise their confidence. Do swimmers look at people differently(more scared) if they have a fancy suit on?? thanks

[mirror]

We had a good laugh (mean I know) when this 10 year old stepped up to the block in his full legs and body suit (what ever they are called) - in a small local interclub gala, - people around me saying - oooh he must be good having that suit on - and I expect the other kids thought so too - but he climbed out having come 4th in the race - didnt do him much good did it?

[vikki]

i dont find that they make you go faster but some people get more confidence out of wearing them beacause they think they are going to swim so much faster. It has sort of become normal now people 2 wear them for races no matter what your standard is. :)

[aswim]

I have watched at galas and you find people in thefirst heats of reigion galas with £200 suits on. and people winning medals with £50 suits on.

[Gina]

My current set of costumes cost me only £16.95. I have bought and been given fast suits and I never really trust them when I've been up on the blocks. I am paranoid that they will rip and some can be uncomfortable round the neck. At Olympic trials I was given a Speedo fastskin knee and after the heats I went to swim down and it riped at the back! My rule is that 'it must be tight, but allow me full range of movement and confidence'.

I see youngesters with suits on and they are too big for them. I think, 'they should use them in training as drag suits!'

[aswim]

ye i have seen youngsters with expensive suits on that are too big for them. That defets the whole purpose, their parents say that at least it will last longer, but you hardly ever grow out of a costume, it normally gets done becuase of wear far before you grow out of it!!

I do have some expensive costumes but not anything that has cost me over £45.
I do like the look of kneesuits and longleg suits but can never understand how people can wear them for breastroke without creating drag. propbably they wear them sooooo tight(going of what gina says)

[GettingFaster]

I have mentioned before that some of the older Masters get leg suits for completely different reasons, for many it's to stop the wrinkles wafting in the water. I have been asked to zip some senior ladies from the first heat (where I usually swim) into their costumes and had to fold the skin on their backs in order to do the zips up! Not that that's something I would expect you young things to ever dream of but it puts the suits thing into perspective a bit - improving your technique a bit will help loads more than spending fortunes on a posh swimming costume, unless you're really old and really wrinkly, or you're already really, really good at technique.

[Chris]

Not sure how I missed the majority of posts in this thread.

Everyone knows it's not how fast you swim that counts, but how rare your swimming costume is :p

I've given up caring about seeing young kids in expensive fastskins. I KNOW I have the best Fastskins, so they should all bow down to me ;)

Chris

[aswim]

oh harsh words chris. I really don't think expensive costumes have a purpose for very young swimmers. For example you see 10yr olds in expensive costumes and all it is is a waste of money. Why not buy them something like the GO-SWIM dvd's these would be far more helpful and probably inspire swimmers on. I would rather say its not the costume that counts its who's inside it.

[Steve]

oh harsh words chris. I really don't think expensive costumes have a purpose for very young swimmers. For example you see 10yr olds in expensive costumes and all it is is a waste of money. Why not buy them something like the GO-SWIM dvd's these would be far more helpful and probably inspire swimmers on. I would rather say its not the costume that counts its who's inside it.
I don't think he's being entirely serious....

[Chris]

I don't think he's being entirely serious....

;)

[H2o]

Not sure how I missed the majority of posts in this thread.

Everyone knows it's not how fast you swim that counts, but how rare your swimming costume is :p


Chris


Or the colour!! :p

I bought a couple of Japanese fastskin's but they've hardly been worn, and I doubt they will be worn again. :rolleyes:

I tend to buy most of Baby H2o's cossies off e bay at the moment.
£15 for an aquablade is cheaper than paying £20-30 for a normal Speedo.
Believe it or not- the aquablade has lasted longer too :p

Have also been know to forage into TK Maxx where Speedos/Nike are around £10.

Swum at Nationals in an S2000 bought off e bay for £7.50 (inc p & p) and did a pb so it's still her favourite cossie. ;)