Olympic athlete's swimsuit is so fast that ordinary swimmers are faster: Fastskin LZR Review
Swimwear that the Tokyo Olympics gold medalists also wear, what happens when ordinary people try it?
Brent Rose reporter in the US gis mode, who is confident in swimming, actually wore it and tried it.It seems that the time has become dramatically faster even for ordinary people.
A Speedo high -speed swimsuit "LZR Racer", a type of SPEEDO that covers the whole body.This swimsuit was officially banned as a cheat, but I was skeptical to see if these shorts were effective.
I currently use Spandex elastic swimwear.I would like to try out how much the difference between the shorts is.
SPEEDO FASTSKIN LZR Pure Intent
What is this?: Swimsuit that Olympic players also wear
Price: Approximately 40,000 to 49,000 yen ($ 365-400) for men, about 49,000 yen to about 65,000 yen ($ 450-600) for women
Good place: You can swim faster by reducing resistance as if it slipped through that, not a feeling of breaking through the water molecule.
Unfortunately, there is a problem that the size table of the website and the size table written in the box are slightly different.It is very difficult to put on and take off.expensive
Swimwear for Olympic athletes
I tried Speedo's Fastskin LZR.At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the players wearing a SPEEDO "LZR Racer" swimsuit of SPEEDO "LZR Racer" accounted for 98%of the number of medals and were hit out of 25 world records.It was famous for updating 23 pieces.It was too cheat to be called "technical doping", and in 2009, wearing it in the competition was banned, and swimwear worn by swimming players, only swimwear that covers the boys from the waist to the knees or below.The girls were so powerful that they could cover the shoulders from the shoulders to the knees.
A swimsuit worn by Olympic players such as American Kaleb Dressel (5 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics!) And Hari -flicking players, the team USA version is designed like the United States flag.Anyone can buy online for ordinary designs.
The comfort is
First of all, be careful about the size.My waist was about 31 inches, according to the online size chart on the SPEEDO website, it seemed just right in size 22, but I made a mistake.The site also displayed the size of the hip, but I didn't know my hip size, and I thought it would be okay if I had a good go through and the waist, but it wasn't OK at all.。The swimwear that arrived is as much as you can see, "Isn't this for children?"This swimsuit has no elasticity in ordinary swimwear.I couldn't go up from my knees and couldn't put it on.No one was watching, but I felt very humiliated.
After this failure, when I measured the hip size again, I didn't even fit 39 inches and size 24.SPEEDO sent a big size.A former swimmer's friend said, "It doesn't make sense to handle the hair and chest hair."
The size 24 has finally arrived, but it is impossible to see.According to a swimmer's friend, this is normal, struggling and screwing his body and "pinching his cheeks".I struggled to wear a swimsuit for about 5 minutes, and my waist and buttocks were messed up and caught many times.The meat on the waist is so painful that it is painful and painful.It was good to shave the shin hair because the hair was about to be pulled ...After all, the size 25 may have been fine.
And if you can actually wear it, I feel this is right.The comfort is not good, but I think it is "right" in the sense that it is not much different from wearing professionals.The swimsuit is located lower than the waist.Because it is a compression specification, I feel a feeling of pressure.My ass was so flat that I had never seen before.It is hard and hard to move, but it still seems to have enough range of motion.Anyway, why don't you swim?
Swim
The moment I jumped into the pool, I realized that something was different.When you swim, you don't feel the feeling of water only, only the wearing part of the swimsuit.I got a feeling of slipping easily in the water, but it may be because of my mind, so I will swim and test it properly.In the pool of 25 yards (about 23 meters), swim 100 yards (about 93 meters), 200 yards (about 186 meters) and 100 yards with all your might.First, I swim in a spandex swimsuit that I have been using for 10 years, then take a break, take lunch, and swim at Fastskin LZR Pure Intent.
The result is ... what?The difference is clear.I was able to swim fast for more than 12 seconds for 100 yards, 26 seconds or more for 200 yards!
This is magic.When I swamped the second 100 yards in LZR, my arms were no longer powerful, but it was still faster for 6 seconds or more.A few days later, I first wore LZR Pure Intent and repeated the same series of tests, but the results were almost the same.However, the second set was even slower because it wore old swimwear.
This time is measured using the Garmin Enduro watch, but it automatically counts the number of laps and measures the time, but each time you stop at the end of the set, it will be delayed a few seconds at a time, so 3-5 seconds are 3 to 5 seconds.It can be deducted one by one, but it seems that it was consistent in almost all sets.
design
After confirming my test results, I asked SPEEDO what kind of magic was applied to this swimsuit.
The latest Fastskin swimwear is designed with 20 years of performance learning and innovative technology and materials.SPEEDO has been studying ways to reduce water resistance when shark ancestors swim with the cooperation of one of the world's leading research institutions.SPEEDO has collaborated with various research partners, including the Natural History Museum in London and F1 to develop this swimsuit.
I got an answer.Well, the ancestor of sharks ...Did you develop a high -speed swimsuit with jaws gene testing?I'm not sure but cool.
When you touch the outside of the swimsuit, it is not as soft as a spandex swimsuit, and it is a little rough.On the website, "a texture that imitates a shark skin, a small whirlpool on the surface of the swimsuit reduces water resistance and enhances the propulsion forward."The material itself looks like a high quality raincoat.In fact, when I put the swimsuit under the tap of the water supply, the water repellent in an instant and almost flowed down (by the way, the spandex swimsuit absorbed water).In other words, this swimsuit is water -repellent and can actually swim in the water with less friction.
In the lining of the waist, there are two silicon bands instead of one, not only from the effect of pulling the hair when changing clothes, but also preventing the water from entering into the swimsuit and speeding down.Give me.
In addition, this swimsuit has a very high vertical elasticity, but the horizontal direction is sharp.I thought this was to increase the compression without narrowing the range of motion.
The buttocks have a slightly square pattern protruding, but I did not understand the effects other than the cyberpunk style.
Conclusion: It becomes magically faster
This swimsuit was cool, and I was obviously faster.I am an amateur, albeit high, but I think it will be even more advantageous for those who are actually training and preparing the form.
However, if you don't go to the competition, you won't need a swimsuit to swim so fast.Most people swim for health and hobbies, so I think it would be good if they were swimwear that did not slow down unnecessarily, and if only for exercise, swimming with board shorts would be good.(I don't recommend it)
However, it was really magical that even a very ordinary swimmer was visibly faster.