Sinky-Legged Swimmers - Many triathletes without a swimming background suffer from low-lying legs in the water. The problem affects more men than women, and those affected are normally good athletes on land but their poor body position creates a huge amount of drag. Such swimmers should work on their stroke technique to improve their body position but they should also carefully choose their wetsuit to help. Sinky-legged swimmers should look for a suit that has high buoyancy around the hips and legs but low buoyancy in the upper body. This helps readdress the balance between their upper and lower body, pulling their legs up much higher in the water. This works far better than a wetsuit that has high buoyancy all over. We have seen sinky-legged swimmers gain as much as five minutes per kilometre in the right suit!
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:01:55 +0000
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